F5VC supports A LEAN VC and the Gold Coast Collaboratives' ReThink Your Drink Campaign and 8-Week Challenge to encourage Ventura County children and their families to replace soda and other sugary drinks (like juice)

Under the leadership of First 5 Ventura County, the Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County, California State University Channel Islands, and the Limoneira Company, 20 business and community leaders joined

We know that the First five years impact a lifetime; it’s the foundation of our work at First 5. We want all children to have the best possible start in life--to meet their full potential.

Nearly one out of three children is now overweight. While efforts targeted at elementary-aged children are showing some signs of success, obesity among the 0-5 set is continuing to grow.

In an effort to build and support the extended First 5 Ventura County community, we are now connecting with parents, colleagues and children's advocates through several social media platforms.

First 5 Ventura County is now in year four of its five-year strategic plan. This means that we are taking a hard look now at how we are doing, how the needs of the community have evolved and how we can best continue to

Through a creative partnership between the City of Thousand Oaks, Conejo Valley Unified School District, and First 5 Ventura County, the First 5 Conejo Valley Neighborhood for Learning 

The framers of the California Children and Families Act (Proposition 10) understood that the best knowledge of children's needs -- and the best decisions about how First 5 can meet those needs -- lies at the local level.

Community partnerships are at the core of First 5 Ventura County.