Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders are negotiating the state’s final budget by July 1 after failing to agree on several sticking points, including how much social spending the state will cut.

UPDATE: Both agreements that seek to provide home visitation program services for first-time parents in Kern County were approved at the Kern County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday morning.

Jettaqua Johnson was 22 years old, pregnant with her first child, and worried. The father of her child was incarcerated, and she wasn't sure what she would need or how she could manage raising a child ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Home visiting programs help parents learn about child development skills. The free programs are for pregnant women and families ...

We sat down with two people ― Catelynn Kenner, MPH, and Evaluation Manager for First 5 SBC and Project Director for the Central Coast Home Visitation Project; and Kelley Barragan, RN, PHN, MS, and ...

First 5 Santa Barbara County, in partnership with Santa Barbara County Health, CALM, and our community partners, is proud to ...

Soon after Miriam Bravo began watching her 2-year-old grandson full-time, she realized that many years had passed since she was last responsible for a young child. Feeling a bit rusty, she turned to ...

Home visiting programs help parents learn about child development skills. The free programs are for pregnant women and families with a child under age 5. They are run by local governments and ...

Home visiting programs are free services for pregnant women and families with children under five. These programs are largely funded by a federal initiative started in 2010 as part of the Affordable ...