First 5 LA and the United Way of Greater Los Angeles have had a strategic partnership that is looking at three key levers of change to becoming trauma-informed: Space, Systems and Services.

First 5 LA and its partners are calling for a commitment within organizations and systems to help individuals, families and communities heal from trauma, strengthen their resiliency, and become trauma and resiliency informed. This work began in 2016 with a kick-off event to hear about promising practices underway in other counties and progressed to a workgroup of foundations, community-based organizations and Los Angeles County Departments that convened for nearly a year to provide...