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11.01.2024

Family Leadership Council Announces Name Change

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We are excited to announce that the Nevada Early Childhood Family Leadership Council is now the First 5 Nevada Family Leadership Council (F5N FLC)! This partnership helps to serve the mission of First 5 Nevada to ensure all families in Nevada have access to the programs and services that meet their needs. 

Family leaders are essential to improving early childhood programs and services. The F5N FLC supports families in gaining the skills, supports, and resources they need to be effective leaders.

Family Leadership Councils originally started in Southern Nevada in 2022 and expanded to Northern Nevada in 2023. Family leaders can join regular meetings either virtually or in-person.  

Training opportunities for Family Leaders include:  Storytelling, Public Speaking, Advocacy 101, The Legislative Process, Open Meeting Law, Nevada’s Early Childhood System, and more!

Family Leadership Councils:

Through this rebranding the F5N FLC will be able to reach more families and caregivers, creating more opportunities for families throughout the State of Nevada to get involved.  

Participants also will have opportunities to serve as First 5 Nevada Ambassadors, helping to reach more families through community outreach and engagement activities. 

Family leaders will also help shape improvements and innovations to First 5 Nevada, and the broader early childhood system, to ensure that we are meeting the needs of all families in Nevada.

Click here to learn more about the First 5 Nevada Leadership Council, including how to join!

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First 5 Nevada, a program of The Children's Cabinet, is partially supported with funding from the Administration for Children and Families Child Care and Development Fund through a subaward agreement with the Nevada Division of Social Services, Child Care and Development Program (Grant #G00996005). First 5 Nevada was initially developed with funding from the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five Initiative (PDG B-5), Grant Number 90TP0099, awarded to the Nevada Department of Education, from the Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the the Office of Child Care, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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