Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP), funded by First 5 LA, sought to make voluntary, high-quality preschool available to every 4-year-old in Los Angeles County. To achieve high-quality preschools, LAUP provided a number of services, including coaching, to both the center-based and family...

In February 2004, First 5 LA adopted a 10-year universal preschool master plan to increase the availability of high quality preschool spaces in Los Angeles County and created Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) to implement the plan. A shared objective of First 5 LA and LAUP is to support...

Childhood obesity is a growing health problem in the United States that has captured the attention of researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. The prevalence of overweight and obesity at all ages differs by race/ethnicity.

As part of Phase 3 of the Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study (UPCOS-3), Mathematica Policy Research worked with the First 5 LA Children and Families Commission and Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) to conduct a descriptive study of the characteristics of classrooms in LAUP programs...

A central objective of LAUP is to support early learning and development. To meet this objective, First 5 LA and LAUP have begun to track the progress of children during their year in LAUP programs as an element of the performance-based contract between the two organizations.

Childhood obesity is a growing health problem in the United States that has captured the attention of researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. Over the past four decades, rates of obesity doubled among children age 2 to 5 and quadrupled among children ages 6 to 11 (Ogden and Carroll 2010).

In February 2004, First 5 LA adopted a 10-year universal preschool master plan to increase the availability of high quality preschool spaces in Los Angeles County and created Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) to implement the plan. A shared objective of First 5 LA and LAUP is to support...

Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP), an entity funded by First 5 LA, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide access to high quality preschool education to the children of Los Angeles County. To achieve high quality preschool educational experiences for the children it serves,...

In 2009-2010, as part of Phase 3 of the Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study (UPCOS-3), Mathematica Policy Research administered a full battery of direct child assessments to inform the performance-based contract between First 5 LA and Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP).

In February 2004, First 5 LA adopted a 10-year Universal Preschool Master Plan to increase the availability of quality preschool spaces in Los Angeles County and created Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) to implement the plan. Because a central objective of LAUP is to support early learning...