First 5 Sacramento invests in many community efforts that promote early childhood development for children from the prenatal stage to age five and their families. Commission funds are allocated to programs contributing to the achievement of its priority results for children in Sacramento County. The following are the current funding opportunities available from First 5 Sacramento.

Following the adoption of the Strategic Plan and Implementation Plan Framework, Commission staff conducts competitive bid processes to select programs to carry out specified strategies. In order to be responsive to changes within the community, it is anticipated that organizations may on occasion approach the Commission with requests outside the scheduled bid process. The purpose of this procedure is to establish a protocol for responding to out-of-cycle requests in response to critical/immediate unmet community needs.