First 5 California’s Shared Services Alliance Pilot Initial Brief

This brief summarizes initial key learnings of the First 5 California investment in the Shared Services Alliances (SSA) pilot program, which launched in April 2022. The brief begins with an overview of SSAs, including how they function. The brief then describes the SSA pilot in California, supported by First 5 California. Finally, initial learnings from the formative evaluation of the SSA pilot are presented.