The Alliance for Children’s Rights is proud to partner with the Hub Clinic at Martin Luther King, Jr. Outpatient Center (MLK Hub) to launch a new medical-legal partnership aimed at advancing patient access to legal advocacy and promoting the health and wellbeing of our community’s children in foster care. Studies show that young people involved […]
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With funding support from the Office of Child Protection and the Rotary Club of Los Angeles, and in partnership with Alliance for Children’s Rights, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has launched an online tool to provide a customized informative report on resources for youth ages 14–26 who are currently
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Youth in foster care experience significant home and school instability. In California, only 65% of youth in foster care remain in the same school for a majority of the school year, compared to 90% of the typical student population. This contributes to poor education outcomes including lower graduation rates, lower academic testing, and higher rates
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