Our mission

Our mission is to protect the rights of children in poverty and those overcoming abuse and neglect by delivering free legal services, supportive programs, and systemic solutions. The Alliance levels the playing field and ensures that children and young people who experience foster care are empowered to fulfill their potential.

Our vision

Our vision is a world in which all children have safe, permanent families, with the support they need to thrive.

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You can be part of the future for these vulnerable young people.

Please join us for our 28th Annual Dinner, the Alliance’s largest fundraising event of the year, to honor Karey Burke, ABC Entertainment, with the Champion for Children Award and Susan Saltz, Child Advocate and Film Producer, with the Francis M. Wheat Community Service Award.

Thursday, March 5, 2020
6:30 pm Cocktails | 7:30 pm Dinner

Beverly Hilton Hotel (9876 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210)
Business/Cocktail Attire

Hosted by: Anthony Anderson
Live Performance by: John Legend

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In order to more effectively achieve our mission of stability, equity, and justice for all young people across the state, the Alliance identifies systemic issues and barriers that impact our clients, and advocates for broad solutions and improvements through ground-breaking policy reform.

A bold leader in the field, the Alliance has written and sponsored bills that have positively impacted foster care throughout California, including AB12, extending foster care to age 2.

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FY 2018-19 Annual Report

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Audited Financials

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Free legal and social services for children and young adults impacted by foster care

A “Legal Guardian” is ...

The person appointed by the court who assumes legal responsibilities for a child/minor. Once guardianship has been obtained, a legal guardian’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to the child’s:

Daily care

Custody

Education

Medical care

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KAREN BASS, CONGRESS MEMBER

100,000 Opportunities Initiative
Alliance of Moms
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Dick Wolf
Gary Saltz Foundation, Inc.
Legal Services Trust Fund
May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
Melanie and Richard Lundquist
Noelle Wolf

Pritzker Foster Care Initiative Rose Hills Foundation The Aspen Institute for Community Solutions The Carl and Roberta Deutsch Foundation The Eisner Foundation The Walter S. Johnson Foundation W.M. Keck Foundation Weingart Foundation

Employer Matching Donations

Many companies and foundations offer employer matching programs which enable employees to double, sometimes triple, their contributions to causes they care about.

Step 1

Find out if your company has a matching gift program by speaking with your employer or human resources representative.

Step 2

If your employer requires you to fill out a matching gift form, here is some information you might need:

Organization name: Alliance for Children’s Rights 
Mailing Address: 3333 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 550, Los Angeles, CA 90010 
Phone Number: 213-368-6010 
Website: kids-alliance.org 
Federal Tax ID#: #95-4358213

Step 3

Send us your matching gift form via e-mail or mail.

Alliance for Children’s Rights 
Attn: Stephanie Lopez 
3333 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 550  
Los Angeles, CA 90010 
E-mail: give@kids-alliance.org

“The OYC unites the many and varied voices working to support our young people transitioning from foster care. Their collective power to affect change cannot be underestimated.”

KAREN BASS, CONGRESS MEMBER

Help us provide critical support and services for children who need us the most.

We have to change policy if we want to change the world for children.

We believe that abuse of children’s rights anywhere should be the concern of people everywhere.

Since 1992, we have served more than 150,000 children and young adults

65,000

children and young adults cared for by our direct services

9,000+

trained court agency, school and community partners

35%

of all children helped by legal aid organizations in California

Foster to Family

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Current Policy Campaigns

Every year, the Alliance works with partners and policymakers to identify important opportunities to reform and improve foster care and child welfare. Our current campaigns include:

Creating a child-centered, family-focused child welfare system for children who cannot remain safely in the home of a parent: Continuum of Care Reform (CCR), a set of laws that took effect in 2017, is intended to support children in family settings and limit the use of congregate care (group homes). Read our full position statement.
Ensuring educational success for foster youth by increasing educational stability and opportunities for academic achievement: California students in foster care change schools an average of eight times while they are in care, losing four to six months of their educational progress with each move. These students consistently demonstrate the poorest outcomes of any student group. Read our full position statement.
Ensuring that all transition age youth who elect to participate in Extended Foster Care or are aging out of foster care are appropriately and safely housed and have access to appropriate supports and services: Current law provides for the option of extended foster care to age 21. Those who elect extended foster care have a right to a safe and appropriate housing. Read our full position statement.