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This past weekend, the Alliance celebrated a joyous start to the holiday season. Thanks to our partnership with the court, DCFS, Public Counsel, and our community of pro bono attorneys, more than 230 children and young adults left foster care behind and were happily united with their forever families this National Adoption Day. It was […]

The Alliance for Children’s Rights conducted a voluntary, online survey of caregivers across California in resource families in May and June of 2023. This survey was designed to gather caregiver input as CDSS works on developing an updated HBFC rate structure. This survey, which focused on obtaining insights into the rate received by the respondents

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

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

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

This past Saturday, hundreds of families across the country finalized adoptions from foster care. “Young people of all ages want and need the love, support, and encouragement of a family. Helping make that dream come true for thousands of children in foster care has been the driving force behind National Adoption Day since it began

Divisive and racist remarks made in private or in public by our elected officials cannot be countenanced. We join our community members in renouncing the anti-Black, anti-Indigenous, racist, and anti-LGBTQIA+ comments made by Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez and other Los Angeles City Councilmembers. The Alliance for Children’s Rights advocates for and provides

The Alliance celebrates our collective impact and the recent passage of several policy reforms co-sponsored with our community partners—promoting racial justice and equity, placement stability and education stability for the young people and families impacted by the child welfare system. Reducing Barriers to Family Reunification AB 1686 (Bryan) increases the likelihood that children, especially children from

At the Alliance, we partner with policymakers to identify opportunities to reform and improve our child welfare systems and promote stability, equity, and justice for young people throughout California. We’re delighted to share that four bills that were sponsored and co-sponsored by the Alliance recently moved to the Governor’s desk for consideration. If approved, this important legislation

Last week, the Alliance partnered with 30 other organizations to file an amicus brief in an important U.S. Supreme Court case, Haaland v. Brackeen. This case, which the Supreme Court will hear in November, involves a constitutional challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) brought by the state of Texas and several individuals. Children’s rights