6th Annual the RIGHT to LAUGH
$300,000 raised at comedy night with stellar lineup of talent, including Sarah Silverman and Bob Odenkirk.
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A Decade of Impact on Transition Age Youth
This year, we celebrate 10 years and 20,000 incredible youth reached through our NextStep Program for Transition-Age Youth. It all started with a vision in 2000 to make a difference in the lives of young people in their final years of foster care. Since that time, we have responded to changing needs such as laws
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Chapin Hall Discussion Paper on Foster Youth
California was at the forefront of extended foster care, passing Assembly Bill 12 in 2010, which allowed foster youth to remain in foster care until they turn 21. California’s approach to extended foster care is among the most comprehensive in the country, as policy makers strived to not only extend foster care for 3 more
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Grocery Industry Opens Doors for Foster Youth
On September 12, iFoster and the L.A. Opportunity Youth Collaborative (OYC) held a grocery industry job recruitment event with over 40 youth. Participants took a work readiness assessment, practiced interviewing and received professional clothes courtesy of Men’s Warehouse and Foster Care Counts. They also applied for jobs with Ralphs, Food 4 Less and Nabisco. They
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Federal Legislation in the Works
There are many important child welfare bills pending in Congress this session, which we will be highlighting in the coming weeks. The bills we are focusing on this week enhance permanency and support educational outcomes of our foster youth. Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act Half of all foster children who are adopted enter families with
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Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit for Foster Youth
Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C. do not agree on many things. But one thing that has always found bipartisan support is the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). ETIC is a federal tax credit for low to moderate income level families. The EITC is best tool that we have to fight poverty and encourage workforce
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Foster Youth Education Rights
In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that is still the most far reaching education act ever passed by Congress. This bill emphasized equal access to education for all and accountability by providing benchmarks for schools to achieve. The goal was to shorten the achievement gap between children by providing
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$1.3 Million Raised
Our 23rd Annual Dinner honoring Matt and Yasmine Johnson was a smashing success
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Reaching the Finish Line
This video provides a snapshot of the Alliance’s work on behalf of Los Angeles’ most vulnerable children. It profiles a family who benefited from the Alliance’s adoption services in addition to four youth who talk about transitioning out of foster care and how the Alliance helped them reach a promising finish line. This video premiered
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Legislative Season 2015
Continuum of Care Reform: Working toward a financial support model that stabilizes placements and promotes permanency Children housed in group homes are at greater risk of high school dropout, incarceration and eventual homelessness as compared to those raised in family settings. It is estimated that 3,000 youth have resided in California’s group homes for more
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