The Alliance and First Star are partnering to help 28 eleventh graders in foster care get on the right academic footing so they can attend college. At the end of last year, many youth in the innovative First Star UCLA Bruin Academy were struggling academically. Each youth had different scenarios resulting from frequent home and school […]
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Many events cover foster care issues, but on July 29, the GRACE organization in coordination with Congresswoman Karen Bass held a standout conference titled “Improving Outcomes for Foster Youth in California.” The convening focused on three critical areas: –Improving the recruitment, training and support for foster parents –Improving comprehensive care for foster youth requiring intensive
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On June 27, in response to the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA), Governor Brown signed SBx1 1 and AB 82, two significant pieces of legislation for California former foster youth. SBx1 1 extended Medi-Cal to former foster youth until age 26 and AB 82 implemented the Medi-Cal extension early for a limited population of former
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On June 13, 2013, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 91, a trailer bill for California’s 2013-14 budget. SB 91 preserved California’s Foster Youth Services (FYS) program at the current funding level of $15 million. These funds will allow FYS to ensure that county offices of education continue to coordinate educational services and supports for
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A primary goal of our child welfare system is to keep children with family where they are more likely to be comfortable and thrive. Another goal is to meet children’s individualized needs with appropriate services and supports. Yet when children are placed with family, their services and supports are not based on need. The numbers
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This guest blog post was written by Alliance Policy Intern Alain Datcher reflecting on his summer internship in Washington D.C. with the Congressional Coalition on Adoption. You can also view Alain’s policy recommendation on page 25 of Our Voice, Their Future (linked below). Before boarding the plane headed to Washington, D.C. this summer, one main
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For months, students at Sacred Heart Elementary were in pursuit of pennies: they asked neighbors, family and searched through couch cushions in the name of giving back through Penny Harvest. USC administrators and students brought the Penny Harvest program to Los Angeles from New York City where it has raised over $1 million. While collecting
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A new report details the harsh financial realities facing grandparents raising their grandchildren. At the Alliance, a majority of our clients are relative caregivers and we see first-hand the extreme hardships kin face in stepping up to care for children in—or at risk of entering—foster care. More than 300,000 grandparents in California are raising their
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15th Bi-Annual ABA National Conference on Children and the Law Raising the Bar: Lawyers as Partners for Family Well-Being July 12-13, 2013, Washington, DC Alliance Staff Attorney Taylor Dudley will present “Medical Legal Partnerships: A Prescription for Improving Child and Family Well-Being” with two other MLP organizers from across the country. Taylor will share her
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The Children’s Law Center recently won an important case on behalf of a non-minor dependent that clarifies the right of these vulnerable youth to re-enter foster care. The Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles denied a petition for re-entry to a youth, KG, because KG was under a
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