“Sometimes in life you come upon the realization that you are backed into a corner and may not stand to win a fight with your own resources.” -Cherie, loving caregiver to her granddaughter This perfectly captures a sentiment shared by many of our clients, especially grandparents and other relative caregivers. Imagine being retired and taking […]
Giving Families Fortitude Read More »
Witnessing the happy faces of the children whose adoptions we finalize is the foundation of what we do. But it isn’t the start or end of our advocacy for children and their families. Many of the faces we see at Adoption Day are sweet faces we’ve seen before. Rosie, top left, came to us through
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Star Jordana Brewster and activist Yasmine Delawari Johnson are among the industry women who’ve formed the Alliance of Moms, an auxiliary of the Alliance for Children’s Rights, to bring medical care and educational programs to vulnerable L.A. teens. Read the cover story in the August issue of The Hollywood Reporter.
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Graduation and summer job season is here. The Alliance has packed June full of events for foster youth to beef up their job skills and experience. Graduations The month kicked off with several graduations, including 24 students from the First Star UCLA Bruin Guardian Scholars Academy. For the past two years, our team has tracked
Class of 2015 Next Stop: Employment Read More »
We are thrilled that Alliance staff will be presenting at conferences this summer, including the San Diego Foster Care Education Summit, the ABA’s National Conference on Children and the Law and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Conference. We look forward to sharing our experiences and expertise and learning best practices from
Alliance Staff, Summer Conferences 2015 Read More »
AB 423: Enhancements to the Approved Relative Caregiver Program AB 423 is a clean-up bill that addresses the state’s new Approved Relative Caregiver Program. AB 423 will ensure that families start receiving CalWORKs benefits immediately upon the placement of the child(ren) into their home by requiring counties to initiate the funding. This will ensure that
Legislative Update 2015 Read More »
$300,000 raised at comedy night with stellar lineup of talent, including Sarah Silverman and Bob Odenkirk.
6th Annual the RIGHT to LAUGH Read More »
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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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
Chapin Hall Discussion Paper on Foster Youth Read More »
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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