On Wednesday, September 4, the Child Welfare Council of the California Health & Human Services Agency adopted a partial credit policy formula that was developed and presented by the Alliance to ensure foster youth who are shuffled from school to school can get credit for the work they’ve already done. This will help more youth stay […]
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On Tuesday, September 3, the Los Angeles Times published ‘Families who foster deserve parity’ by Alliance CEO Janis Spire. The piece highlights the inequity of financial support for relatives caring for foster children. Reach the piece on latimes.com or below. Families who foster deserve parity Relatives who care for a child deserve the same benefits
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On Thursday, September 12, the Alliance will participate in the 15th New Beginnings Partnership Conference for Children and Families in Los Angeles County. Hundreds of judges, lawyers, child welfare works, advocates and other stakeholder associated with dependency and delinquency court systems will attend the event at Cal State L.A. The conference presents the Alliance with
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On Tuesday, August 20, the Alliance hosted a Friends of the Alliance reception and preview screening of SHORT TERM 12 at William Morris Endeavor in Beverly Hills. Cast Brie Larson, Kaitlyn Dever and Keith Stanfield participated in an insightful Q&A following the screening of the inspiring film. The event kicked off with a reception for
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Help ensure that AB 985 passes out of the Senate Appropriations Committee! AB 985 creates equity between relatives and non-relatives by allowing all children who exit foster care to guardianship to receive benefits until age 21, regardless of the youth’s age when the guardianship was established. Under existing law, non-relative guardians receive support until the
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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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