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 …
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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On Tuesday, June 4, the Alliance completed its third probation adoption–also the third-ever in Los Angeles County. Probation adoptions are rare with only eight ever occurring across the nation, making the occasion something to celebrate. The Alliance is part of the Probation Permanency Committee–a collaboration with the courts and the Los Angeles County Probation and …
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A huge thank you to everyone who supported the 4th Annual the RIGHT to LAUGH comedy event on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at the Avalon in Hollywood. Legendary comedians had the packed house in stitches and helped raise more than $260,000 for Los Angeles’ neediest children. George Lopez, Wanda Sykes, Nick Kroll, Craig Ferguson, Bob …
This video was created for the Alliance’s 21st Annual Dinner on Thursday, March 7, 2013. The video highlights two families the Alliance worked with in 2012-2013: the Donaby and Parra families.
When she was four years-old, Victoria M. was struck by a bus while crossing the street. She sustained extensive injuries, and was awarded more than $100,000 from the bus company. Due to her age at the time, the money was put in a trust that she could only access after she turned 18. That was …
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As former foster youth and their new adoptive families celebrated National Adoption Day on November 16, Public Counsel and the Alliance for Children’s Rights announced a first-of-its-kind project to help newly formed Los Angeles families stay together and thrive. The new project will be funded by a grant from the Everychild Foundation, which every year …
Thank you to the Metzger Law Group for their generous donation to the Alliance’s Children’s Health & Advocacy Clinic (CHAC), a Medical-Legal Partnership between doctors at LA County + USC Medical Center and Alliance attorneys. CHAC is an innovative collaboration that ensures abused and neglected children have access to legal services as part of comprehensive …
Congressional leaders recently came together to champion a law to improve education outcomes for foster youth. The Uninterrupted Scholars Act (USA) passed both houses of Congress by January 1, 2013 and was signed by President Barrack Obama on January 14, 2013 amidst intense pressure to resolve the looming fiscal cliff. USA amended federal education law …
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