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Kinship Families At the State Capitol

News, Video /

The Alliance lobbied successfully for emergency funding from the moment of placement–an issue that disproportionately affects relative caregivers. Caregivers–including grandmothers and grandfathers, uncles and aunts, and siblings–from across California joined us in Sacramento to share their stories. Senator Holly Mitchell appears in the video during a meeting in which she invited these kinship families to […]

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Summer Jobs for Students

Summer Jobs for Students in Foster Care Open Up a World of Possibility

L.A. Opportunity Youth Collaborative, News /

Too many young adults “aging out” of foster care struggle to find gainful employment and lift themselves out of poverty and instability. At the Alliance, we are doing something about it, with the help of our partners. Kandice Lake, who is going into her junior year at The Master’s University, really wants to work in

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What I Witnessed at Casa Padre Detention Center

Keeping Families Together Is Not Enough: On the Frontlines of the Border Crisis

News, System-Wide Reform /

As Alliance attorneys offer their time and expertise to support ongoing legal efforts at the border, we are sharing their personal perspectives. Here, Elise Weinberg, policy attorney at the Alliance, talks about her time at Karnes Detention Center interviewing detained mothers and children. I pulled up to the Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and

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