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We look forward to welcoming you soon to our new Alliance office at: 4525 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 150 Los Angeles, CA 90010 We are thrilled to announce that we have moved to a new space! As our Alliance continues to grow, we transition to this new office with a renewed vision to create more welcoming and inclusive spaces for our team, our clients, and our partners. We know that our work is stronger when it’s done together, in community. That is why in the dreaming and planning of this new office, we designed to make possible more gatherings, more workshop

This past weekend, the Alliance celebrated a joyous start to the holiday season. Thanks to our partnership with the court, DCFS, Public Counsel, and our community of pro bono attorneys, more than 230 children and young adults left foster care behind and were happily united with their forever families this National Adoption Day. It was the end of a long road for many of our clients, like Davin, who stepped up to provide stability, care, and a loving home for his nieces. “I’m very blessed today, and blessed to have these two girls in my life. I’m excited it is

The Alliance for Children’s Rights conducted a voluntary, online survey of caregivers across California in resource families in May and June of 2023. This survey was designed to gather caregiver input as CDSS works on developing an updated HBFC rate structure. This survey, which focused on obtaining insights into the rate received by the respondents and identifying potential barriers and gaps in funding information and coverage, is intended as a tool to ensure that caregiver perspectives are considered during the revision of the rate structure. Furthermore, this survey aims to address the importance of caregiver engagement and their firsthand experiences

The Alliance for Children’s Rights is proud to partner with the Hub Clinic at Martin Luther King, Jr. Outpatient Center (MLK Hub) to launch a new medical-legal partnership aimed at advancing patient access to legal advocacy and promoting the health and wellbeing of our community’s children in foster care. Studies show that young people involved with the child welfare system are often exposed to social risk factors that drive pediatric health disparities. Between 35% and 60% of children and young adults enter foster care with at least one chronic medical condition that requires treatment. And far too often, these children

With funding support from the Office of Child Protection and the Rotary Club of Los Angeles, and in partnership with Alliance for Children’s Rights, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has launched an online tool to provide a customized informative report on resources for youth ages 14–26 who are currently or formerly in foster care and on probation and their caregivers, helping them access critical supports and services they need to thrive. The online tool, accessible at on the DCFS website, allows users to filter eligibility results based on age and on education and employment

Youth in foster care experience significant home and school instability. In California, only 65% of youth in foster care remain in the same school for a majority of the school year, compared to 90% of the typical student population. This contributes to poor education outcomes including lower graduation rates, lower academic testing, and higher rates of chronic absenteeism and school discipline. Recognizing the importance of school stability, California passed laws requiring a focus on school stability in 2004 and again in a federal law passed in 2015. Yet, despite these legislative changes, many youth in foster care are still not