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Please join us for our 28th Annual Dinner, the Alliance’s largest fundraising event of the year, to honor Karey Burke, ABC Entertainment, with the Champion for Children Award and Susan Saltz, Child Advocate and Film Producer, with the Francis M. Wheat Community Service Award.
Thursday, March 5, 2020
6:30 pm Cocktails | 7:30 pm Dinner
Beverly Hilton Hotel (9876 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210)
Business/Cocktail Attire
Hosted by: Anthony Anderson
Live Performance by: John Legend
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In order to more effectively achieve our mission of stability, equity, and justice for all young people across the state, the Alliance identifies systemic issues and barriers that impact our clients, and advocates for broad solutions and improvements through ground-breaking policy reform.
A bold leader in the field, the Alliance has written and sponsored bills that have positively impacted foster care throughout California, including AB12, extending foster care to age 2.
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Free legal and social services for children and young adults impacted by foster care
Free legal and social services for children and young adults impacted by foster care
Free legal and social services for children and young adults impacted by foster care
A “Legal Guardian” is ...
The person appointed by the court who assumes legal responsibilities for a child/minor. Once guardianship has been obtained, a legal guardian’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to the child’s:
Daily care
Custody
Education
Medical care
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KAREN BASS, CONGRESS MEMBER
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Gary Saltz Foundation, Inc.
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Organization name: Alliance for Children’s Rights
Mailing Address: 3333 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 550, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone Number: 213-368-6010
Website: kids-alliance.org
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Alliance for Children’s Rights
Attn: Stephanie Lopez
3333 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 550
Los Angeles, CA 90010
E-mail: give@kids-alliance.org
“The OYC unites the many and varied voices working to support our young people transitioning from foster care. Their collective power to affect change cannot be underestimated.”
KAREN BASS, CONGRESS MEMBER
Help us provide critical support and services for children who need us the most.
We have to change policy if we want to change the world for children.
We believe that abuse of children’s rights anywhere should be the concern of people everywhere.
Since 1992, we have served more than 150,000 children and young adults
65,000
9,000+
35%
Foster to Family
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Current Policy Campaigns
- Creating a child-centered, family-focused child welfare system for children who cannot remain safely in the home of a parent: Continuum of Care Reform (CCR), a set of laws that took effect in 2017, is intended to support children in family settings and limit the use of congregate care (group homes). Read our full position statement.
- Ensuring educational success for foster youth by increasing educational stability and opportunities for academic achievement: California students in foster care change schools an average of eight times while they are in care, losing four to six months of their educational progress with each move. These students consistently demonstrate the poorest outcomes of any student group. Read our full position statement.
- Ensuring that all transition age youth who elect to participate in Extended Foster Care or are aging out of foster care are appropriately and safely housed and have access to appropriate supports and services: Current law provides for the option of extended foster care to age 21. Those who elect extended foster care have a right to a safe and appropriate housing. Read our full position statement.
Understanding Caregiver Perspectives: Survey on Home-Based Family Care Monthly Rates
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
Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against State and County on Behalf of Transition Age Youth for Failure to Provide Stable Housing
On behalf of six transition age (ages 16-21) youth in foster care in Los Angeles County, Public Counsel, Alliance for Children’s Rights, Children’s Rights, and
Watch My Baby Grow: Alliance for Children’s Rights Launches New Online Tool to Support Caregivers and Parenting Youth in Foster Care
The Alliance is proud to introduce Watch My Baby Grow, an online tool developed to aid caregivers and young parents in tracking their baby’s milestones
2023 Caregiver Day at the Capitol
This year’s Caregiver Day at the Capitol, in partnership with California Alliance of Caregivers, was another incredible day of networking and advocacy with 80+ caregivers,
The Alliance Launches New Medical-Legal Partnership with MLK Hub to Support Children and Families Impacted by Foster Care
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
County Creates Online Tool to Help Young People in Foster Care
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
From The Imprint: Eight Years After Federal Law to Improve School Stability for Foster Youth, States Still Scrambling
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
2022 National Adoption Day
This past Saturday, hundreds of families across the country finalized adoptions from foster care. “Young people of all ages want and need the love, support,
A Statement from the Alliance
Divisive and racist remarks made in private or in public by our elected officials cannot be countenanced. We join our community members in renouncing the
