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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 …

More than 230 young people are adopted on National Adoption Day in Los Angeles Read More »

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 …

Understanding Caregiver Perspectives: Survey on Home-Based Family Care Monthly Rates Read More »

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 …

The Alliance Launches New Medical-Legal Partnership with MLK Hub to Support Children and Families Impacted by Foster Care Read More »

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 …

County Creates Online Tool to Help Young People in Foster Care Read More »

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 …

From The Imprint: Eight Years After Federal Law to Improve School Stability for Foster Youth, States Still Scrambling Read More »

The Alliance celebrates our collective impact and the recent passage of several policy reforms co-sponsored with our community partners—promoting racial justice and equity, placement stability and education stability for the young people and families impacted by the child welfare system. Reducing Barriers to Family Reunification AB 1686 (Bryan) increases the likelihood that children, especially children from …

Policy Victory: Our Collective Impact Read More »

Yesterday’s guilty verdict, convicting former police officer Derek Chauvin of the murder of George Floyd, was a step in the right direction towards change. For many of us, it was a long-awaited moment of accountability, and a testament to the profound power of a nationwide protest, an outpouring of support, and a movement with the …

The Fight for Justice and Equity Continues Read More »

The surge in anti-Asian attacks since the start of the pandemic has bred new levels of fear and toxicity in our country. The Alliance for Children’s Rights condemns these senseless attacks, and stands in solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. We grieve last week’s devastating shootings in Atlanta, targeting Asian American …

Standing with AAPI Communities Read More »

The child welfare system is intended to be one of the final social safety nets to support children and families in crisis. However, despite the best efforts of reformers and practitioners, the racism and bias embedded in the system from its founding have led to rigid policies that are often more focused on compliance and …

The Path to Racial Equity in Child Welfare: Valuing Family and Community Read More »

California has been a leader in recognizing the importance of school stability for youth in foster care since 2004. As new federal legislation offered a renewed focus and new mandates on these rights, counties across the state have been working to implement it in different ways and with varying levels of success. Still, there has been …

Our Findings: School Stability for CA’s Youth in Foster Care Read More »