CLC’s Policy Team has been working tirelessly on Assembly Bill 670 in an effort to prevent children of parenting foster youth from entering the child welfare system.
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“I Will Never Forget That I Could Have Lived With People Who Loved Me”
Think of Us founder, Sixto Cancel, shares his story of growing up in foster care in The New York Times.
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Pandemic Relief Funds for California Foster Youth Slow to Reach Needy Young Adults
CLC’s Director of Policy & Training, Susan Abrams, spoke with The Imprint about the available pandemic relief for youth in foster care.
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Los Angeles County Moves To Get More Money Into The Hands Of Foster Youth
CLC’s Director of Policy and Training shares with NPR the financial challenges many youth face exiting foster care experience in Los Angeles County.
Read MoreL.A. County plans ‘blind removal’ pilot
Why are Black children removed from homes at high rate? America’s largest child welfare system will soon test whether race, ethnicity or neighborhood can influence social workers’ decisions to remove children from their homes.
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Budget Victory for Children & Families
Governor Newsom signed the 2021-22 Budget, which includes critical investments in the child welfare system, including millions of dollars in pandemic relief for attorneys, youth, and providers.
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