There’s Still Time to Make Your Year-End Gift! As the year comes to a close, it’s not too late to make a difference. You can still make a 100% tax-deductible donation to support the nearly 19,000 children and youth we serve in California’s foster care systems. This year, CLC faced devastating budget cuts, putting our…
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Urgent Call To Help Us Uplift Our Clients With A Holiday Gift! ‘Tis the season for spreading happiness and cheer! Here at CLC, that means we’re busy wrapping presents and delivering gifts to our deserving clients in foster care. Yet, we have over 200 families in danger of not receiving holiday joy as the demand…
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Art of Advocacy 2024 Was A Huge Success! We are still smiling after the joyous night we had with our community! Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Art of Advocacy gala last Thursday. The evening was truly beautiful and inspiring, made even more special by your presence. Our honorees—Chris Lakey of Kobalt…
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NY Times Best-Selling Author Will Be Featured Speaker At AOA 2024! We’re excited to announce author Andrew Bridge will be a featured speaker at Art of Advocacy 2024! Andrew Bridge spent 11 years in Los Angeles County foster care. After aging out, he attended Wesleyan University, then graduated from Harvard Law School and was awarded…
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The Art of Advocacy Gala Honorees Announced! It’s Gala time! Art of Advocacy 2024 is just around the corner and we hope you will join us as we celebrate over 30 years of excellence in advocacy! This year, we will honor Chris Lakey, Senior Vice President of Global Creative Synch at Kobalt Music Publishing, and…
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CLC Announces New Housing Partnership With LA Mayor’s Fund Thanks to CLC’s newly-announced partnership with LA Mayor Karen Bass, Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles and the RightWay Foundation, the We Are LA Children and Youth Program will guarantee more of our clients get the housing support they desperately need! CLC clients are at particularly high risk of…
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Celebration of Pride and Family Reunification June is a special time of year at CLC as we recognize both Pride Month and National Family Reunification Month! CLC believes all youth experiencing foster care should be treated with the same love and care as any other child. Unfortunately, many LGBTQ+ youth face trauma because of their gender…
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