Category: Newsletter

The Art of Advocacy is right around the corner and tickets are now available for purchase! The evening promises to be a night of delicious food, fun and inspiring words from our honorees and staff. This year, we are thrilled to be honoring Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as our Champion Award recipient! Throughout her…

CLC’s annual Back-to-School Drive is back and bigger than ever! We are working hard to ensure our clients have everything they need to succeed in the upcoming school year. Our Back-to-School Drive would be impossible without our amazing supporters, and your involvement in this year’s drive is critical. We have so many ways you can…

June, recognized as National Reunification Month, is a time to celebrate family and community, and to raise awareness about the fundamental goal of family reunification in the child welfare system. As described in CLC’s core values, we strive to keep families together. We honor the communities with which our clients identify, and we advocate to…

Advocates Gala Update We’ve got some exciting news! We are thrilled to announce that Supervisor Sheila Kuehl will be joining us for the Advocates Gala, which will be held at the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel in Sacramento on June 8th. Supervisor Kuehl will be there to help us honor her sister, Judge Jerilyn Borack, who spent…

Unfortunately, the news today is fraught with disturbing reports of youth maltreatment in juvenile halls in California. CLC is at the forefront of efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of our clients. Indeed, CLC’s CARE program was created specifically to support youth in foster care who also interact with the juvenile justice system, commonly…

CLC is a proud leader in policy advocacy and system reform work. Our policy team is a group of dedicated professionals who work at the local, state, and national level to improve the child welfare system. Our team ensures that our work is informed by the voices and experiences of the tens of thousands of children and…