Mark your calendars! Join CLC in exactly 3 months for our annual Art of Advocacy Gala on October 24. Celebrate with us under the stars as we drink, dine, and gather as a community to support our clients. Interested in sponsoring the event? Please contact CLC Development Manager Stephanie Talavera at Talaveras@clccal.org. More details including…
Read MoreFormer CLC Client Story Featured In ABC7 Report
Former CLC client Esmeralda Barajas was featured this week in an ABC 7 LA story about the need to help youth find housing as they age out of foster care. The CLC housing team worked hard to help her and her young family with a rental payment and find stable housing. Thanks to CLC’s newly-announced…
Read MoreCLC Response to Inaccurate Report About Court Appointed Attorneys For California Children
Children’s Law Center of California (CLC) disputes several inaccuracies contained in a report entitled “Out of Sight, Out of Mind When Children in Foster Care in California Don’t Meet Their Court Appointed Attorneys” released April 16 by Advokids, Western Center on Law and Poverty, and Akin Gump. Unfortunately, the publication relies on flawed methodology, faulty…
Read MoreCLC Executive Director Featured In TV Segment For National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
CLC Executive Director Leslie Starr Heimov was a guest on Your Afternoon at Spectrum News 1 and spoke to Kelvin Washington about National Human Trafficking awareness Day on January 11. Click here to listen to the full interview and hear Leslie speak about LA County’s DREAM Court, why victims need to be treated as survivors,…
Read MoreCLC Clients Part of Lawsuit Against Local and State Agencies
Several youth advocacy organizations have filed a lawsuit against local and state agencies responsible for providing child welfare and mental health services to youth in foster care in Los Angeles County. This lawsuit claims failures by these agencies to meet state and federal obligations around safe and appropriate housing, treatment and services, case planning, and…
Read MoreCongratulations Kaveh Landsverk and Ebony Porter!
Congratulations to Ebony Porter for being named a 2023 Reunification Hero by the ABA Center on Children and the Law and to Kaveh Landsverk for begin named the 2023 Outstanding New Lawyer by the National Association of Counsel for Children. We are so proud of their accomplishments and the amazing work their team does to…
Read MoreStatement in Response to Racist Remarks by LA City Councilmembers
CLC joins in the outrage over the racist and hateful remarks made by former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez, Councilmembers Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo, and former Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera.
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