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How the Next L.A. County DCFS Director Can Build Partnerships with Advocates
I hope they find someone who is fearless to lead the Department of Child and Family Services in Los Angeles County, someone for whom this is not a career move,…
How the Next DCFS Director in L.A. County Can Find More Foster Parents
Whoever is hired as the next director of Los Angeles County’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) will face a stiff challenge: how to recruit and retain high-quality foster…
Los Angeles’ Next Child Welfare Director Needs Flexibility, Will to Collaborate
The director of the Department of Children and Family Services sets the tone and vision for the functioning of the child welfare system throughout Los Angeles. As such, they must…
Risky Business: A Child’s Death in L.A. Elicits More Questions than Answers
Los Angeles County, home to the nation’s largest child welfare system, is grappling with how to measure and respond to the risk that a child will be abused. At the…
Parent Mentoring Program in L.A. County Helps Reunify Families Separated by Foster Care
Stephanie Moreno says losing her children to Child Protective Services (CPS) back in 2015 was the hardest thing she’s ever had to deal with. A family member called CPS on…
When Finding Educational Stability for Foster Youth, Maybe It Does Take a Village
In reading Daniel Heimpel’s article “Responding to foster kids like Alex, L.A. County acts to protect educational stability,” it occurred to me that Los Angeles County is focused on a…
L.A. Moves to Fill Educational Stability Gap for Foster Youth like Alex and Shirley
Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a pilot program to ensure that students in foster care have transportation to their so-called “school of origin.” The stopgap measure…
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