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HopSkipDrive lady takes Foster Kid to school.

11/21/2017

Ride-Sharing Company Will Get L.A. Foster Kids to School

Daniel Heimpel

Today, HopSkipDrive, a child-focused ride-sharing company, announced a partnership with Los Angeles County’s Office of Education (LACOE) to transport foster youth to school. Moving at what one official called a “fast and furious” pace to rectify its failure to comply with foster care mandates enshrined in the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), LACOE has contracted with the L.A.-based

2/23/2017

Missing the Bus

Daniel Heimpel

California fails to implement federal education law, denying students in foster care their right to school transportation. At least 35,000 school-aged California children live in foster care today. Entering the system is, invariably, traumatic.

9/30/2016

The Ubering of Foster Care has Begun

Daniel Heimpel

Earlier this month, I wrote a story about how Los Angeles County was considering using ridesharing services like Uber to improve “family visitation.” The problem in L.A. and across the country is that it is hard to transport children and their parents to court-ordered visits.

8/31/2016

Trauma-Informed Uber

Jeremy Loudenback

As Los Angeles County mulls the idea of using ride-sharing services to escort foster youth to visitations with biological parents, some child-welfare experts wonder how such a service would be able to grapple with children with significant experiences of trauma and loss.

8/31/2016

L.A. County Looks to Ridesharing, Faith-Based Programs to Improve Family Visitation for Foster Kids

Guest Writer

In an ambitious upcoming board motion, a pair of Los Angeles County Supervisors aim to tackle two of foster care’s most fundamental challenges: re-unifying children with their parents and retaining quality foster parents.

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