Those wondering about the CA Supreme Court argument I did in a foster care/adoption case March 2nd can now view the case on Supreme Court’s… Read More »California Supreme Court to decide landmark “adoption v. foster care” case for 11-year old child.
Do you know people who have been touched by adoption and foster care? Help parents and caregivers, child welfare professionals, prospective adopters, advocates, and adoptees,… Read More »NACAC – Adoption and Foster Care Conference – July 18-20, 2019, Las Vegas, NV
Watch the video recorded lecture “Child Welfare: Foster Care System Reform” by Deborah Dentler on February 8th, 2018. Click on the title for a link… Read More »Harvard Law School Child Advocacy Program Guest Lecture by Deborah Dentler “Child Welfare: Foster Care System Reform”
CHAMPS campaign advocates for the amazing parents that help foster children recover from trauma, grow, and flourish. This toolkit provides sample Facebook posts, social media… Read More »CHAMPS – Children Need Amazing Parents – Launch Communications Toolkit
When a county child welfare agency fails to protect a child like Gabriel, there is actually a legal mechanism available to all of us to… Read More »Breaking News: 4 L.A. County social workers to stand trial in horrific death of 8-year-old boy
In 2017, California’s group homes will be shutting down— or changing, at the very least — in the wake of new legislation passed in September… Read More »California Law to Close Group Homes Stresses Importance of Family for Every Foster Kid
Jessica, my first foster child, whom I last saw 14 years ago, emailed me out of the blue. She was barely nine then, and I… Read More »Improving Care for Foster Children
Jim Newton reports for the Los Angeles Times on the foster care system and why the county should include foster parents in decisions about the children… Read More »The voice of foster kids
L.A. County is in an unusual predicament. Traditionally, the county’s foster care system has struggled with a shortage of homes for children who are older and… Read More »LA county’s crisis: recruitment of foster parents
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