Holiday Bash for Foster Care Alumni

Holiday bash will help area foster kids Rohrs, Sarah. Contra Costa Times, Dec. 10, 2009. Kareena Blackmon, 21, of Vallejo was one of the lu...

The Season of Sharing Fund is a very good idea

Aspiring performer now answers to higher calling Berton, Justin. San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 11, 2009. San Jose -- If you ever find your...

Kids' Data Now Available for All California Cities and Counties

Spread the Word: Data Now Available for All Communities in California! Kidsdata.org now offers data for all counties, cities, and school di...

Lack of consistency in parenting programs and struggles to find safe, affordable housing

Fighting to be a mother again Banks, Sandy. Los Angeles Times. October 24, 2009. For women trying to get their children out of foster care, ...

The needs of foster children don't decrease during a recession - they only multiply

Letter to the Editor: Fostering Care San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 19, 2009. Like so many other state responsibilities, foster care fell by ...

Residential treatment centers receive massive budget cuts

State funding cuts to foster care and treatment programs hurting local agencies Lee, Alfred. Pasadena Star-News, October 14, 2009. Rosemary...

Youth needs fall through the cracks

Changes urged for Fresno Co. social services County might disband Children and Family Services agency Branan, Brad. Fresno Bee, Oct. 11, 200...

Annual Tea and Fashion Show helps foster care youth to make it in college

Program helps foster kids finish college Hulbert, Cynthia. Sacramento Bee, Oct. 12, 2009. Brittany Chamalbide was more than ready for her H...

Does privitization help or hurt children?

Is privatization good for foster kids? Heimpel, Daniel. Los Angeles Daily News, Oct. 12, 2009. A 2-year-old boy in foster care died in Sisk...

Every state Governor should know the importance of assisting youth transitioning out of foster care

Gov. Schwarzenegger signs legislation to provide services and resources to California’s foster children, Gotten, Valeria. California Newswi...

Free dental care for foster care youth in Sacramento

Verizon Foundation helps 400 foster children Robertson, Kathy. Sacramento Business Journal, Sept. 21, 2009. More than 400 foster-care stude...

4,000 foster youth "age out" of California each year

The Fight to Make Well-Being a Foster Child's Right Daniel Heimpel, Huffington Post, Sept. 15, 2009. In the twilight of his Presidency, ...

Editorial calls on Governor Schwarzenegger to remember his commitment to foster care

Editorial: 'Aged-out' foster youth at terrible risk San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 2, 2009. The phrase "at risk" gets toss...

Fostering Connections Act passed... will states deliver?

Rooftop Foster Kids At 18, they lose their foster parents and become homeless. A law may help them Heimpel, Daniel. LA Weekly, March 18, 200...

Assembly bill would help put new federal policies and money to work for the state's kids

Editorial: Fixing foster care in California Los Angeles Times, March 12, 2009. For years, thousands of California youths were abused or negl...

LA County Probation Dept. mistakenly bills foster parents

L.A. County studying how others bill for detained youths Hennessy-Fiske, Molly. Los Angeles Time, March 12, 2009. After coming under critici...

Penalizing foster parents for caring for detained youth

L.A. County probation's wrongful billing angers foster advocates Hennessy-Fiske, Molly. Los Angeles Times, March 12, 2009. Advocates for...

Children are dying due to lack of timely intervention and oversight

More children dying of abuse, neglect in Sacramento County Lundstom, Marjie and Sam Stanton. Sacramento Bee, March 10, 2009. The number of c...

Financial incentive to support foster care youth until age 21

Selected recent California newspaper editorials San Jose Mercury News, March 11, 2009. San Francisco Chronicle: "To invest in our chil...

Extending Foster Care to Age 21 is a proven solution

Advocates Want Foster Care Extended March 9, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KCBS) - Some California officials are pushing a plan to extend fos...

Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to support foster youth until age 21

Governor Schwarzenegger Supports Extending Federal Foster Care Imperial Valley News, March 9, 2009. Sacramento, California - Governor Arno...

Foster care is one of Karen Bass' top three priorities

Foster care, front and center Capitol Alert , March 9, 2009. When Karen Bass first ascended to the Assembly speakership, she named overhauli...

Connecting artists, musicians and writers with at-risk youth

Mentoring organization brings art to at-risk youths Create Now's Take HeART program runs workshops that connect artists, writers and mus...