On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to launch a youth...
Foster Care
Rebalancing Act: How to Change the Fact That Too Many Black & LGBTQ Kids Land In LA’s Foster Care System
In Los Angeles County, as in many other areas of the U.S., African American children are...
LA County Supes Approve New Dependency Drug Court for Families Caught up in the Child Welfare System
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted a motion to adopt a “Family...
Hearings: Young, First-Time Parents Face ‘Civil Death Penalty’ in a Ventura Child Welfare Court
200 Beats a Minute It was the week before Christmas 2018. Sometime around noon that day, the...
As Drug Crises Surge, Babies Enter Foster Care at Higher Rate
By Teresa Wiltz, Stateline Babies and toddlers are entering the foster care system at a higher...
Op-Ed: How the War On Drugs Has Torn Families of Color Apart
There was wall-to-wall media coverage of the forced family separations happening at the US-Mexico...