Please read this very disturbing article in this week’s Los Angeles Times (the first link) and then my letter to the editor (the second link) which was published shortly thereafter. I guarantee you will all be just as furious as I was: http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-foster-wings-20131007,0,3423800.story http://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters/la-le-1009-wednesday-foster-care-20131009,0,1897095.story
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Interested in Becoming a Foster Parent? Los Angeles County is experiencing a critical need for qualified foster parents. The County, with the nation’s largest child welfare system, simply does not have enough caring foster parents and families volunteering to care for these vulnerable children. Everychild members are invited to attend An Open Conversation on Becoming
The Everychild Foundation was mentioned in an Op-Ed piece in The Los Angeles Times on September 3rd. It was written by Janis Spire, President and CEO of The Alliance for Children’s Rights, our 2012 grantee. To read the article, click here.
As the summer winds down, Everychild members gear up to select our next $1 million grant in October. The two candidates, The Children’s Clinic and The Eisner Pediatric and Family Medical Center, have been hard at work the past three months putting together their final proposals to present at our Annual Grant Hearing. Everychild members
From Jackie: Lots of exciting Everychild activity coming this fall as we prepare to select our 14th grant and bring our total grants made to roughly $12 million since our inception. We will also be planning some fascinating salons, so members should stay tuned. First up will be State Senator Ted Lieu speaking about his
Read an interview with the founder of a London trust modeled after the Everychild Foundation. Click here.
St. John’s Well Child and Family Center is the recipient of the Everychild Foundation’s Annual $1 million grant. The grant will implement the agency’s environmental health project, Healthy Homes, Healthy Kids. The announcement was made on November 13 by Everychild Foundation President and Founder Jacqueline Caster, and Hilary Nelson Jacobs, Chair of the foundation’s Grant Screening