The largest insurer of California’s foster agencies says it’s ending coverage. Foster care advocates fear that if the issue isn’t resolved, children will end up being displaced. When Adriana Mancilla…

In this episode of One on One, meet the head of the LA County Department of Children and Family Services, the largest child welfare agency in the country. From preventing…

Young women in the foster care system were celebrated with a quinceanera, the traditional rite of passage in Hispanic culture. Amidst the pomp and sparkle, a chance for participants to…

Five teenagers from across LA County were honored at the 10th annual Quinceañera celebration hosted by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.

Video oficial de Al Rojo Vivo. 5 jovencitas del departamento de hogares de crianza en California celebraron su fiesta soñada de quince años, después de horas de ensayos y mucha…

Con ayuda de la diseñadora de vestidos de fiesta Lucy Luna, cinco quinceañeras del sistema de familia sustituta en California, hicieron realidad su sueño y escogieron su vestido para la…

Hope in a Suitcase held a back to school event for youth in foster care.  Hope in a Suitcase is a volunteer-driven nonprofit group that provides children and teens in…

At the Los Angeles County Child Protection Hotline headquarters in downtown LA, social workers are taking more than 160,000 calls on any given year. Jennie Feria, the chief deputy director…

Los Angeles County agencies are beginning to train educators and other mandated reporters about a change in state law that has narrowed the definition of “general neglect.” Mandated reporters are…

The Department of Children and Family Services celebrated the high school graduation of 156 foster youth at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.