Jessica Fairfield
Jessica Fairfield works as a CSW in Pomona and always works diligently to ensure youth’s needs are being met while they are under her charge. In one particular case she…
Read The Full Story »Published: January 15, 2021
Watch DCFS Director Bobby Cagle discuss the strain that the pandemic has had on the foster care system, including the need for resource family homes for older youth, the roll-out…
Published: December 16, 2020
Watch DCFS Director Bobby Cagle provide an update on a recent case, discuss how children and families are receiving mental health services during the pandemic, and share details regarding this…
Published: December 10, 2020
Despite an ever-tightening budget, Los Angeles County is considering an expansion of a kinship program that places foster children with relatives as soon as they are removed from their parents’ homes,…
Published: December 2, 2020
When she started her senior year at Roosevelt High School this fall, Carolina, 17, worried she wouldn’t find the motivation for online learning. A teenager in foster care, she felt…
Published: November 27, 2020
Watch DCFS Director Bobby Cagle join Rich Valenza, from Raise a Child, to discuss the need for loving families for children and youth in foster care and how the public…
Published: November 22, 2020
Decenas de padres se comprometen al cuidado de 148 niños ¡Llegó el día! Fue el grito de alegría de la pequeña Angelina cuando este sábado se levantó de la cama,…
Published: November 20, 2020
Ninety-two families will participate, and more than 60% of the adoptions being finalized are for siblings. Virtual adoption ceremonies will be held Saturday as part of National Adoption Day for…
Published: November 17, 2020
Los Angeles County launched a website Tuesday to help foster youth understand their rights. Supervisor Janice Hahn said foster children need to know their rights and those in power need…
Published: November 13, 2020
Watch DCFS Director Bobby Cagle discuss some of the emerging effects of the pandemic, including the steady rise in number of DCFS supervised children and the added strain to working…
Published: November 6, 2020
In this episode in the FACEism series, ABC 7 examines the ignorance of Muslim stereotypes in the U.S. and the battle to teach love and respect for all. We often…
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