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.

Víctor León, de Los Ángeles, se enfila para ser un maestro de matemáticas;  Aleena Ortega, de West Covina, tiene como meta ser periodista y Emily Lesage, de Van Nuys, aspira…

DTLA resident Victor Leon, 18, was among nearly 160 college-bound youth in foster care honored at a graduation ceremony hosted by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family…

ABC 7 highlights DCFS Celebration event honoring the youth in foster care heading to college.

In this episode of LACOE’s “Ed Buzz,” DCFS Director Brandon T. Nichols discusses how to best protect all L.A. children and support families in light of AB 2085, which makes…

ABC 7 features a new program helping young people exiting foster care open a bank account and obtain financial literacy.

Numbers can reveal profound narratives and the story of Upfront Family Finding in Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is inspiring. In the space of two years, LA…