Carissa Spurlock
Carissa Spurlock, Torrance DCFS Office, is a champion for families. She goes above and beyond to keep families together and reunite families wherever possible. In one case, a child’s grandmother…
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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Juana Aguilera DCFS Office of Public Affairs (213) 760-5883 On Saturday, Nov. 21, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the Superior…
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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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Juana Aguilera DCFS Office of Public Affairs (213) 760-5883 Collaboration of the Los Angeles County Commission for Children & Families, Los Angeles County Department of Children…
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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…
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