Published: August 21, 2025

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You Belong: YMCA, DCFS program provides stability, services for foster care youth who “age out”

Foster youth belong in and to the community, but that’s not how most foster kids feel. “No kid should ever feel like they’re not wanted, so I started working with teen girls [in…

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DCFS Changing the System

ABC 7 news segment originally aired on Aug. 15, 2025.

Published: July 2, 2025

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Graduates set sights on success

It was an inspiring graduation ceremony for foster youth in the Department of Children and Family Services as they head off to college and pursue their dreams.

Published: June 14, 2022

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Longtime County Official Tapped to Lead Los Angeles Child Welfare Agency

Brandon Nichols, a veteran Los Angeles County official who’s spent years in leadership roles in the child welfare and probation departments, will take over as director of the Department of…

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