Keumku Sou
SCSW Keumku Sou is known to the Van Nuys DCFS office as someone who goes above the call of duty. He exemplifies leadership, teaming, and actively engages the Core Practice…
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More than 200 children from Los Angeles County celebrated their official adoption Saturday. Watch News Segment
Published: October 9, 2024
The NBC4 I-Team reviewed data about social workers, caseloads and child deaths in Los Angeles County and sat down with the director to discuss the status of the largest child…
Published: October 3, 2024
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…
Published: September 16, 2024
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…
Published: November 19, 2023
More than 200 children were adopted Saturday in an event held in Monterey Park, where four siblings celebrated being adopted into the same family. The Ogaldez’s were all smiles as…
Published: September 15, 2023
KCAL News highlights the 9th Annual DCFS Quinceañera honoring six Latinx youth. Watch News Segment
Published: September 5, 2023
To say that Harbor City resident Cora Peterson has a massively large family is no exaggeration. It’s grown exponentially over the years after she first became a foster parent in…
Published: August 24, 2023
A class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that Los Angeles County has often failed to provide “safe and stable” placements for older foster youth in its care, forcing many to live…
Published: November 19, 2022
More than 130 children were adopted in Los Angeles County on Saturday morning as part of a number of adoption ceremonies held across the country. The event commemorating National Adoption Day was…
Published: July 1, 2022
In a budget flush with unexpected revenue, California will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to expand the number of homes for foster children, provide cash payments to transition-age youth…
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