With over 30,000 youth in the foster care system annually, Los Angeles County has an urgent need for advocates to ensure that its cases receive necessary help with education, mental and physical wellbeing, and safe and stable placement.
Wellnest President and CEO Charlene Dimas-Peinado speaks about the history and relevance of the organization.
On Wednesday, June 14, L.A. County held a virtual media briefing to announce the BREATHE Guaranteed Income Program’s expansion to include 200 former L.A. County DCFS foster youth, who aged out of the system, with $1,000 monthly for two years.
Lady Angel Price, the daughter of a prison outreach minister, has been attending CCC since the tender age of three. It is where she grew in her faith, met her future husband, and marked many blessed milestones in her life, including her baptism, nuptials, and the baptismal of her children.
Educational Nonprofit Sends Youth Participants to College with $4 Million in scholarship funds. The program, which serves 50 foster youth and low-income youth each year, guides these students in gaining access to post-secondary education with little to no student debt.
Continuing its focus on supporting foster youth, the Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation will present a town hall featuring U.S. Congresswoman Karen Bass as a guest speaker.
The Child Welfare system is failing, causing greater harm for, both, the youth and families they’re supposed to be serving.
Ava Walker is the founder of “Arts, Film, and Goods’ pantry,” a non-profit organization that serves foster youth throughout the Southland, and a former foster youth herself. She sat down with L.A. Sentinel to opine about her journey from foster child to CEO.
Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation develops a range of programs, services and initiatives to ensure the success of young people in the L.A. County system.
As schools and colleges close nationwide due to the Coronavirus, foster youth and international students face possible homelessness, hunger and more.
Magazine as one of “30 Under 30” top American entrepreneurs and acknowledged for his work by former President Obama, Moodie helps students from all backgrounds get to and get through college, and has conducted TedX talks on innovation.
From foster youth to a college educated man, Demontea Thompson is doing it all and giving back to his community. Thompson, raised by his great uncle and great aunt in Compton, California was exposed to a gang infested environment. Despite the circumstances, he along with his twin brother, Demontray Thompson, were able to maneuver through these obstacles and seek success.