Tag Archives: family
This year marked a significant milestone for Kidsave as they celebrated their 25th Anniversary Miracles Gala at the Skirball Cultural […more…]
Without access to proper food, education, or toys to play with, how can a child truly grow into a healthy […more…]
“When people think about adopting, they typically think about adopting a baby. But every child deserves a family. At Kidsave, […more…]
In 1979, the Los Angeles Times published an article about the children of Skid Row. They were hardened by their […more…]
Matt, a Los Angeles teenager living in foster care, was “mad, irritated,” and most of all “disappointed” when his social […more…]
Since 2016, the U.S.-based nonprofit Kidsave has been in Ukraine working to find older kids living in orphanages and institutions, […more…]
Makes history as Friends LA’s largest gift ever from individual donor Friends LA is thrilled to announce that it has […more…]
Evacuees in Ukraine call Kidsave’s team there “Angels of Hope.” What started as a small, rag-tag group of civilians, orphan […more…]
GRACE, End Child Poverty in California and Liberation in a Generation Urge Lawmakers to Pass the Bill, Which Would Pave […more…]
By her own description, Leslie Gilbert-Lurie had a sheltered middle-class childhood in suburban Los Angeles. Her family ate dinner together […more…]
Venice Family Clinic began in 1970 in a storefront dental office when Drs. Philip Rossman and Mayer B. Davidson saw […more…]
Sick and injured children entering UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital are not only met by a 60-foot welcome wall with messages […more…]
Since 1998, South Los Angeles nonprofit Peace4Kids has connected youth in foster care to a community they can count on […more…]
Liza Bray remembers a mother and child walking into a Partners for Children South L.A. (PCSLA) partner agency clinic desperate […more…]
In 1979, an article appeared in the Los Angeles Times depicting how unsupervised children growing up on Skid Row were […more…]
The Learning Rights Law Center exists for a singular purpose: To ensure that no child will suffer from the tragic […more…]
Inspired by their experiences adopting children and visiting Russian and Kazakhstani orphanages in the early 1990s, Randi Thompson and her […more…]
California is the world’s fifth-largest economy, but it is also the state with the largest number of children living in […more…]
In the fraught world of child welfare, the 30-year-old Alliance for Children’s Rights has always found a way to discover […more…]
When Friends of the Children approached foster youth advocate Thomas Lee for help launching its mentoring program in Los Angeles, […more…]
Imagine leaving prison with only $200 and a bus ticket. No identification, no social security card, no place to go, […more…]