No Longer Alone By Dan Gordon ’85 | Illustrations by Hanna Barczyk June 14, 2022 Originally featured in UCLA Magazine's July 2022 Issue UCLA Magazine, July 2022 Issue Tashaunda was living on the sidewalk at the corner of Western Avenue and Washington Boulevard, sheltered by a tent
Senate Select Committee on Domestic Violence, Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Los Angeles Trying “Colorblind” Foster Care Decisions By Sara Tiano July 14, 2021 Originally featured in LA Progressive LA Progressive Los Angeles County leaders committed on Tuesday to test out “colorblind removals” in child welfare cases — an attempt to correct long-standing patterns that draw disproportionately more Black and brown
AirTalk: A Look At “Blind Removal” In Child Welfare Cases After LA County Supervisors Vote To Support Pilot Program Originally featured on KPCC Rawpixel L.A. County’s Department of Children and Family Services will be testing out a strategy called “blind removal” in determining whether a child should be removed
Why are Black children removed from homes at high rate? L.A. County plans ‘blind removal’ pilotBy Jaclyn CosgroveJuly 14, 2021Originally featured in the LA Times Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times America’s largest child welfare system will soon test whether race, ethnicity or neighborhood can influence social workers’ decisions to remove children
Los Angeles Leaders Vote to Try “Colorblind” Foster Care Decisions By Sara Tiano July 13, 2021 Originally featured in the The Imprint Rawpixel Los Angeles County leaders committed on Tuesday to test out “colorblind removals” in child welfare cases — an attempt to correct long-standing patterns that draw disproportionately more
Breaking the Foster Care Cycle, One Young Family at a Time The Children’s Law Center of California’s Pre-Filing Representation Project is changing the trajectory for teen parents and their young children in foster care. By Jody Leibman Green and Kaveh Landsverk July 01, 2021 Originally featured in the American Bar Association
Tutoring, when driven by equity, can help students catch up post pandemic By Monique Corral May 17, 2021 Originally featured in EdSource ALISON YIN/EDSOURCE California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised state budget proposal for 2021-22 includes one-time funds of $2.6 billion to schools to provide interventions for students, including tutoring. While tutoring can make a
The UCLA Pritzker Center on the Death of Ma'Khia Bryant April 23, 2021 Courtesy Bryant Family Ma’Khia Bryant was in foster care. Her death happened outside of her foster home. Though the facts of the altercation leading to the police response are in question, the cause of Ma’Khia’s death
UCLA Pritzker Center to Present National Expertise on Child Welfare and Domestic Violence UCLA Summit on May 12 will discuss intersection and action. April 20, 2021 Originally featured in Ampersand Shutterstock The UCLA Pritzker Center for the Strengthening of Children and Families will present a summit on “Child Welfare