Fostering Overall Health: A 6-Part Community Speaker Series Join the UCLA Pritzker Center for a training series designed for caregivers, social workers, FFAs and others involved in child welfare. About this event Training dates and descriptions are below. All sessions are from 1:30-3:00 PT on Zoom. Zoom links will be sent prior

Transracial Fostering and Adoption: A 3-part series with Angela Tucker September 7, 2021 September 14, 2021 September 21, 2021 1:00-3:00 p.m. PDT - ZOOM Full YouTube Playlist RSVP

Stable and Strong Families Training Series: Join the UCLA Pritzker Center & experts from UCLA for a training series designed for foster family agencies, caregivers and social workers. Full YouTube Playlist June 17 Building Resource Family Protective Factors and ways to access local resources: Daisy

Countless children enter foster care due to allegations of domestic violence in the home. Often, these allegations result in a finding of neglect for failure to protect. Yet removing children from their homes and placing them in foster care for an isolated allegation of domestic violence can result in further trauma for both the DV survivor and the children, and result in other harms, particularly in diverse communities of color.

COVID-19, the Vaccine and Foster Care Thu, Feb 25, 2021 12:00 PM EST Please join the UCLA Pritzker Center and esteemed UCLA doctors and health experts for a discussion about COVID-19, the vaccine, and other issues concerning foster care, caregivers, children and families. Vaccine hesitancy, medical racism and health inequities facing the Black community and

Exploring Child Welfare and Domestic Violence: A 4-part online series with UCLA and Community Experts About UCLA Pritzker Center’s Domestic Violence Project Countless children enter foster care due to allegations of domestic violence in the home. Often, these allegations fall under a finding of neglect for failure to protect. Yet removing children

Dr. Jessica Pryce: Eradicating Racism and Bias in Foster Care Launched in response to the killing of George Floyd and many other Black Americans, this 3-part lecture series addressed systemic racism and the issues giving rise to the disproportionate number of Black children in foster care. This series was hosted in partnership with

UCLA Child Welfare Summer Academy 2020 COVID-19 disrupted the summer internship and volunteer experiences for many Bruins. In response, the UCLA Pritzker Center launched its inaugural Summer Child Welfare Academy with 160+ students participating. In this three week program, Bruins learned about the child welfare system and its many facets, including education,

COVID-19 Community Town Halls In the early days of COVID-19, UCLA faculty and staff were scrambling to respond to the needs of the community. In the spirit of partnership, the town halls were launched to combine efforts and respond more efficiently to the needs of the community and our partners. Agencies, such as

COVID-19 Community Speaker Series COVID-19 presented our community and child welfare system with many challenges. This 12-part speaker series addresses those issues head-on, touching on important topics like child abuse, education inequity, and delays in permanency. This series is presented in partnership with community-based organizations and UCLA faculty, as part of our