Alliance for Children’s Rights - The Legal Aid Association of California

Headquartered in Los Angeles, the Alliance has protected the rights of impoverished, abused, and neglected children and youth since 1992.
Organization Website

Twitter: @KidAlliance
Facebook: Facebook
Primary geographic focus: Southern California, Southwestern California
Organization Type: Provider, Research/Policy/Organizing
LAAC Membership Type: Members
Lists: IOLTA-Funded, IOLTA Field Programs
Tags: Child Custody, Children, Education, Health Care, Schools: Special Education
Acronym or short name: Alliance

The Alliance for Children’s Rights protects the rights of impoverished, abused and neglected children and youth. By providing free legal services and advocacy, the Alliance ensures children have safe, stable homes, healthcare and the education they need to thrive. For many of our clients, the Alliance is the only connection to a safer, brighter future.

Since 1992, we have served 125,000 children, providing them with permanency through adoption and legal guardianship, access to healthcare and an equitable education. Our efforts are focused in three main areas:

Free legal services and advocacy for children in poverty and in foster care
Training and education for those who work with or care for these children
System-wide reform to change policies to improve children’s lives

We cut through the bureaucracy of the courts, medical offices, school districts, and government agencies for children who don’t have parents to advocate on their behalf. Our staff and extensive network of pro bono attorneys advocate directly for individual children, in addition to working for broader policy reform.

Alliance for Children’s Rights

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LAAC Member Story

National Center for Youth Law Calls for Districts to Report Foster Student Transfers

Annie Lee
National Center for Youth Law (NCYL)
January 18, 2016
NCYL advocates for disaggregated data on foster youth in order to enable school districts to better assess and address the needs of their foster youth populations.

News Story

Call for LEAs to report foster student transfers

Tom Chorneau
Cabinet Report
December 7, 2015
Foster youth and civil legal aid advocates call for new requirements on districts to report and address instability and school changes faced by foster youth.

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