Foster, kinship, guardian, and adoptive parents came to Sacramento on March 29 to advocate for the needs of children and youth in foster care. Many legislators are newly elected, and caregivers shared their stories about the challenges and barriers that they face as parents of children in and from the foster care system. In addition, caregivers shared the need for AB 273 (Ramos), which will protect children by creating a more family-centered and child-focused process to locate, return, and stabilize children and youth who go missing while in the care, custody, and control of the child welfare system. We hope you can join us for another empowering Caregiver Day at the Capitol next Spring!
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Child Welfare Disaster Assistance Response Fund
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California Alliance of Caregivers is co-sponsoring SB 589 (Alvarado-Gil) with Children Now. SB 589 will establish a statewide Child Welfare Disaster Response Fund to ensure grants and resources are immediately available to disaster-impacted communities. This fund will mitigate the urgent needs of children and youth in foster care and their caregivers, including transportation, interim housing, and replacement of essential belongings. If you have a story to share regarding the need for this legislation, please email: info@cacaregivers.org.
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Learn practical, culturally appropriate techniques for caring for black and bi-racial hair and skin; including an overview of basic hair care, types, textures, and an introduction to protective styles. April 12 | 5-7PM
Products provided for participants.
REGISTER HERE
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This 90-minute course covers the basics of childhood trauma, typical trauma-related behaviors, an overview of Trust-Based Relational Intervention and 5 strategies to help kids with a trauma history thrive.
REGISTER HERE
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Join kinship, foster, adoptive, guardian, and adoptive families for a weekly, virtual, facilitated training and support group. REGISTER HERE
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CAC is tracking about 25 bills that affect resource parents and children and youth in foster care. We provide input, letters of support and testimony at committee hearings for many of these bills. You can look at the bills we are tracking HERE.
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Check out our virtual training page HERE.
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Our next CAC Policy Committee meeting is April 26. We answer questions about current legislation and discuss ideas and issues for current and future advocacy. REGISTER HERE
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Postsecondary Education Planning Guide for Adults Supporting California’s Foster Youth
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A new guidebook is available for parents and caregivers of transition-age youth. This resource is available in English and Spanish HERE.
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California Alliance of Caregivers
Sacramento Office: 1106 11th Street, Ste 10, Sacramento, CA 95814
Los Angeles Office: 6080 Center Dr, Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA 90045
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 576, Sacramento, CA 95812
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