CA: Family/Father Issues
CA foster care advocates ask lawmakers to fund in-person response teams
Advocates for foster families are pressing lawmakers to save the Family Urgent Response System from the budget ax. California faces a $37.9 billion …
Bill would fund National Parent & Youth Helpline
The new National Parent & Youth Helpline has already taken 6,700 calls, texts and live chats since its inception in January, and now the U.S…
Helpline makes strong debut during National Parent Leadership Month
During February, which is National Parent Leadership Month, the nonprofit Parents Anonymous is celebrating the successful launch of the new National …
National Parent and Youth Helpline expands with $10M grant
Parents and young people facing an emotional crisis now have a place to turn anytime, day or night - the National Parent and Youth Helpline. The …
Programs help rural families bond to nurture healthy kids
Studies show that 90% of a child's brain develops by age six - so Save the Children's home-visiting program helps families build a strong, positive…
Encuesta revela discriminación rampante en la atención médica
Según una nueva encuesta." patrocinada por Compassion & Choices, el cual es un grupo de defensa para los cuidados al final de la vida, el 25% de …
Survey finds rampant discrimination in health care
In a new poll, 25% of voters say they have "personally experienced or witnessed discrimination in health care due to race, ethnicity, gender…
Report: CA Families Struggle to Find Affordable Child Care
California families are paying way too much for child care, according to the 2023 Kids Count Data Book out today from the Annie E. Casey Foundation…
Too Many Kids Age Out of Foster Care Without a Permanent Family
A new report shows the number of people between the ages 14 to 21 in the foster-care system has dropped by about half over a 15-year period - and th…
CA Parent, Youth Helpline Wins Grant to Continue for 2 More Years
Just in time for Mental Health Awareness Month in May - the California Department of Social Services has provided a new grant to continue the Californ…
Report: CA's Unpaid Caregivers Contribute 4 Billion Hours per Year
Some 4.4 million family caregivers in California provide more than four billion hours of uncompensated care each year; work worth about $81 billion…
Informe: Cuidadores no remunerados de CA aportan 4 billones de horas al año
Unos cuatro punto cuatro millones de cuidadores en California proporcionan más de cuatro mil millones de horas de atención no compensada cad…