The Alliance fights to provide stability for children in foster care and those at risk of entering foster care by helping them obtain access to mental and medical healthcare, educational services, benefits, housing, and more. For those who cannot return to their biological parents, the Alliance provides permanency through adoption and legal guardianship. For young adults who “age out” of foster care without a stable connection to a supportive adult, our programs and advocacy services specifically for young adults guide them in their journey to independence.
Alliance for Children’s Rights
Area of law
Details
Qulification (if any)
Family law
Adoption from foster care, legal guardianship
Government benefits
Federal foster care funding, state foster care funding, Welfare (CalWORKs), Approved Relative Caregiver funding (ARC), Kinship Guardianship Assistance (Kin-GAP), Extended Foster Care until 21 (AB12), Adoption Assistance (AAP), Home approvals
For children in foster care, For former foster youth in legal guardianship, For non-minor dependents. Participants must meet one of the following: go to a high school or enroll in a GED program; enroll part time in a college or trade school; work at least 80 hours a month; participate in a program that helps you find a job; have a medical condition that makes it impossible to meet one of the first four, For children adopted out of foster care, When DCFS does not approve their homes in a timely manner or refuses to approve their homes at all, rendering them ineligible for foster care funding
Government benefits & healthcare
Medi-Cal coverage for those in foster care, help current or former foster youth maintain health insurance coverage, obtain specialized care for those with disabilities or developmental delays, link clients to providers, challenges Medi-Cal denials for those in foster care
Education
Educational equity for foster and probation youth: School of Origin (SOO), immediate enrollment, partial credits, state minimum graduation (ab 167/216), Access to special education for foster youth, Early intervention services
Transition age youth
Resolving identity theft, re-entering foster care (for youth 18-21), clearing juvenile tickets, accessing Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, sealing juvenile records, requesting name changes, obtaining birth certificate, emancipation (legal separation from the custody and control of parents or guardians, before turning 18 years old), Housing programs such as Transitional Housing Programs (THPP+NMD programs), Supervised Independent Living Program (SILP), and residing with a resource family, and more
Young adults exiting the foster care or juvenile justice system,
WHO DO THEY HELP
Children in foster care, children at risk of entering foster care, and young adults who are exiting foster care
Contact
(213) 368-6010
Website link
Application link
Address
3333 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 550, Los Angeles, CA 90010