Happy New Year!

EBCLO is off and running with AB12 in 2012. This is the amazing new law that extends foster care services and benefits to emancipating youth beyond the age of 18. Contact your attorney if you have questions. We also would like to officially welcome three new staff...

Wine Tasting to Benefit EBCLO

The dates for Friday Night Flights 2011 are here–mark your calendar for September 30, 2011 and October 7, 2011 and join us at Angela’s Bistro in Alameda from 5:30-7:30 p.m.  This year the event marks the kick off of our Fall Fundraising Campaign, and, like last year,...

One Little Boy’s Magical Afternoon at the Theater

EBCLO attorney Rob Waring and his intern Jessica Winter knew just what they had to do for their client—a six year old little boy who loves to sing and dance. Jessica hopped on the phone with the Orpheum Theater and secured donated tickets for Rob’s client and his...

Adoption Day Changes Lives Forever

By Josh Richman, Oakland Tribune OAKLAND — Something was clearly different Saturday at Alameda County’s Wiley Manuel Courthouse. Usually somber, the Washington Street building was bedecked with brightly colored balloons. Teddy bears lined a corridor’s windowsill and...

Alameda Community for Kids Awards

On November 5, 2010, Kristin Mateer and EBCLO were awarded the Alameda Community Kids Awards presented by The Child Unique Montessori School, honoring “individuals who inspire our children.”