by EBCLO | Dec 1, 2014 | EBCLO News, Resources
On November 4, 2014, EBCLO hosted the first all county conference about higher education for foster youth and debuted the Map to Higher Education. At EBCLO, we are always looking for new ways to serve our clients, and this year, higher education for our non-minor...
by EBCLO | Oct 23, 2014 | EBCLO News, Events, Partners
EBCLO awarded its first ever EBCLO Ebbys at its Fifth Anniversary Party on October 16, 2014. All of the awardees played, and continue to play, an important role in AB12’s success in Alameda County. Allowing children to stay in foster care until age 21 was a...
by EBCLO | Jul 25, 2014 | EBCLO News
On June 28, 2014, Governor Brown signed SB 1296, the Decriminalization of Truancy Act, into law, closing a loophole that some courts have used to incarcerate youth for truancy. SB 1296 was authored by Senator Mark Leno and co-sponsored by EBCLO with the Youth Law...
by EBCLO | May 7, 2014 | EBCLO News, Youth Stories
By Liz Aleman, Equal Justice Works Law Fellow/Attorney, Sponsored by The Morrison and Foerster Foundation If you are still in foster care at 18, it means you were never adopted, nor reunited with your biological parents. You may have come into the system more...
by EBCLO | Mar 21, 2014 | EBCLO News
“My goal is to instill hopefulness in my clients,” says EBCLO Youth Advocate Social Worker Emily Rodgers. “Seeing the challenges families face and learning from them about the ways they support each other is really fulfilling. If I can help instill a sense of...
by EBCLO | Feb 3, 2014 | EBCLO News, Partners
EBCLO is delighted to announce a new partnership with the Stuart Foundation which, through its College Pathways program, will be supporting EBCLO’s creation of a Map to Higher Learning. Youth who have grown up in foster care do not always have the type of mentorship...
