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Andrus Family Fund Awards $25,000 to EBCLO
EBCLO’s Community-based Advocacy for Resources and Education (C.A.R.E.) program was awarded a $25,000 grant from the Andrus Family Fund this week. The grant will help the East Bay Children’s Law Offices implement programming which protects the rights of foster youth...
Missing: $18,000/month in State Funding
Expected state budget cuts hit home to the tune of $17,946.18 per month here at EBCLO. The Judicial Council of California has determined it costs $202.9 million/year to adequately fund counsel for children and families in child welfare cases. Yet the 2016-2017 budget...
On Balance: The Courts and Child Welfare
The California Child Welfare Co-Investment Partnership released a report about the important role the courts play in the child welfare system. The numbers speak for themselves. A 2015-2016 study measured the cost of providing representation to children and families...
Sky Ranch Foundation Provides $10,000 Support to EBCLO
EBCLO’s Community-based Advocacy for Resources and Education (C.A.R.E.) program recently received its first ever $10,000 grant from Sky Ranch Foundation. Founded in 1961, Sky Ranch Foundation strives to be the uniting force within the beverage industry for aid to...
Graduate Profile: Julius
What a spring it was for 19 year old EBCLO client Julius. First he was MetWest High School’s Prom King. Then he earned his high school diploma, graduating with a 3.7 GPA. Having entered the school with less than a 2.0, his grit and great sense of humor, not to...
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