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Every child in foster care has experienced child abuse or neglect in their lifetime – that is why they are in care. Here at Extraordinary Families, we want to equip our communities with warning signs and what to do if you suspect a child in your community has experienced...
Are you looking for a way to serve children and youth in foster care but aren’t sure how? Here are a few simple ideas to fundraise virtually for our kids in Los Angeles: Host a virtual luncheon with your friends on behalf of Extraordinary Families. Host a virtual...
Did you know that you can impact the lives of children and youth in foster care through your weekly shopping? Food4Less, Ralphs, and AmazonSmile will donate a portion of their sales to Extraordinary Families every time you shop. All you have to do is register Extraordinary Families as your...
Meet one of our Foster Care Social Workers, Tess! He has been with Extraordinary Families for more than two years and is a vital to supporting our families and children in foster care. What do you do at Extraordinary Families? My job ensures children placed through DCFS (Department of...
Extraordinary Families is pleased to announce the appointment of Leonardo Bolanos as Board Chair its Board of Directors. Leonardo (Leo) has been involved with Extraordinary Families for more than 10 years and has been a member of our Board of Directors since 2016. He succeeds Angela Bromstad, who will...
This week we spoke to Laura, who has been an UP4Youth Mentor since 2017. Laura shared simple things that go a long way in the life of a youth transitioning out of foster care.
Extraordinary parent, Maggie, shares her experience as a mom to a child in foster care. Through the highs and lows, Maggie continues to say that adopting her son was the best thing to have happened to her: “Our family was formed through adoption from foster care. I went through...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched a new series of public service advertisements highlighting the everyday struggles and victories of being a dad. Recently, one of our Extraordinary Dads, Frank, was featured in one of their PSAs.
Though the world has felt more disconnected than ever, Extraordinary Families actively strives to connect with the foster community and find keyways to better serve our children and youth. This past month our team joined colleagues across Los Angeles at the Foster Together Virtual Conference to share breakthrough ways to strengthen our foster care system...
Extraordinary Families is committed to furthering our education around racial equity. In September, we invited Kisalyn Michael, LCSW, a champion for social justice and equity, to lead us on a journey to explore our implicit biases. We want to take a moment to reflect upon that experience and to...
ExtraordinaryFamilies is a leading nonprofit foster family, adoption and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the daily lives, and long-term outcomes of children impacted by child welfare, from newborn to young adults.
Working with children and families, we combine best practices with proven research and advocacy to create visionary policies, innovative programs and scalable services that produce measurable improvements in the lives of children and families involved in child welfare or at risk of involvement.
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