Click on the following links to read articles we have successfully placed in the press, based on CA Alliance priority issues.

For press inquiries, please reach out to Andy Rolleri, Communication Director, at arolleri@cacfs.org 

2025

• January 24: The Modesto Bee: A family resource center brings mental health, other services to south Modesto neighborhoods

  Read more at: https://www.modbee.com/living/health-fitness/article299048835.html#storylink=cpy

• January 7: The Orange County Register: Olive Crest, others offer chain of centers to help young victims of human trafficking

• January 6: Advocate: Breaking down barriers in mental health equity

2024

• December 19: Sacramento Bee: https://amp.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article297303569.html 

• September 30: The LAist: An insurance cliff is coming for California's foster system. What that means for foster families and kids

• September 23: Union Bulletin: Thousands of foster kids in California could lose their homes amid insurance crisis 

• September 18: Los Angeles Times: Thousands of foster kids in California could lose their homes amid insurance crisis  

• September 18: The Capital Weekly: The California foster care crisis you know nothing about

• September 16: KPBS: Almost 9,000 children in California foster care could soon be taken from homes over insurance crisis

• September 9:KCAL News:California's nonprofit Foster Family Agencies facing potential shutdown 

• September 3:ABC7: California foster families at risk as 'critical' non-profit agencies face crisis

• August 17:Sacrametno Bee: Opinion: Thousands of foster children could lose their homes if 
  California doesn’t pass this law

• August 15 Claremont Courier: Foster care youth at risk if state doesn’t act immediately

• July 29:EdSource: Pasadena City College opens housing for transitional-age foster youth

• June 28:The Imprint: Eyed By the Nation, California Plan Will Nearly Triple State Spending on Foster Youth and Their Caregivers

• April 11: Parents by Choice Recognized as the "Child Abuse Prevention Agency of the Year" in San Joaquin County

• April 9: The Imprint: A Bill in California Calls for Quicker Action by Caseworkers When Foster Kids Go Missing

• April 8: Spectrum News 1: California's foster youth at risk of losing programs due to budget cuts

• April 8: The Orange County Register: Legislators consider more aid to foster youth who are also parents

• April 3: The Sacramento Bee: California cannot shirk its duty of funding youth mental health after Prop. 1 passage 

• March 21: The Mercury News: Newsom reneges on his promise to California’s foster youth

• March 19:  The Orange County Register: Pregnant foster youth deserve more support from California 

• March 11: The Sandiego Union-Tribune: Foster children can’t succeed without love and funding 

• March 11: CapRadio: CWDA Interim Executive Director Eileen Cubanski shares how cutting SILP housing supplement makes youth even more vulnerable to housing insecurities 

• February 28: The Sacramento Bee: How living in violent neighborhoods hurts kids’ brains — and what Sacramento can do about it

• February 21: Cal Matters: California foster youth often slip through the cracks. Cutting their rental support won’t help

• February 2: The Imprint News: California Governor’s Budget Breaks His Promise to Older Foster Youth

• January 24: Times of San Diego: California’s Vital Foster Family Agencies Are Struggling and Children Could Suffer

• January 18: Spectrum News 1: New state budget could cut program to help at-risk foster kids 

• January 12: Siskiyou News: Roughly $295 million in cuts to Welfare Recipients “while expanding Medi-Cal to cover all undocumented immigrants”

• January 4: The East Bay Times: After years in the foster system, a young woman gets a room of her own

2023

• June 26: KFI: Foster Youth Crisis
• June 26 - San Francisco Chronical: Homelessness vs. children’s mental health: Newsom’s budget trade-off
• June 20 - The Sacramento Bee: Hate groups are targeting California’s LGBTQ+ youth. Here is how we can help them.
• June 2 - kpbs: Life-changing residential treatment will soon be available for kids on Medi-Cal
• May 2 - The San Diego Tribune: Opinion: Passion isn’t enough for cash-strapped foster family agencies. We need more support.
• April 25 - Sacramento Bee: LGBTQ foster youth + Bonta defends California law + Fentanyl bill gets second chance
• April 13 - KQED: AB 665 Story
• April 3 - Cal Matters: California mental health funding may get overhauled
• March 24 - Cal Matters: Can a suicide hotline help California’s Native Americans?
• March 23 - Cap Radio: California tribes and mental health professionals look to improve crisis hotline experience for Native Americans
• February 28 - CBS Sacramento: National shortage of mental health therapists being felt in Sacramento
• February 25 - KQED: SUD Bill Interview
• February 20 - KCUR: Kansas lawmakers could pass 'bill of rights' to help foster parents and kids in a chaotic system
• February 2 - CAL Matters: Will the state’s big Medi-Cal plan really fix mental health care for low-income Californians?
• January 17- The Sacramento Bee: ‘We didn’t get it right.’ How California law to help foster kids created a bottleneck in care
• January 5 - The Imprint: No More Excuses. California Must Prioritize Children in Foster Care

2022

• November 15 - The Imprint: New Background Check System in California Draws Complaints
• October 17 - NPR: A Rhode Island woman's struggle to get her young daughter Medicaid coverage
• October 10 - LA Times: ‘Separate and unequal’: Critics say Newsom’s Medicaid reforms leave patients behind
• October 6 - CAP Radio: 90% of Black parents in the Sacramento region report uncertainty around child-care access
• September 22 - KQED: AB 552 veto story
• September 19 - The Bay Area Reporter: Newsom cites cost in vetoing LGBTQ youth homeless bill; signs LGBTQ vets legislation
• September 19 - The San Francisco Chronicle: After promoting student mental health funding, Newsom vetoes bill to expand services
• September 14 - Capitol Weekly: Children’s access to Mental Health Services is top priority
• September 8 - Cal Matters: Unanswered cries: Why California faces a shortage of mental health workers
• September 7 - The Imprint: California Governor to Decide on Family Reunification Bills, and More
• September 2 - LAist: Doctors, Advocates Sound Alarm On Youth Mental Health Crisis: ‘I’ve Never Seen It Close To This Bad’
• September 2 - KQED: How One Oakland School Is Using California's Billion-Dollar Investment in Student Mental Health
• August 24 - The Bay Area Reporter: Guest Opinion: It's time to expand the Youth Acceptance Project
• August 18 - California Health Report: Opinion: Most Vulnerable Foster Youth Left Behind in State Budget
• August 14 - KQED: Youth Acceptance Program
• August 11 - ABC 10: New medical facility for teen girls in San Marcos
• August 11 - KBPS: Casa de Amparo in San Marcos debuts new on-site medical facility
• August - KPFA: AB 2317