State Superintendent Tony Thurmond came from humble beginnings. His father was a Vietnam Veteran who never returned from the war, and they did not reconnect until adulthood. At the age of six, he and his siblings were orphaned after the death of his mother to cancer.
This guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving experts to further California’s current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system. The authors sincerely thank California, and its leaders at the state and local levels, for beginning what we see as the way forward to collective ownership, collective solutions, and, most ...
On Tuesday, February 22, 2022, following a non-binding opinion from the Texas Attorney General arguing that children were too young to consent to gender-affirming surgeries, Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to the state's child welfare agency stating that medical care like puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming surgeries were considered child abuse, as they caused "mental ...
Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled the proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 State Budget on Monday, January 10th. This kicks off the state budget process for the next six months. The Legislature will now convene budget hearings to review and provide oversight and amendments of the Governor’s proposed budget and expenditures by agencies and departments. The Governor releases a revision to the Budget in ...
Released September 2021, the CA Alliance Report "Keeping Youth Close to Home: Building a Comprehensive Continuum of Care for California’s Youth", analyzes service gaps for children and youth in foster care and juvenile justice, and provides specific recommendations on programs and funding needed to begin to close the gaps
