![]() How many children are in foster care? In Los Angeles County alone, the foster care population exceeds 21,000 children, with 200 of those foster children waiting for an adoptive family. “There are many people who are concerned, and should be concerned, about the pandemic and maybe are not so keen about having a child they know nothing about come into their home,” Boylan added. … But what we’ve done is we’ve really latched on to the whole virtual concept, so kids are still being seen the way they should be.”Īs worries of COVID-19 continue, it’s also been difficult to place children in homes. “These kids come in, they’re needing companionship, they’re needing a family, they’re needing connection. “This is a people business - it really is all about relationships,” Boylan said. In working with children, having to restrict in-person services has been difficult, but not impossible. “Children’s Bureau has really been out there to meet the needs of the community.”Ĭhildren’s Bureau has hosted drive-up giveaways for families in need of essential supplies, such as fresh food, diapers, formula and more, and has provided more than 2,000 hours of virtual mental health services, along with more than 3,000 hours of virtual support groups. How do we still do our job and still make sure that everybody stays healthy?’ And the agency has really taken it seriously,” Boylan added. “When this hit in March, Children’s Bureau kicked it up into high action and thought, ‘We need to protect everybody. That doesn’t stop.”Ĭhildren’s Bureau offers a comprehensive foster care and adoption program, along with prevention programs and mental health programs - none of which have stopped through the pandemic. “There’s children still being abused, still being neglected, and they need a family. “We haven’t stopped and we’re not going to because the need is always there,” said Bernadette Boylan, program manager for foster care and adoption at Children’s Bureau. ![]() Through the pandemic, Children’s Bureau, a nonprofit leader in the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect in Southern California, has continued to serve more than 50,000 at-risk children across Southern California. More information about the meeting is available at SCV Signal | Children’s Bureau continues foster care information, services virtually The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. The shooter, who later took his own life, was a fire specialist at Station 81. ![]() The Fire Station 81 shooting left Fire Specialist Tory Carlon, 44, dead and Capt. Other strategies include analyzing workers compensation treatment tools, reducing the frequency of staff recall, reducing vacancies, providing peer support groups and streamlining communications. The motion also calls for planned mental health visits to Fire Department personnel and their families with “culturally competent clinicians.” “I will continue to work alongside our Fire Department and labor partners to provide healing and help to Los Angeles County fire personnel.”īarger’s motion directs the Fire Department, with the support of other county departments, to prepare a report exploring the “feasibility of developing a mechanism to address workplace trauma or potential workplace trauma.”Īmong the proposals listed in the motion is the creation of a unit with a “culturally competent” lead, assistant and contracting clinician to address workplace trauma. “I am committed to providing firefighters with the services they need to minimize the long-lasting impact that exposure to traumatic incidents can have,” Barger said in a prepared statement. County Fire Department.Ī motion introduced by Supervisor Kathryn Barger states there is “an immediate need to identify and implement solutions” in light of the Fire Station 81 shooting in Agua Dulce earlier this month. Bobby Block / The Signal.The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will discuss Tuesday a strategy to address workplace trauma in the L.A. Curtis, a firefighter with the Los Angeles City Fire Deoartment leads a vigil in the wake of a deadly shooting at LACoFD Fire Station 81 Tuesday morning.
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