State is failing children who need us most because it has failed to invest at every level of the system supporting them.
California’s foster children are too often being warehoused in hotels, office spaces and former juvenile halls rather than receiving intensive services to heal their trauma.The state is failing the children who need us most because it has failed to invest at every level of the system supporting them. The state budget just adopted offers a thin lifeline to essential programs for youth yet misses crucial opportunities to fix devastating gaps in our system for the most vulnerable young people.
these centers net a 365% return on investment by keeping children in their homes and out of state systemsDespite this, the California Alliance of Child and Family Services’ call for $75 million to support this vital work was not taken up by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislators, missing opportunities to keep children safe at home with their families instead of in the foster care or juvenile justice systems.
Third, short-term residential therapeutic programs, which care for California’s foster youth with intensive needs, are struggling to survive. California has lost thousands of licensed beds for children with serious mental health conditions over the past several years as nonprofit program operators contend with soaring costs, competition for mental health and other professionals, and restrictive federal regulations.
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