Posts Tagged ‘ John Burton foundation ’

March 27, 2013 - from the John Burton Foundation's weekly newsletter: Over two years have passed since the California Fostering Connections to Success Act was signed into law. Since then, the Alliance for Children’s Rights, the Children’s Law Center and the John Burton Foundation have regularly updated an “AB 12 Primer” available on the California Fostering Connections to Success website, as subsequent bills have passed making important amendments to AB 12. The primer contains...Read more »

April 18, 2012 - From the weekly newsletter of the John Burton Foundation.  Sign up HERE. On April 11th, attorney Patrick Gardner of the National Center for Youth Law sent a letter to state officials stating that the use of Proposition 63 funds to meet the State General Fund obligation for the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (ESPDT) program for fiscal year 2011-12 is unlawful. The letter was sent to Governor...Read more »

January 11, 2012 - from the weekly email of the John Burton Foundation. Subscribe here. Brown Proposes New Realignment Structure in FY 12-13 Budget On Thursday, January 5th, Governor Jerry Brown released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2012-13. For the first time in the history of the California state budget, foster care and child welfare services were nowhere to be found. That’s because foster care and child welfare services, along with six other state functions, were “realigned”...Read more »

January 04, 2012 - On Wednesday, January 25th from 10:00 to 11:30, the John Burton Foundation, Children Now, the Alliance for Children’s Rights and Public Counsel will be hosting Child Welfare Realignment: Just the Facts, a web seminar on Realignment and the ways in which it changes the landscape of child welfare in California. The web seminar will cover the fundamentals of Realignment, and provide information on how Realignment is...Read more »

December 07, 2011 - Thanks to the John Burton Foundation for reporting back from a recent briefing on Child Welfare realignment, conducted by CDSS. Read the text of JBF's weekly email bulletin

October 12, 2011 - On Monday, October 10, the John Burton Foundation released the THP-Plus Annual Report for fiscal year 2010-11. The report chronicles the progress of the 2,209 former foster and probation youth who received housing and supportive services in THP-Plus programs around the state. Among the most significant findings are that "despite a difficult economy, youth in THP-Plus made measurable gains in their monthly income between entrance and exit." The overall rate of employment among...Read more »

September 06, 2011 - The John Burton Foundation created the Burton Scholars Backpack to Success Program in 2007 to directly assist former foster youth attending higher education. This program exists in support of the work of the California College Pathways Program. Oftentimes, students entering the college world for the first time find themselves needing emergency supplies or last minute items to start the school semester. For many former foster youth, however, they do not...Read more »

August 18, 2011 - From the John Burton Foundation: The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has released the first in a series of All County Letters related to the new THP-Plus-Foster Care Program authorized under AB12. The John Burton Foundation, in collaboration with CDSS and the California Welfare Directors Association (CWDA) will be holding an informational web seminar regarding the ACL on Wednesday August 31st from 10:00 am to 11:30 am. To register...Read more »

July 07, 2011 - The California Fostering Connections to Success Implementation Project invites you to participate in the fourth and last of our monthly stakeholder meetings on the efforts underway at the state level to implement the provisions of AB 12 that extend foster care benefits for youth up until age 21. The meeting will be held: Thursday, July 14, 2011 from 10:00am to 4:30pm The California Endowment’s Center for Healthy Communities 1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

January 27, 2011 - FYA will be joining the John Burton Foundation in Sacramento today and again on February 8th to provide public testimony about the devastating impact of the Governor’s proposed $19 million cut to THP-Plus. Today's testimony is being provided to the Assembly Budget Subcommittee. Please consider joining us on February 8th, when we'll be providing testimony to the Senate Budget Subcommittee. If you are able to attend, please register by following this