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CHILDREN'S BUREAU OF SO CALIFORNIA

CA · EIN 951690975 · $47.5M rev · operational · www.all4kids.org
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CHILDREN'S BUREAU OF SO CALIFORNIA is an operational organization that works to strengthen at-risk families and communities. They provide foster care and adoption services, child behavioral health services, and community-based initiatives to help children and families thrive in Southern California.

activities · 33

what they do

direct service · 24
  • Behavioral Health and Day Treatment Services Child & Youth Outpatient Mental Health Services
    Provides comprehensive behavioral health services for children, including assessment, therapy, and counseling. Offers Day Treatment Intensive (DTI) for children ages 3–6 with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges in Lancaster, including daily monitoring, medication management, and case management.
  • Child Behavioral Health Services Child & Youth Outpatient Mental Health Services
    Provides comprehensive behavioral health services for children, including assessment, therapy, and counseling. Offers intensive day treatment for young children with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges, including daily monitoring, medication management, and case management through the Day Treatment Intensive (DTI) program for children ages 3–6 in Lancaster.
  • Community-Based Family Empowerment Networks Family Resource Center Operations
    Operates the MCI Network in Los Angeles and the Magnolia Place Network, collaborative initiatives that provide family support services and promote community-based family empowerment through coordinated service delivery, including a universally adopted county-level referral form.
  • Community-based family empowerment networks Family Resource Center Operations
    Operates the MCI Network in Los Angeles, a collaborative initiative that supports community-based family empowerment and strengthens local service delivery systems.
  • Comprehensive behavioral health services for children Child & Youth Outpatient Mental Health Services
    Provides assessment, therapy, and counseling services for children, including intensive day treatment with daily monitoring, medication management, and case management.
  • Day Treatment Intensive (DTI) program for young children Child & Youth Outpatient Mental Health Services
    Provides Day Treatment Intensive (DTI) services for children ages 3–6 with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges in Lancaster, focusing on therapeutic intervention and developmental support.
  • Direct services for vulnerable children and families Family Support and Resource Connection
    Provides hundreds of direct services annually to vulnerable children and families, including case management, mental health support, and information and referral through programs like the Magnolia Place Network.
  • Early Childhood Education and Development Program
    Operates a state-funded preschool program for children ages 2 to 4 to build developmental skills and prepare for kindergarten, with 89% of children in the Magnolia Place Preschool program meeting their developmental milestones in the prior year. Provides free, well-balanced breakfast or lunch to enrolled children.
  • Early literacy promotion through book distribution Book Distribution & Reading Space Development
    Distributes books to Pre-K students at Edison Elementary School through the Be A Bookworm initiative to support early literacy and language development.
  • Family Support and Parenting Services Family Support and Resource Connection
    Provides family support services including parenting classes, information and referral, mental health support, case management, and personalized guidance through the Home Visiting Program in Orange County. Also offers the Father Engagement Program to support fathers through shared experiences and parenting education.
  • Family Support and Parenting Services Family Support and Resource Connection
    Provides family support services including parenting classes, information and referral, mental health support, and case management through the Magnolia Place Network. Offers personalized guidance and parenting support via the Home Visiting Program in Orange County and the Father Engagement Program, which supports fathers through shared experiences and parenting education.
  • Father engagement and parenting education Parenting Skills Programs for Fathers
    Operates the Father Engagement Program to support fathers through shared experiences and parenting education, promoting active father involvement in child development.
  • Foster and Adoptive Family Recruitment and Support Foster Care and Adoption Services
    Has trained and certified more than 5,000 individuals and couples as foster or foster-adoptive resource families. Foster children in the program show significant cognitive and academic progress within as little as six months of placement.
  • Foster and Adoptive Family Recruitment and Support Foster Care and Adoption Services
    Has trained and certified more than 5,000 individuals and couples as foster or foster-adoptive resource families; children in the program show significant cognitive and academic progress within as little as six months of placement.
  • Foster and foster-adoptive family recruitment and support Foster Care and Adoption Services
    Has supported over 5,000 individuals and couples in becoming foster or foster-adoptive resource families, with foster children showing significant cognitive and academic progress within six months of placement.
  • Home visiting program for personalized parenting support Family Support and Resource Connection
    Provides personalized guidance and parenting support through the Home Visiting Program in Orange County, focusing on early childhood development and family stability.
  • Literacy Promotion for Young Children Book Distribution & Reading Space Development
    Distributed books to Pre-K students at Edison Elementary School through the Be A Bookworm initiative to promote early literacy and support language development.
  • Literacy and Early Learning Initiatives Early Literacy Book Distribution
    Distributes books to Pre-K students through the Be A Bookworm initiative and supports families, teachers, and programs in tracking daily reading routines to improve language acquisition and child development.
  • Nutritional support for enrolled children CACFP Support for Child Care Providers
    Provides a free, well-balanced breakfast or lunch to children enrolled in preschool and early development programs.
  • Parenting skills enhancement and child abuse prevention training Youth Domestic Violence Prevention Education
    Offers parenting skills enhancement and public training to help recognize and respond to signs of child abuse, including through community-wide education initiatives.
  • Service Coordination and Systems Improvement Initiatives Early Childhood Literacy Support for Caregivers and Educators
    Designed and implemented a Universal Referral Form adopted at the county level to enable coordinated service delivery. Supports families, family support programs, and teachers in tracking daily reading routines to improve language acquisition and child development.
  • State-funded preschool program for early childhood development Child Care & Early Learning Programs
    Operates a state-funded preschool program for children ages 2 to 4 to build developmental skills and prepare for kindergarten, with 89% of children in the Magnolia Place Preschool meeting developmental milestones in the prior year.
  • Support for daily reading routines in early childhood Early Childhood Literacy Support for Caregivers and Educators
    Supports families, family support programs, and teachers in tracking daily reading routines to improve language acquisition and child development outcomes.
  • Universal Referral Form implementation Service Standards Development
    Designed and implemented a Universal Referral Form adopted at the county level to enable coordinated service delivery across agencies.
research · 3
  • Community Needs Research and Service Gap Analysis
    Conducts research initiatives including a parent survey to assess community needs and a developmental assessment landscape initiative to identify gaps in services for children.
  • Community Needs and Service Gap Research
    Conducted a parent survey to assess community needs and launched a developmental assessment landscape initiative to identify gaps in services for children, informing program development and community planning.
  • Community needs and service gap research
    Conducts research including parent surveys and developmental assessment landscape initiatives to identify community needs and gaps in services for children.
capacity building · 6
  • Community Capacity Building and Leadership Development Youth Civic Leadership Training
    Partners with community members, parents, residents, and local organizations to improve outcomes for children prenatal to age 5. Connects cross-sector organizations in Anaheim and operates a nine-session Resident Leadership Academy to build community leadership capacity.
  • Community change coordination in Anaheim Community Dialogue & Development Initiatives
    Connects individuals and organizations across Anaheim working on community change initiatives to strengthen collective impact and local leadership.
  • Community partnership for early childhood outcomes
    Partners with community members, parents, residents, and local organizations to improve outcomes for children from prenatal through age 5.
  • Community-Based Family Empowerment Networks Family Resource Center Operations
    Operates the MCI Network in Los Angeles, a collaborative initiative supporting community-based family empowerment, and connects individuals and organizations across Anaheim working on community change initiatives to improve outcomes for children prenatal to age 5.
  • Resident Leadership Academy Youth Civic Leadership Training
    Operates a nine-session Resident Leadership Academy to build community leadership capacity among local residents and stakeholders.
  • Resident and Community Leadership Development Youth Civic Leadership Training
    Operates a nine-session Resident Leadership Academy to build community leadership capacity and partners with community members, parents, residents, and local organizations to strengthen local systems and improve child and family outcomes.
strategies · 30

how they think

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named programs · 10

what they call their work

Adoption Promotion & Support Services
Provides therapy, mentoring, and support groups to foster, adoptive, and kinship families to promote permanency for children in Los Angeles County.
Child Behavioral Health Services
Delivers culturally sensitive mental health counseling for children and youth (ages 0–21), including individual, family, and group therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and telehealth services.
Child Behavioral Health Services & Counseling for Kids
Provides a wide range of counseling and behavioral health services for children and youth (ages 0-21) and their families, including assessments, individual and family therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, group therapy, medication management, and case management.
Day Treatment Intensive (DTI)
Provides group-based intensive behavioral health services for children ages 3–6 with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges in Lancaster, CA.
Family Foster Care
Provides temporary family care for children and youth separated from their parents due to safety concerns, child abuse, or neglect, with the goal of reunification or adoption.
Family Foster Care and Adoption
Provides foster care and adoption services for children in Los Angeles County, including recruitment and licensing of resource parents, pre-service training (PRIDE Model), and post-placement support.
Foster-Adoption
Prepares resource parents to foster and adopt children who are unable to return to their birth parents, providing them with a permanent family.
Independent Domestic Family Assessments (Home Study)
Offers fee-for-service home study and adoption approval services for families adopting infants through private domestic arrangements, including interstate cases.
Network Anaheim
Place-based initiative that connects community organizations, schools, and residents in Anaheim to advance child and family well-being through collaborative strategies across four pillars: Move Well/Eat Well, Learn Well, Think Well, and Live Well.
Relative Support Services
Empowers grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other extended family members with tools and resources to raise children in their care.
relationships · 19

who they work with

  • 211LA Partner — Co-hosts community events with 211LA, such as early learning advocacy programs, to connect residents with MCI.
  • All For Kids Partner — Partners with service providers to deliver child behavioral health services.
  • All For Kids Partner — Provides child abuse prevention services through family support, behavioral health, and community initiatives in multiple regions.
  • Antelope Valley Resource Infusion Partner — Collaborates with community-based and county organizations and community leaders to support child and family well-being in Antelope Valley.
  • Be a Bookworm Foundation Partner — Nonprofit partner providing books to children through the Be A Bookworm initiative.
  • Best Start Antelope Valley Partner — Partners with community members, parents, and local organizations to drive community-level change in Antelope Valley.
  • Child Welfare League of America Network — Provider of the PRIDE Model of Practice used in pre-service training for foster and adoptive parents.
  • Children’s Bureau Partner — Collaborates with Children’s Bureau through shared space and community outreach, including events hosted at the Children’s Bureau’s Magnolia Place Family Center.
  • First 5 LA Partner — Partner organization leading the Best Start initiative
  • Los Angeles Community Child Abuse Council Partner — Partnership focused on reducing child abuse and neglect and educating the public about child abuse and family violence.
  • Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services Government — Public agency with legal custody of children in foster care; collaborates with All For Kids on foster care and adoption services.
  • MCI Network Partner — Collaborative initiative led by All For Kids in Los Angeles supporting community-based family empowerment.
  • MOMS OC Partner — Collaborative partner that connected Network Anaheim to the Be a Bookworm Foundation.
  • Magnolia Community Initiative Partner — Collaborates on a national model for large-scale community change in a high-risk neighborhood of Los Angeles.
  • Magnolia Place Network Partner — Collaborates to provide family support services including parenting classes, referrals, mental health, and case management.
  • Network Anaheim Partner — Works together to transform systems and engage residents in Anaheim, California.
  • RaiseAChild Partner — Partner organization integrated into All For Kids to expand inclusive outreach for LGBTQ+ and Spanish-speaking foster and adoptive families.
  • Strategies Technical Assistance Partner — Collaborates to build coordinated networks of care and deliver technical assistance for child abuse prevention.
  • Western Youth Services Partner — Mental health partner that scaled the Universal Referral Form to the county level.