National Foster Care Month Capitol Event Urges Connections to Success for California’s Children and Youth in Foster Care.  Thursday May 12th, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif.-A National Foster Care Month celebration today on the steps of the Capitol brought together a diverse community of children, youth, families, foster care advocates and leaders from all three branches of government to recognize Californians and their contributions to improving the lives of children in foster care. Participants at today’s event additionally urged the state to take advantage of a unique, new opportunity to help California’s children and families under a landmark new federal law. Read the article.

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Thursday Jan 15, 2009
Tens of thousands of dollars donated to help a Northern California boy who police say was held captive and ritualistically tortured will be placed...read entire article

Friday Jan 2, 2009
Sacramento County child protection woes extend into management, critics say  Within days of 4-year-old Jahmaurae Allen's beating death last summer, the leadership of Sacramento County's Child Protective Services laid the blame for the troubled...read entire article

Thursday Dec 11, 2008
Tracy neighbors rue boy's plight  On Tracy's Tennis Lane, where well-trimmed front yards bloom with roses, camellias and plastic holiday snowmen, the shocking revelations just keep coming. A young...read entire article

Wednesday Dec 10, 2008
New suspect lived next door to shackled teen  The fourth person arrested in the case of a 16-year-old teen who fled a Tracy home last week with a chain attached to his...read entire article

Tuesday Dec 9, 2008
Fourth suspect arrested in Tracy shackled teen case  A fourth person has been arrested in the case involving a 16-year-old boy who fled a Tracy home last week with a chain attached...read entire article

Sunday Dec 7, 2008
Family slayings: CPS walks fine line protecting children, preserving parents' rights  A year ago, the decision would have been easy for sheriff's deputies investigating a 14-year-old girl's claims that her stepfather had abused her. As...read entire article

Friday Dec 5, 2008
Tragic details of teen's abuse emerge in court  He was nobody's child, a teenage boy who somehow ended up in the homes of people who allegedly beat, chained, burned and imprisoned him...read entire article

Thursday Dec 4, 2008
Tracy couple to face more charges in case of shackled boy  A Tracy couple who allegedly housed a shackled teen at their home appeared in San Joaquin County court this afternoon and are facing a...read entire article

Thursday Dec 4, 2008
Shackled teen returned to Sacramento child protective services  A 17-year-old boy who authorities say was missing for nearly a year and tortured before he sought refuge at a Tracy health club this...read entire article

Friday Oct 24, 2008 
Economy squeezes capital-area charities  It's fundraising season, and people who run charities that feed the poor, care for unwanted animals, fight domestic violence and advocate for children rarely...read entire article

Sunday Oct 5, 2008
Editorial: Too many tragedies, too many questions  It has been obvious for some time that something is terribly amiss inside Sacramento County's Child Protective Services. But the latest revelations involving the...read entire article

Thursday Oct 2, 2008
CPS didn't reveal injuries of girl, 3, later slain  A 3-year-old Fair Oaks girl beaten to death in her home this year had suffered a broken arm and burned hand eight months earlier,...read entire article

Thursday Sep 11, 2008
Helping Others: Upcoming events  Sacramento Child Advocates. The first Red Baron Ball will be at 6 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Aerospace Museum of California, 3200 Freedom Park...read entire article

Monday Aug 11, 2008
Sacramento CPS report in child death was altered  In the 16 days between the time 4-year-old Jahmaurae Allen was beaten to death and Sacramento Child Protective Services publicly released portions of its...read entire article

Friday Aug 8, 2008
Sacramento County grand jury probing CPS in wave of children's deaths  Sacramento County's grand jury quietly began an investigation this week of Child Protective Services following a string of seven children's deaths, even as county...read entire article

Friday Aug 8, 2008 
CPS documents altered in abuse case  In the 16 days between the time 4-year-old Jahmaurae Allen was beaten to death and Sacramento Child Protective Services publicly released portions of its...read entire article

Wednesday Jul 30, 2008
CPS: Outrage at rising death toll  While the death of one Sacramento child last week unleashed an internal review of the county's Child Protective Services, the streak of dead children...read entire article

Saturday Jul 26, 2008
Man charged in boy's death; probe of Sacramento County CPS urged  Jonathan Lamar Perry was arraigned on murder and child endangerment charges Friday as a leading children's advocate called for a grand jury investigation into...read entire article

Thursday May 15, 2008
Helping Others: Upcoming events  National Coalition of 100 Black Women. The Sacramento chapter will present the spring fling, "An Affair To Remember," from 6 to 9 p.m. May...read entire article