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Contact: Barnaby Murff Director of Philanthropy & Community Relations E: [email protected] T: 213-365-2900 Janet Marinaccio Chief Operating Officer E: [email protected] T: 213.365.2900 Extraordinary Families Launches ConnectLA to Help Los Angeles County Foster Youth Access Essential Services New Free Smartphone App Provides Transitioning Foster Youth and Foster Families Access to...
My name is Amanda Aldeghi. I’m 25 years old. My interests include: working with kids, cooking, poetry, practicing yoga, singing, and reading. I grew up in Yuba City then moved to Sacramento after high school. In 2012 I transferred to UC Riverside where I received a...
A message from our Board Chair: You may recall in October of 2015, we announced that ExtraordinaryFamilies received a request from the State of Illinois to take part in leading reforms in their statewide foster care system-the nation’s third largest. This represents a tremendous prospect for us to expand...
Harnessing the Power of 10 means that you give a minimum of $10 and ask 10 friends/family members to do the same. Your generosity will support ExtraordinaryFamilies’ foster youth development and employment programs. Despite a desire to work, older and former foster youth are often unable to find jobs...
As we look at the calendar, we realize it’s time to start planning our annual holiday celebration for the children in our care and the families who provide them safe, loving homes. In 2014, we were overwhelmed with the generosity of our supporters who literally flooded us with toys...
Since ExtraordinaryFamilies’ merger of The Child Welfare Initiative and The Southern California Foster Family & Adoption Agency, we are pleased to report that our work over the past 18 months has produced an extraordinary success. Our Boards of Directors, staffs, and operations are a single team that has already...
Thank you for visiting the new ExtraordinaryFamilies website, which will be growing extensively in the next few months. Our goal is to present as much useful information as possible for current and prospective foster families as well as current and former foster youth to help build strong families and successful...
ExtraordinaryFamilies is a leading nonprofit foster family, adoption and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the daily lives, and long-term outcomes of children impacted by child welfare, from newborn to young adults.
Working with children and families, we combine best practices with proven research and advocacy to create visionary policies, innovative programs and scalable services that produce measurable improvements in the lives of children and families involved in child welfare or at risk of involvement.
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