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Charity Chandler-Cole

Court-appointed Advocates Group in LA Cuts Ties with its Leader, a Well-known Foster Care Critic

6/26/2025

Court-appointed Advocates Group in L.A. Cuts Ties with its Leader, a Well-known Foster Care Critic

Jeremy Loudenback, Michael Fitzgerald and John Kelly

By Jeremy Loudenback, Michael Fitzgerald and John Kelly

Charity Chandler-Cole has been the CEO of CASA of Los Angeles since 2021.
The Los Angeles court-appointed special advocates organization parted ways with its leader last week, a prominent voice for racial justice in the child welfare system who grew up in foster care and has decried her dismissal.

4/15/2021

A New Direction for Los Angeles CASA Program: Fighting Systemic Bias

Jeremy Loudenback

By Jeremy Loudenback

Charity Chandler-Cole serves on the Los Angeles County Commission for Children and Families.
This week, Charity Chandler-Cole will start her new job as chief executive officer of Los Angeles County’s court-appointed special advocates, or CASA.

6/15/2020

Time to Abolish Racist Foster Care System, Children’s Commissioner Says

Sara Tiano

The nation’s fast-evolving rage and newfound commitment to upending long-standing racial injustice spilled into the normally staid meeting of the Los Angeles County Commission for Children and Families on Monday, with several members describing the nation’s largest foster care system as racist and ineffective in its previous efforts to combat the pervasive overrepresentation of black and brown children taken from their parents.

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