Los Angeles County

California lawmakers will vote on a bill this week making it harder to file child sexual abuse lawsuits against schools, juvenile facilities and foster care agencies that are already buckling under the weight of current and threatened legal action.

A unique service for LA foster youth living on their own for the first time transforms empty apartments into thoughtfully designed habitats.

Without a doubt, there is general awareness regarding food costs, but can the same be said for a solution?, writes Loe Renee.

With cuts to some child welfare programs, California's new budget provided an emergency bailout to private foster family agencies.

By Jeremy Loudenback, Michael Fitzgerald and John Kelly

The documentary “Recovering Innocence,” made almost entirely by foster youth, explores the risks of psych meds — and alternative ways to heal.

At four resource rooms across LA County, trans foster youth find free shapewear and eyeshadow, but also a safe space and support network.

By Jeremy Loudenback Young adults who receive a short-term subsidy for rental housing are significantly less likely to become homeless in the future, according to a study released Wednesday by researchers with the California Policy Lab housed at UCLA.

Jessica Nowlan writes that while L.A. pays a $4 billion settlement for past mistakes with incarcerated youth, it's still making new ones