Los Angeles County, Department of Children & Family Services;
Los Angeles County-Department of Children and Family Services, with public, private and community partners, provides quality child welfare services and supports so children grow up safe, healthy, educated and with permanent families.CARES is an online child abuse reporting tool that can be used for non-urgent reports in the place of calling the Hotline 1-800-540-4000.
Informational Materials and Handouts | Los Angeles County Online Booklet: Child Abuse Reporting And You
Los Angeles County has available online the booklet, which tackles the sometimes complicated and difficult questions that arise around reporting suspected child abuse. This publication defines child abuse, explains what happens after an abuse report is made and helps distinguish what is abuse, and what isn’t. PDF Downloads for Public Use.
Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect
ICAN's mission is to improve the lives of children and families at risk and those served by the Child Welfare and Protection systems. This is done through inter-disciplinary collaboration, program development, accountability, and advocacy. ICAN brings together representatives from various government agencies and non-government organizations (NGOs) to share information, build relationships and identify issue.
The Forum
Summary: The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, or the Forum, is a working group of Federal agencies that collect, analyze, and report data on issues related to children and families.
Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
This Encyclopedia, published on the Internet, is available free of charge. It covers 44 topics related to the psychosocial development of the child, from conception to the age of five, and presents the most up-to-date scientific knowledge.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services/Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers
Child Welfare Information Gateway connects child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.
Child Safety Tips
ConsumerWatch.com is a comprehensive database featuring information and news alerts about thousands of products currently on the market or previously available worldwide.
Teen Health Law: Child Abuse Reporting
Most of the information on this page explains the responsibility of health care providers to report abuse under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act. Others provide background information on California’s child welfare system.
Cyber Safety for Parents
Cyber Safety is a site dedicated to helping protect children from online dangers. It was created by Rob Nickel – The Cyber-Safety Expert, to educate children and parents on the dangers that lurk online.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, (NCMEC), is a private, (501)(c)(3) nonprofit organization which was created in 1984. The mission of the organization is to serve as the nation’s resource on the issues of missing and sexually exploited children.
Find The Children
Find the Children is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the recovery of missing children and to the prevention of the abuse and endangerment of children.
Baby Safe Surrender Program - Los Angeles County
In California, the Safely Surrendered Baby Law allows an individual to safely give up an unwanted infant with no fear of arrest or prosecution for abandonment as long as the baby has not been abused or neglected.
Report Child Abuse | Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
Hotline Number: 1-800-540-4000
The Department of Children and Family Services, with public, private and community partners, provides quality child welfare services and supports so children grow up safe, healthy, educated and with permanent families.
Child Help USA
Hotline Number: 1-800-422-4453
Founded in 1959 by Sara O’Meara and Yvonne Fedderson, Childhelp® is a leading national non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect.
Fathers and Families Coalition
Fathers and Families focus on supporting the needs of professionals, capacity building assistance for organizations, creating opportunities for families.
Journey Out
Journey Out’s mission is committed to meeting the ongoing challenges facing victims of commercial sexual exploitation. Services provided are with trained, dedicated staff, many of whom are survivors themselves. The organization empowers clients to leave a life of abuse and violence, overcome their fears and achieve their goals. Journey Out also offer prevention education to equip young people with critical awareness and resources that can keep them from ever entering the life of sexual exploitation.
Association of Black Psychologists,
Association of Black Psychologists is a professional association of African American psychologists founded in 1968 in San Francisco, with regional chapters throughout the United States. It publishes the Journal of Black Psychology. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C.
Black Infant Health (BIH) Program - LA County Public Health
The Black Infant Health Program (BIH) was created at the State level as a result of California Senate Bill 165 of the Budget Act of 1989 to address the high rate of infant mortality for African American families. Los Angeles County was among the first health jurisdictions to receive funding from the State to implement a culturally specific perinatal intervention aimed at reducing the African American infant mortality rate. Despite a gradual decline in African American infant mortality in LA County since 2007,
African American infants continue to die at more than 3 times the rate observed for white and Asian infants, the two racial/ethnic groups with the lowest infant mortality rates.
Yolonda Rogers-Jones BIH County Coordinator
Health Promotion Bureau
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
600 S. Commonwealth Ave. Suite 805, LA, 90005
Yrogers-jones@ph.lacounty.gov
Anju Kane, Program Supervisor
The Children’s Collective, Inc.-BIH Program
3701 Stocker Street, Suite 202 LA 90008
akane@childrenscollective.org
Tanya Belvin, Program Supervisor
Children’s Bureau of Southern California – BIH Program
915 West Avenue J
Lancaster, CA 93534
tanyabelvin@all4kids.org
Gwendolynne Cole, Program Supervisor
City of Pasadena-Pasadena Health Department-BIH Program
1845 N. Fair Oaks Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91103
gcole@cityofPasadena.net
Black Psychiatrists of America, Inc. | Washington, DC | Home
The mission of The Black Psychiatrists of America is to address issues affecting the mental health of African people worldwide with special emphasis on Persons of African descent in the Americas and to provide a forum for continuing educations for those who provide psychiatric care to these underserved population.
Black Women for Wellness,
bwwla.org Black Women for Wellness is a community-based grassroots organization in Los Angeles, CA that works to address the health and well-being of Black women and girls through health education, empowerment, and advocacy. The organization started as a group of women who—concerned with the health and well-being of Black babies—teamed up with the Birthing Project to implement the Shangazi Program. This program matched pregnant women to mentors who coached parents from pregnancy until the child was at least one year old. Within 4 years of implementation, BWW began moving upstream to address systems and legislative policy by creating a California-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 1997.
California African American Museum,
California African American Museum (CAAM) is a museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California. The Museum focuses on enrichment and education on the cultural heritage and history of African Americans with a focus on California and western United States. Admission is free to all visitors. Their mission statement is "to research, collect, preserve, and interpret for public enrichment the history, art and culture of African Americans with an emphasis on California and the western United States."[1]
CAAM hosts independent and collaborative educational programs both on and off site of lectures, workshops, innovative programs, and hands-on activities that serve public and private school students, museum patrons and community visitors.
Eso Won Book Store,
4327 Degnan Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90008
323.290.1048
Eso Won is an independent Black owned bookstore in the Liemert Park District of Los Angeles. Eso Won is one of the oldest bookstores among the country’s 110 or so black-owned bookstores. It’s focus is spotlighting a range of titles about and written by African American people
Shields for Families,
SHIELDS for Families, Inc. was founded in 1991 to address the epidemic of infants prenatally exposed to drugs. Three women, Xylina Bean, Kathryn Icenhower, and Norma Mtume shared the belief that they could help shape the future of these infants and their parents. And they have. SHIELDS for Families started in a trailer on the campus of Martin Luther King Jr./ Drew Medical Center. SHIELDS’ first program was the GENESIS Program. Shields for Families has grown to serve more than 10,000 families each year, employing more than 350 full-time staff. Today, SHIELDS is a nationally and internationally recognized organization that offers award-winning programs in Los Angeles’ most challenged communities.
Healthy African American Families,
Healthy African American Families II (HAAF) was founded in 1992 by the late Dr. Loretta Jones. It was originally funded by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to investigate low birth weight and infant mortality in African American women in Los Angeles. HAAF’s mission now is to improve the health outcomes of the African American, Latino, Korean, and other minority communities in Los Angeles County by enhancing the quality of care and advancing social progress through education, training and collaborative partnering with community stakeholders, academia, researchers, and government representatives.
National Association of Black Social Workers,
The National Association of Social Workers was created in 1968 by a group of Black Socials Workers to address the social issues of the Black Community. Advocacy groups comprised of people of African ancestry also became part of the group to focus on issues of racism and poverty in America. Their common goal was Black liberation, racial equity and self-determination and improved social work practices.
National Association of Social Workers,
Founded in 1955, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world, with more than 120,000 members. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies..
National Dental Association,
For over 100 years, the National Dental Association has been a national organization for Black dentists, assistants, hygienics, students, and a leader in advancing their rights within the dental profession, the armed services, the government, and the private sector.
National Medical Association,
The National Medical Association (NMA) is the collective voice of African American physicians and the leading force for parity and justice in medicine and the elimination of disparities in health.
The National Medical Association (NMA) is the largest and oldest national organization representing African American physicians and their patients in the United States. The NMA is a 501(c) (3) national professional and scientific organization representing the interests of more than 50,000 African American physicians and the patients they serve. NMA is committed to improving the quality of health among minorities and disadvantaged people through its membership, professional development, community health education, advocacy, research and partnerships with federal and private agencies. Throughout its history the National Medical Association has focused primarily on health issues related to African Americans and medically underserved populations; however, its principles, goals, initiatives and philosophy encompass all ethnic groups.