8/13/2019 Survival Saturday Press Release
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Contact: Constance Farrell,Communications
[email protected](213) 368-61 e!. 1"1
Fostering Important Life Skills in Transitioning Youth
Alliance for Childrens Rights Moving Past Your Past Survival
Saturday event
will give foster youth knowledge they need to thrive once out
of
foster care
LOS ANGELES Octo!er "# $%&"'## $n %aturda&, $ct. 12, t'e
lliance for
C'ildrens *ig'ts +ill 'ost oing /ast 0our /ast, an eent geared
to+ard 'eling
foster &out' ages 16 to 21 learn imortant life skills as
t'e& seek self-sufficienc&
outside of t'e foster care s&stem. During t'e eent,
articiants +ill attend
+orks'os t'at teac' skills, including grocer& s'oing on a
4udget, mone& smartsand consumer fraud and interie+ing skills.
oing /ast 0our /ast is art of t'e
lliances %urial %aturda& series, +'ic' connects
transition-age &out' +it'
information, resources and life skills training to reare t'em
for t'e real +orld.
s t'ese &out' transition out of t'e foster care s&stem,
t'e& dont 'ae consistent
arental guidance to 'el t'em 'andle adult resonsi4ilities,
sa&s De4ora' Cromer
of t'e lliance for C'ildrens *ig'ts. nd t'ats +'ere +e come in.
5'e lliance
euis foster &out' +it' t'e kno+ledge and skills so t'e&
can adocate for
t'emseles as t'e& reare to leae t'e s&stem and
4e&ond.
7os ngeles %arks 9: oint guard 7indsa& ;arding +ill lead t'e
grocer&
s'oing on a 4udget +orks'o +'ere s'ell educate &out' on
'ealt'& foods and
lead cooking demonstrations. 5'e da& +ill culminate +it' a
career anel featuring
a ariet& of rofessionals +'o +ere once in t'e foster care
s&stem t'emseles.
7os ngeles Count& 'as t'e largest foster care s&stem in
t'e countr& +it' 1,"
&out' turning 18 eer& &ear. %tatistics s'o+ t'at
'alf of t'ese &out' +ill eit'er 4e
'omeless or in rison +it'in t+o &ears. 5'e lliances 9e!t%te
/rogram for
5ransition-ge 0out' is committed to 4reaking t'is ieline to
rison and oert&.
(hen: %aturda&, $cto4er 12, 213, < a.m. to 3
.m.(here:C'ildrens =nstitute, 2121 est 5emle %treet, 7os ngeles, C
" foster &out', rofessionals +'o +ere once in t'e foster care
s&stem,
9: star 7indsa& ;arding and lliance for C'ildrens *ig'ts
staff
A!out the Alliance for Chil)ren*s +ights
5'e lliance for C'ildrens *ig'ts rotects t'e rig'ts of
imoeris'ed, a4used and
neglected c'ildren and &out'. :& roiding free legal
serices and adocac&, t'e
lliance ensures c'ildren 'ae safe, sta4le 'omes, 'ealt'care and
t'e education
t'e& need to t'rie. For man& of our clients, t'e lliance
is t'e onl& connection to a
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