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September is National Kinship Care Month, a time to honor grandparents, aunts, uncles, adult siblings, godparents, stepparents and close family friends who step up to raise children when their parents cannot. In San Diego County, about half of all children in out-of-home care live with kinship caregivers.
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Tacos and penguins and sloths, oh my! County Child and Family Well Being brought joy, celebration and accomplishment to local foster youth and teens enrolled in the Independent Living Skills program during a splashy high school graduation event at SeaWorld San Diego.
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In San Diego County, 1,074 children are currently in out-of-home care, and nearly half—531—are living with relatives. Placing children with family members is the County’s preferred option. Research shows foster youth who live with family experience greater stability, less trauma, have stronger long-term behavioral and mental health outcomes, and higher academic achievements. Valerie is a beautiful example of kinship care success.
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The County Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to expand opportunities for community input on the future of the San Pasqual Academy and its 238-acre campus.
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time for the community to reinforce its shared responsibility to protect children and strengthen families.
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“Believe in yourself.”
“Have a blast today.”
“Life is better with you.”
These are just some of the daily reminders the young residents at the County’s A.B. and Jessie Polinsky Children’s Center are seeing when they open their paper snack sacks at school.
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The County’s Child and Family Well-Being Department celebrated today the unity of 39 families through adoption at Juvenile Court.
