April 2014

KNX 1070 Hero of the Week: Michele Fischer and Roxanne Mata

Two social workers make an unexpected delivery at the Edelman Children's Court. Both Michele Fischer and Roxanne Mata are members of the Crittenton Services for Children and Families Wraparound Services team. Diane Thompson of KNX 1070 News Radio interviewed both women about the unexpected stork delivery!...

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Crittenton 2014 Annual Family Picnic
Growing Stronger Together: Crittenton’s Annual Family Picnic

Food, sunshine and a exhilarating game of kickball was what the children and families of the Crittenton Services for Children and Families (CSCF) Wraparound Program were treated to on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at the Rio San Gabriel Park in Downey Calif. More than 200 CSCF Wraparound clients and staff attended the Crittenton Annual Family Picnic style event. “This year’s event theme was entitled, “Dare to Grow”,...

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Crittenton’s Mystery Night Event Proceeds go Towards Helping Young Victims of Human Trafficking

A night of outlandish accusations and suspense filled intrigue was the overall atmosphere at this year’s Crittenton Services for Children and Families (CSCF) Mystery Night fundraiser. The mystery “who done it” was a tough case to solve, but for all those that participated all the effort went to a good cause. As usual, the producer and director of the annual CSCF Mystery Night show, Kathy A....

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Crittenton CEO to Speak at YWCA’s 2014 Racial Justice Conference

April 14, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Crittenton Services for Children and Families Martha Jasso, Director of Communications (714) 680-6008 mjasso@crittentonsocal.org SAN PEDRO, Calif. – Crittenton Services for Children and Families (CSCF) is proud to announce that Chief Executive Officer, Joyce Capelle, is an invited featured presenter at the YWCA's, Harbor and South Bay Chapter, Annual Racial Justice Conference on April 30, 2014 from 7:30 am to 9:30 am. [caption id="attachment_2072" align="alignleft" width="300"]...

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California Introduces New Policies To Combat Child-Sex Trafficking

News report by NEON Tommy, Annenberg Digital News, University of Southern California, covers the Senator Tom Lieu meeting with theLos Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chairman and child-welfare advocates, to discuss the “War on Child Sex-Trafficking” package of state bills aimed at penalizing sex buyers rather than its victims, something that advocates have been pushing for years. This article features subject matter expert Stefanie Benvenuto, Director of...

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Crittenton Wraparound Staff Michele Fischer and Roxanne Mata holding Baby Beya Treece.
Crittenton Staffers are KNX 1070 AM Heroes of the Week

Back in February of this year, Crittenton Services for Children and Families (CSCF) Wraparound Program team members, Michele Fischer and Roxanne Mata, were credited in helping a pregnant woman, Kameeke Treece, through an emergency delivery at the Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Court in Los Angeles County. Both women are long-time employees of CSCF, are proud Wraparound Services Parent Partners, and are highly skilled social services professionals...

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Anti-Human Trafficking Pledge
Crittenton Action Alert: SB 982 End the Demand for Human Trafficking

Dear Support Base, Crittenton is asking for you to help us tell Johns and Traffickers that our children are not for sale. Senator Bob Huff  has introduced SB 982 to increase penalties for predators who solicit minors for sex, and your support is vital to ensuring that we are successful in ending the demand that is the lifeblood of domestic minor sex trafficking. It's time for...

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Crittenton Joins Various Cities for Child Abuse Prevention Month Awareness

April 1, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Crittenton Services for Children and Families Martha Jasso, Director of Communications (714) 680-6008 mjasso@crittentonsocal.org   SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – Crittenton Services for Children and Families (CSCF) is pleased to join the cities of Compton, Pomona, Fullerton, San Bernardino, and Long Beach in acknowledging the plight of children whose lives are being shattered by child abuse, and is calling on the local community for continued support in stopping...

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