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Crittenton Reaches 50 Year Milestone of Healing Childhood Trauma

Crittenton's 50th Anniversary Celebration As a non-profit whose primary goals are to deliver trauma-informed mental health services and help rebuild resiliency in system-involved children, youth and families we are proud to continue this long standing legacy as we now enter our 50th year of service. This serves as a perfect moment to also mention that as we continue to celebrate Crittenton's golden anniversary their is still much...

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Laguna Road Choir Visits Crittenton
Local School Choir Visits Crittenton

As the holidays wind down we are eternally grateful to all Crittenton Services for Children and Families volunteers, donors and partners for helping us make the holiday magic happen throughout our agency. It is because of you that our youth and families got to experience a hopeful Christmas. Living in shelter situation or going through a mental health crisis is never a pleasant experience. In particular...

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Crittenton Tale of Success and Client’s Advocacy for Continued Social Services

Some years ago I was a teenage girl stuck in a cycle of recidivism and angry at the world for the response I received by the forces in place to protect at risk children and youth. In 2006 it seemed that the normal response in California was to lock troubled youth away in juvenile detention centers - stripping them of material possessions and their identity, to...

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Team Crittenton at the 2015 Association of Community Human Service Agencies
Crittenton Employee Recognized as Inspirational Success Story by LA Based Social Services Association

The Association of Community Human Service Agencies (ACHSA) recently held its annual luncheon at the Biltmore Hotel where more than 500 human services professionals came together to embrace the newest changes that took place this year to the mental health delivery system that directly serves Los Angeles County’s most vulnerable system-involved youth. Among the highlights of ACHSA’s annual luncheon is the recognition of an individual with...

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Give to Crittenton Foster Youth this #GivingTuesday

First comes Black Friday shopping for your family. Then a Cyber Monday splurge for yourself. And finally there is #GivingTuesday a day reserved for your favorite non-profit. The holidays are finally upon us and at Crittenton Services for Children and Families (CSCF) we are busy coordinating a new holiday donation drive to benefit our foster youth! Our short-term holiday specific #GivingTuesday gift drive called the “Crittenton Christmas...

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Crittenton's Day of Beauty 2015
Crittenton’s Day of Beauty 2015

When You Look Good You Feel Good As I’m driving into Orange County nothing seems familiar. Suddenly my heart feels heavy-I begin to recognize the area. I’m heading towards my old group home and I’m captured by feelings of nostalgia. I remember running down the street, stopping at the gas station, and picking up the payphone as a van abruptly stops in front of me. The...

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Ingrid Giron is a Crittenton Foster and Regugee Minor
Crittenton Foster Youth and Refugee Minor Suceeds Despite Obstacles

Recognizing World Refugee Day Each year, in the month of June, the United Nations invites supporters from around the world to celebrate World Refugee Day. June 20th was established by the United Nations Refugee Agency as World Refugee Day to honor the courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who are forced to flee their homes under threat of persecution, conflict and violence. In response...

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Crittenton Action Alert: AB 2668 Support Parenting Foster Youth in California

Dear Support Base, Crittenton is asking for your voice to help us continue our work as one of the very few remaining mother-baby programs for foster youth in California. As a longtime leader in working with this group of young people, we are excited to invite you to come alongside us to advocate as the California state legislature considers bills that can provide significant help! Get Involved...

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Crittenton Staff Enjoying the Holidays
The Holidays at Crittenton

This December brought about joy and cheer from the dedicated support base that delivers Christmas in a way that helps the children and families in our care “believe” in the possibilities of the New Year. From dedicated volunteers, to generous donors, to those unstoppable Christmas elves the magic of the holiday was evident in all corners of the Crittenton Services for Children and Families universe. We kicked...

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