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Joyce Capelle, CEO, Crittenton Services for Children and Families
A Message from Crittenton’s CEO: Crittenton Welcomes California’s Continuum of Care Reform

Crittenton is committed of not only maintaining our accreditation but at the same time continuously supporting quality improvement measures throughout our agency. Ensuring that Crittenton meets the highest standards of accreditation, licensing, as well as all of our contract terms is not only a priority under California’s Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) mandate, but most importantly it is the right thing to do on behalf...

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2015 Crittenton Golf Tournament
Calling all Golfers: Help us Heal the Wounds of Childhood Trauma

We cordially invite you to the Crittenton Services for Children and Families (CSCF) Annual ‘Community for Kids’ Golf Tournament, Dinner, and Auction being held at the picturesque Yorba Linda Country Club on Monday, September 21, 2015. Come join our support base, volunteers, and longtime friends as we golf in support of making trauma-informed educational programming available to Crittenton youth. Your support helps continue a nearly 50-year history of...

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Crittenton Honored as the 2015 Most Committed Partner Award by CSU Fullerton Video

The CSU Fullerton Center for Internships and Community Engagement produced the 2015 "Most Committed Partner" award videos....

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New Field Placement Model with Crittenton Earns Award from CSU Fullerton for its “Teaching and Mentorship” Culture

SocialWorkHelper.com featured the "Most Committed Partner" recognition award given to Crittenton Services by the CSU Fullerton Center for Internships and Community Engagement and the CSU Fullerton Social Work Department. ...

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Crittenton Honored at the CSU Fullerton 2015 Community Engagement Awards

May 11, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Crittenton Services for Children and Families (714) 680-6008 mjasso@crittentonsocal.org [caption id="attachment_2993" align="alignleft" width="300"] 2015 CSUF Social Work Graduate Students interning at Crittenton Services.[/caption] Fullerton, Calif. – Crittenton Services for Children and Families (CSCF) is proud to announce the agency’s nomination and selection as this year’s recipient of the Most Committed Partner award by both the CSUF Social Work Department and the CSUF Center for...

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Ed.News (The Good News about Long Beach Unified School District)

The Long Beach Unified School District Office of Multimedia Services covered the 2015 Youth Exploitation Safety Symposium on January 31, 2015 which was hosted by the LBUSD and the Long Beach Trafficking Task Force at Cabrillo High School in Long Beach, Calif. Crittenton subject matter experts Dr. Barbara Hernandez and our public policy and advocacy department were highlighted in the video....

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Crittenton Employees at the 17th Annual BRAVO Awards
Crittenton’s 17th Annual Employee BRAVO Awards

Acknowledging Crittenton Employees: For 17 years Crittenton Services for Children and Families (CSCF) has made a commitment to honor the agency’s employees for their commitment in helping to treat childhood trauma, and actively curtailing the cycles of child abuse and neglect within the Southern California communities we serve. At the end of April the agency provided a free sit-down breakfast or lunch for all full-time, part-time, and...

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Crittenton's Celebrate the Eighth Award
Crittenton Recognized by City of Long Beach Councilmember Al Austin

More then 200 community members were in attendance at the 2nd Annual Celebrate the Eighth Event hosted by Councilmember Al Austin at the Expo Arts Center in Long Beach, California. Councilmember Al Austin created this event as a way to acknowledge the accomplishments from the past year that District 8 residents have contributed to the City of Long Beach. This year Crittenton Services for Children and Families...

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Crittenton Partner Blog: CSEC as a Gender-Based Violence Issue

The commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) or sex trafficking of minors has garnered more attention from the criminal justice agencies as well as communities in these past years. From safe harbor laws (that protect minors being sex trafficked as victims instead of treating them as criminals) to higher penalties for traffickers and those who purchase sex from minors, the criminal justice-framed response echoes the...

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