Crittenton in the News

National Charity League Class has a Fashion Day

The National Charity League Inc., Yorba Linda Chapter selected Crittenton Services for Children and Families as their charity of choice for their 2016 charity fashion show. All proceeds the nearly reached $60,000 were donated to help fund educational and mental health programming at Crittenton....

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Public Safety and Youth Empowerment Symposium to Address Human Trafficking

Crittenton Services for Children and Families Public Policy and Advocacy Director, Jeanette Cheng, quoted in the Long Beach Post and discusses the importance of bringing awareness on the issue of Human Trafficking to the Long Beach, Calif. community. Crittenton was on of the YESS 2016 event sponsors....

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Art Classes Give At-Risk Students a New Outlook on Life

The Orange County Register covered the Crittenton Services for Children and Families and the Muckenthaler Cultural Center STEAM Program Partnership. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math and this program is designed to help system-involved youth build coping skills to regain control of their emotional well-being as it relates to psychological trauma. The partnership also assists youth with their high school graduation requirements....

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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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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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Fits and Starts: Two School-based Approaches to Prevent Sex Trafficking

Contributing writer, Brittany Patterson, for the Chronicle of Social Change finalizes the last article in a series of reporting that focuses on the issue of commercially sexually exploited children in California. In this last story Patterson highlights education and prevention efforts happening statewide. These partnerships include community groups working alongside school districts in order to assist with prevention efforts that are customized to school aged...

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Ebell Club Distributes Donation After Fashion Show and Fundraiser Benefitting Crittenton Services

OC Register highlights the efforts of the Ebell Club of Canyon Hills as they donate nearly $10,000 to benefit the children, youth and families Crittenton serves....

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Formerly Homeless Woman Donates Baked Goods to Los Angeles’ Homeless

Former Crittenton Services residential services client, Latrina Wilcher, is highlighted by ABC's Good Morning America, in their "Thankful Thursday" segment, for her tireless efforts with Los Angeles County's homeless population. She is now a pastry chef and has her own baking project called "Sweet Tri Pastries". She is currently focusing on funding baking projects that will give free baked goods and other supplies to the...

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Dignity U Wear Partners with Crittenton Services in California

Dignity U Wear announces their new partnership with Crittenton Services as a in-kind donor of new clothing designated for the use of Crittenton clients in need of new clothing....

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