Crittenton Advocacy Initiatives Tag

Crittenton at CWLA’s 2014 National Advocacy Summit

“For me, ‘child welfare reform’ is not the same as ‘child welfare finance reform’ and I think to do one successfully, we have to include the other.” After three days in Washington, D.C. with a few dozen other child welfare professionals at the Child Welfare League of America’s Advocacy Summit, that sentiment from a senior Senate staffer stuck with me. It was never going to...

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Crittenton Takes Top Honors at 2014 Hermes Creative Awards

May 05, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Crittenton Services for Children and Families Martha Jasso, Director of Communications (714) 680-6008 mjasso@crittentonsocal.org   FULLERTON, Calif. – Crittenton Services for Children and Families (CSCF) is proud to announce that the agency’s communications office, development office and its longtime design team, KMDezine studio, were selected as 2014 Hermes Creative Awards winners by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). “Both Crittenton Services and...

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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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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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Bipartison Support for Ending the Sexual Exploitation of Children in California.
SB 982: Ending the Cycle of Sexual Exploitation

I’m honored to be working with Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe and a committed group of lawmakers on a bipartisan effort to end child sex trafficking in California. The legislative effort involves the work and cooperation of. Sen. Ted Lieu, Sen. Holly Mitchell, Sen. Jerry Hill, Sen. Marty Block, Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman and the human-rights group California Against Slavery. Some of this legislation –...

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Crittenton Honored for Helping Young Victims of Sex Trafficking

January 27, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Crittenton Services for Children and Families Martha Jasso, Director of Communications (714) 680-6008 mjasso@crittentonsocal.org Fullerton, Calif – After nearly five decades of providing services and assistance to Southern California youth that have experienced neglect, violence, and sexual exploitation Crittenton Services for Children and Families (CSCF) will be recognized by local leaders in a small and private ceremony on January 30, 2014. [caption id="attachment_2058" align="alignleft" width="300"] Artwork...

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Crittenton's Public Policy and Advocacy Program
Taking a Stand Against Human Trafficking

The work Crittenton’s staff does on behalf of commercially sexually exploited children (CSEC) is a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week effort. But in January, National Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Month, we single out the final week to have a special celebration for survivors on our campus and honor the memory of those lost to “the life,” while sending a message of support...

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