Children who grow up without a steady, loving relationship with a parent become vulnerable to a host of struggles – in fact, 85% of children raised outside of a family will fall victim to trafficking, gang involvement, homelessness, substance abuse, or suicide. It’s a crisis that will continue unchecked – unless the Church steps up to care and partner with community partners, other faith leaders and government .
The South Bay Care Collaborative for Vulnerable Children is a etwork of churches, faith leaders, community-based organizations, agencies and individuals who are committed to helping children and youth in foster care have loving, stable and supportive homes. We are focused in the South Bay region of LA County, also known as Service Planning Area 8 (SPA 8).
We focus on the following:
-Building a network of churches and organizations to support children and their families who are at risk, or who are currently part of the child welfare system.
-Equip churchers and their leaders with resources, tools, and training to support vulnerable children and families.
-Training parents, caregivers , resource/adoptive parents and volunteers on Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) and other trauma related resources, promoting attachment-based, trauma informed intervention to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children.
-Promoting and supporting partnerships between the LA County Department of Children & Families. community-based organizations, public agencies and the faith community.
-Sharing resources and information for our partners in SPA 8.