Adoption Event focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community

 

 

		County of Los Angeles DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES   425 Shatto Place, Los Angeles, California  90020 (213) 351-5602
Board of Supervisors GLORIA MOLINA First District YVONNE B. BURKE Second District ZEV YAROSLAVSKY Third District DON KNABE Fourth District MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH Fifth District   PATRICIA S. PLOEHN, LCSW Director

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                  

October 14, 2008

 

Contact:  Louise Grasmehr or Stu Riskin

                 DCFS Office of Public Affairs

                 (213) 351-5886

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

DCFS and Community Partners Reach Out to the LGBT Community to Support

Adoption of L.A. County Foster Youth at Free Gay Men's Chorus

Performance on Sunday, October 19^th

 

In an effort to promote permanency and the adoption of Los Angeles County foster youth, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in partnership with Southern California Foster Family and Adoption Agency and the Heart Gallery Los Angeles are reaching out to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community through a free performance of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles on Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 3:30 p.m.  The event will be hosted at the Metropolitan Community Church Los Angeles located at 4953 Franklin Avenue in Los Angeles. 

 

There are over 500 children in Los Angeles County who need permanent, loving homes.  Many of them are older youth or belong to large sibling groups.  The Heart Gallery Los Angeles program showcases many waiting children with professional photographs and brief biographies.  Many of their beautiful photographs will be displayed at the concert.  This event is one of numerous adoption events each year designed to reach out to various communities in Los Angeles County and urge residents to consider fostering or adopting a youth in need of a permanent home.          

 

Adoption information will be presented and refreshments will be served.  There are 185 seats available. To RSVP for reservations, please call Southern California Foster Family and Adoption Agency at (213) 356-2900.

 

 

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Established in 1984, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services is the public agency charged with ensuring that children grow up safe, physically and emotionally healthy, educated and in permanent homes.  DCFS works to ensure that all children have a connection to family, friends, schools and neighborhoods and provides services to children and their families when they are at-risk due to actual and potential child abuse, abandonment, neglect or exploitation.  With an annual budget of over $1.7 billion and a diverse staff of more than 7,000 employees, DCFS serves children and families through 18 offices located throughout Los Angeles County including Los Angeles, Lancaster, San Gabriel Valley, San Fernando Valley and the South Bay area.