Read up on our work and progress in the field
Family Centered Model: A Way to Address Implicit Bias
Read the full article By Cameron P. Lewis, MPA – SHIELDS Community Relations Specialist
Spiking Cases Prompt New Push by Community Groups to Target Unvaccinated
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As the Pandemic Turned Life in L.A. Upside Down, Local Nonprofits Had to Pivot on the Fly
SHIELDS: Helping South Los Angeles Families
Read the full article By Cameron P. Lewis, MPA – SHIELDS Community Relations Specialist
March, 2013
Post Release Community Supervision – Ellis Gillet on The Results of Hard Work
March 14th, 2013
Class on parenting becomes a journey through loss, grief and hope
December 6th, 2012
June 12th, 2012
Senate Caucus Highlights SHIELDS Family Centered Treatment
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June 1st, 2012
Reducing The U.S. Demand For Illegal Drugs
February 27th, 2012
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly: Funding Is Priority For Family-Oriented Program
October 12th, 2011
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project (PIDP) – Year Two Evaluation Summary Report – Volume 2
October 12th, 2011
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project (PIDP) – Year Two Evaluation Summary Report – Volume 1
October 12th, 2011
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project (PIDP) – Year Two Evaluation Summary Report – Executive Summary
October 12th, 2011
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project (PIDP) – Year Two Evaluation Summary Report – Brief Executive Summary
July 20th, 2011
Taking the First Steps: Experiences of Six Community/State Teams Addressing Racism’s Impacts on Infant Mortality
July 5th, 2011
TCA News – Across The Nation:SHIELDS for Families
June 13th, 2011
Community Medicine: A child welfare system extends its reach to all South Los Angeles families in need
December 1st, 2010
The Source – Strategies for Retaining Pregnant and Postpartum Substance Abusing Women at SHIELDS for Families, Inc.
October 29th, 2010
Catalysts for Change: How California Nonprofits Can Deliver Direct Services And Transform Communities
September 23rd, 2010
A Qualitative Study of Exodus Graduates: Family-Focused Residential Substance Abuse Treatment as an Option for Mothers to Retain or Regain Custody and Sobriety in Los Angeles
June 1st, 2010
Co-occurring Disorders Treatment at Homeless CalWORKs Families Project Sites
January 31st, 2010
The Health Project – C. Everett Koop National Health Awards
September 15th, 2009
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project (PIDP)
September 15th, 2009
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project (PIDP) – Year One Evaluation Summary Report – Full Report
September 15th, 2009
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project (PIDP) – Year One Evaluation Summary Report – Executive Summary
August 21st, 2009
LA County DCFS – Using Upfront Assessments to Provide Better Services to Families
June 11th, 2009
Los Angeles Sentinel: SHIELDS for Families Receives Recognition
February 1st, 2009
Stories of Practice Change – What Flexible Funding Means to the Children and Families of Los Angeles County
December 25th, 2008
Los Angeles WAVE – Back On Their Feet: With the help of a program designed for their needs, people whose backgrounds make it difficult to find work receive a second chance at starting a career
November 1st, 2008
September 1st, 2008
The Source – Keeping Kids at Home: Family Centered Treatment at SHIELDS for Families, Inc.
July 31st, 2008
ABC News 10: State Lawmakers Push to Improve Foster Care System
May 12th, 2008
Funding Families-Centered Treatment for Women With Substance Use Disorders
April 15th, 2008
Family-Centered Therapeutic Community Treatment
May 7th, 2007
Kathryn Icenhower named National Recovery Month’s Expert
January 21st, 2006
Meth and Child Welfare: Promising Solutions for Children, their Parents and Grandparents
January 31st, 2004
Journal of the Center for Families, Children and the Courts
December 1st, 2003
National Healthy Start Association – Success Story: Healthy Start Program Focuses on Substance Abusing Women
August 1st, 2003
LAPIC Initiates Service Exchange Project in Los Angeles
March 3rd, 2003
Little Hoover Commission – For Our Health & Safety: Joining Forces to Defeat Addiction
December 21st, 2002
Los Angeles County Prevention File – Q & A with Kathryn Icenhower
December 1st, 2002
Prevention File, Los Angeles County – Q&A with Kathryn Icenhower
September 1st, 2001
July 1st, 2001
California Conference of Local Directors of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health
November 16th, 1997
Los Angeles Times – Orphans of Addiction
April 17th, 1997
Los Angeles Times: Healing Shattered Lives-and Families
January 31st, 1995
SHIELDS related multimedia productions
April 21st, 2011
October 22nd, 2010
Big Blend Radio: A chat with Dr. Kathryn Icenhower
May 24th, 2007
Helping Families Find Recovery: A Pre-Recorded Satellite & Webcast Program
September 1st, 1995
Spark Action: How L.A.’s Pete Digre Clips Foster Care Spiral
Conferences, meetings and symposiums where SHIELDS presented
November 7th, 2010
National Addiction Treatment & Prevention Conference: Healthy Families, Safe Communities
October 12th, 2010
ADP Training Conference 2010: Prevention, Treatment & Recovery Support
August 21st, 2010
August 2nd, 2010
May 21st, 2010
4th National Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery : Thriving in Changing Times
January 11th, 2010
Funding and Sustaining Family-Centered Treatment for Women with Substance Use Disorders
September 18th, 2008
3rd National Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery
August 20th, 2008
June 25th, 2008
Haymarket Center 2008 Summer Institute on Addictions
May 8th, 2008
Methamphetamine: Child Welfare Impact and Response
March 5th, 2008
Family Centered Workshops: Finding Common Ground in Community Based Child Welfare
April 25th, 2002
Testimony on Substance Abuse Treatment for the State of California Little Hoover Commission