In May 2013, SHIELDS clients joined hundreds of other anti-hunger advocates from across the state meet in Sacramento to educate their legislators about hunger and encourage their support for anti-hunger legislation.
Service Providers Angered by Changes to Foster Care Philosophy in L.A. County by Kelly Vassar Originally published on The Chronicle of Social Change On May 30, service providers focusing on “family preservation” organized a community meeting in South Los Angeles to express concerns over the Department of Children and Family Services’ (DCFS) elimination of programs […]
SHIELDS’ Research and Evaluation Unit was selected to participate in a panel presentation for The Network for Social Work Management’s 24th Annual Management Institute Achieving Impact In Complex Social Environments conference this May at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. Our proposal, “The SHIELDS Approach: Developing a Pathway to a Culture of Research and Practice” […]
On May 8, 2013, the Bradley/Milken Center the SHIELDS ACT, Family Support, and ASK Programs hosted a Mother’s Day event with various collaborative partners to pamper our moms for a day. The day included food and music from SHIELDS, arts and crafts from Free Arts!, giveaways donated by Para Los Niños, and beauty stations for […]
The USC School of Social Work stated, “Each year, the Field Faculty at USC select an agency that they agree has been outstanding in their collaboration with our school in the education of social work students. This year, the field faculty enthusiastically nominated and selected SHIELDS for Families for its distinguished service to the USC […]
HAPPY ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY SHIELDS EMPLOYEES! SHIELDS for Families recognizes all the hard work and dedication of our administrative professionals: LaShawnda Anderson Gabriela Ayala Gabriela Bueno Deborah Kay Carter Kimberli Cebrun Lakeshia Closs Vanessa Cortez Ronnita Darnell Wilma De La Cerda Janet De La Mora Elnora Dower Kevin Frank Nataly Garcia Ana Garcia Larrisa Gonzales […]
Providing prevention services for child abuse and neglect costs less financially and emotionally. Prevention has better long-term outcomes than removing children from the home. Watch/listen to this webcast that discusses the successful networks, programs and services that help strengthen families and keep them together, including SHIELDS for Families. The free webcast, which was filmed at […]
“I worked with children for years but I had never worked with babies born with drugs in their system until I came to SHIELDS for Families…” In 1991, during her lunch break, curiosity got the best of Esther Hardaway as she decided to walk into a broken down trailer to see what was going on […]
Click HERE to read more about how Sydnia McMillan leads a unique parenting group dealing with grief, loss, and hope in the Jordan Downs Housing Projects through the SHIELDS Family 1st Program.
In the late 1980’s SHIELDS for Families was founded in South Central Los Angeles by 3 women, Dr. Xylina Bean, Kathryn Icenhower, and Norma Mtume. Xylina continued to serve on the Board while Kathy and Norma continued leading the agency together. Soon after, Charlene Smith and Sara Tienda joined them to help lead SHIELDS for […]
