Topics: foster children, teens, Maryvale foster children, Changing Lives Blog, Changing Lives

About two years ago, Montebello’s Schurr High School student Caroline Kelly Smarts decided she wanted to complete a Gold Award project. 

Topics: foster children, teens, foster youth, Changing Lives Blog, Changing Lives, Community-Based

We are thankful for the hope and words of encouragement special guests Paul and Diane shared with our children during the Mort Court dedication ceremony (and especially for the first free throw game) and the beautiful basketball court! 

Topics: foster children, Maryvale foster children, foster youth, Changing Lives Blog, Changing Lives

Topics: foster children, Maryvale foster children, trauma informed care, foster youth, Changing Lives Blog, Changing Lives

Maryvale is giving thanks today to a special group of UCLA student volunteers who plan to teach Maryvale's children how 3-D printed musical instruments demonstrate the close association between art and science. 

Topics: foster children, Maryvale foster children, Changing Lives, Art, Maryvale Art

Topics: foster children, Maryvale foster children, foster youth, Art, Maryvale Art, Art Therapy

Recent high school graduate and Maryvale resident Haley has a dream, and it involves helping children less fortunate. “I want to be a social worker,” she said. “When you’ve been through the foster care system, and you know how it works, you’ll be a great social worker. I can give them advice, and they’ll know I’ve been there.”

Topics: foster children, survivors, foster youth, Changing Lives Blog, Changing Lives, foster youth stories

You see them in your child's classroom. They play on soccer teams too. What you probably don't know, is that some of these boys and girls are victims of the unthinkable - sex trafficking. 

Human trafficking, and child sex trafficking, in particular, has saturated society to such a degree that January has been designated Human Trafficking Awareness Month. This is a time to offer recognition and support for the countless victims, many of whom live, hidden in plain sight, in our neighborhoods....

Topics: foster children