Louisiana Elite Advocacy Force

President: Samantha MorrisLaCour
Vice President: Breayana Bradley

September Workday

September 2024 Baton Rouge Workday!

Peer Mentor Natalyia Smith!!

Vice President Breayana Bradley

New Flyer Update!! 🌱🤩✨
Please scan the QR to access our new and improved Fillable application. 🌟
Please send all applications to

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Subscribe to Child Welfare journal for this new academic year!

For more: https://tinyurl.com/childwelfarejournal

Our general and special-themed issues provide a fresh approach to problem solving and proven, practical ideas that work. You get comprehensive coverage of the latest research, practice issues, program developments, and more. Child Welfare sheds light on important and sometimes controversial topics, like child abuse and neglect, immigration, racial equity, out-of-home care and family reunification, kinship care, poverty, adoptive parenting, research evidence, substance use and more.

By subscribing to the Child Welfare journal, you will keep your subscription current while helping America’s children. Ninety-three cents of every dollar that CWLA receives helps agencies improve the lives of children and families who are vulnerable. Invest in yourself. Invest in our children.

🗣️Youth Voices Lead the Way!👏 At our National Think Tank, Selfless Love Foundation’s National Network explored policy and practice innovations to deepen permanent connections for youth impacted by foster care. The 2023 event brought together youth with lived experience and child welfare professionals from 28 states. Youth shared invaluable insight to co-shape strategies to improve support networks and ensure successful transitions into adulthood. Thank you Chapin Hall for creating a report highlighting the key takeaways and detailing the discussions on the importance of intentional permanency planning for young adults to build long-term, meaningful support systems.💖

🔗To read the full report, click the link!
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5kwhejq1v00pizkbk1p7s/Selfless-Love-Foundation-National-Think-Tank-Report-from-Chapin-Hall-July-2024.pdf?rlkey=3brs930h5yvpour6mguwikz21&st=g1l6mv2c&dl=0

Just a few memories from our annual July retreat! Also meet our new executive team:)! We had a blast in Lafayette!!🤍💙💚

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! ❤️🤍💙

Today, we celebrate independence, freedom, and love. We work each day to provide the same to youth impacted by foster care.

During , we celebrate disability rights advocacy. The Disability Information and Access Line (DIAL) helps people with disabilities access information about community resources that support independent living.

Learn more at https://acf.mobi/3xGxLAl

The state of our children’s breakfast yesterday morning with James Samaritan. We had such an amazing time meeting new and seeing old faces. Thanks to everyone who participated and showed up this wonderful event James Samaritan works so hard to put on the past 4 years, with many more to come.💚🩵🌱🌟

June 19th is recognized as Juneteenth a holiday celebrating the resilience and freedom for people of the black community.

Some LEAF members will be in attendance. Come out and see us!!!💚🩵🤍

Why should you attend the breakfast? Because foster parenting isn’t the only way to serve our foster community! This breakfast will show you where you’re needed! …and we all love a good breakfast, don’t we??☕️

We will have special guest Sec. Matlock from the Department of Children and Family Services along with our keynote speaker & founder, Kim Bigler!

We only have a limited amount of individual tickets left, so invite a friend and grab your tickets today! Link to purchase in comments.