Pathways LA
Pathways LA’s mission is to strengthen low-income working families, promote high quality early care for children of all abilities, develop knowledgeable early care providers, and promote economically resilient communities.
Visit this organization’s website to volunteer
Learn about this organization’s budget, leadership and mission
1 Submitted Idea
LEARN ·2022 Grants ChallengeFostering Families, Mitigating Trauma
The very act of entering the foster care system imposes trauma on young children, which can cause symptoms that caregivers do not understand and manifest in challenging behaviors to which adults may respond inappropriately – leading to still more trauma. Trauma Informed Care (TIC) can help children overcome their pain, yet most foster parents are not trained on how to best support a trauma-impacted child. This program is an essential step in increasing our communities’ resiliency with regards to trauma and lessening its impacts on children