#REIMAGINECHILDSAFETY

The child welfare system traumatizes children and rips families apart. Far from helping, law enforcement only makes things worse. The system disproportionately targets Black children for surveillance and removal, actions that, even when well-intentioned, terrorize and traumatize Black families. While Black children are 10% of LA County’s population, they represent 40% of the young people in the child welfare system. LA County's Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) works in direct partnership with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and LA Sheriff’s Department (LASD) to enter homes and remove our children. Police presence during DCFS investigations further traumatizes children and escalates the situation. Removing law enforcement from the child welfare system is the first step to curb the racist practices that break up families of color. BLMLA cares deeply about the safety of our children, which is why we are working to #ReimagineChildSafety and calling on the LA County Board of Supervisors to get #CopsOutofCPS and invest resources in Black families and communities to prevent children from going into foster care.

 

Campaign Partners

#ReimagineChildSafety: get cops out of child protective services is a Black Lives Matter LA (@BLMLA) led campaign, supported by the following allies: