All For Kids

Our mission is to nurture child well-being through prevention, collaboration, and compassion. Our vision is children thriving in strong families and connected communities. Our purpose is to create a world where every child is safe to grow.

All For Kids (formerly Children’s Bureau) was founded in 1904 by Mrs. E.K. Foster, a Los Angeles community leader, and a group of concerned volunteers who successfully advocated for legislation to protect vulnerable children. Today, All For Kids continues to be a trusted, innovative leader in child well-being.

All For Kids is distinguished by its comprehensive approach to child and family well-being. While many organizations focus on a single point in a family’s journey, All For Kids provides a continuum of support spanning prevention, behavioral health, and foster care and adoption. This breadth allows All For Kids to strengthen families before challenges become crises, provide evidence-based care when children experience emotional or behavioral difficulties, and connect children in foster care with safe, nurturing families.

We operate more than 40 innovative programs across 14 community sites in historically underserved areas of Los Angeles and Orange counties, with additional services and initiatives in Kern, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties. Many of our community sites also serve as Family Resource Centers (FRCs), providing families with welcoming, accessible places to connect with programs, resources, and support.

Our organizational goals are to:
- Prevent child maltreatment through our Positive Prevention approach.
- Strengthen neighborhoods through place-based community initiatives.
- Provide behavioral health services to children and families.
- Facilitate foster care and adoptions.

In FY24/25, we achieved the following:
- Orange County Infant & Toddler Home Visitation Program (HVP) served 346 adults and 389 children with 3,304 in-home & virtual visits and 2,577 referrals for resources. 95% of parents reported increased knowledge of parenting & child development.
- All For Kids’ Orange County Family Resource Centers (OC FRCs) served 597 children and 1,427 adults, with 72% of parents reporting a safe/self-sufficient level on the Access to Services indicators of the Family Development Matrix post-assessment. 14,999 linkages and referrals were made to community resources to help families with short-term basic needs and long-term financial, employment, or housing needs. Significant increases were also seen in all protective factor domains (parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, concrete support in times of need, and social & emotional competence of children).
- The Orange County In Home Coaching (IHC) program served 263 clients, with 79% of parents increasing their knowledge of parenting & child development.
- Network Anaheim increased meeting attendance by 72%, training workshop attendance by 36%, and community resident engagement by 56%.

In FY25/26, our goals include:
- 75% of OC HVP parents will report increased knowledge of parenting & child development.
- 75% of OC FRC parents will report a safe/self-sufficient level on the Access to Services indicators of the Family Development Matrix post-assessment.
- 90% of IHC parents will report increased knowledge of parenting & child development.
- Network Anaheim resident engagement, meeting attendance, and organizational partnerships will increase by at least 10%; training and workshop attendance will increase by at least 5%.

Client Need: In 2024, more than 105,000 reports of suspected child abuse or neglect were made to LA County DCFS, while another 30,848 reports were made in Orange County. These figures reflect the scale of the challenges facing children and families across Southern California — and the urgent need to provide support before difficult circumstances escalate into maltreatment, family separation, or foster care involvement.

Organizational Need: Although government grants and contracts support much of our work, these resources do not cover the full cost of delivering comprehensive, responsive services. Several initiatives, including the Magnolia Community Initiative and Network Anaheim, receive no government funding, while services such as the Family Enrichment Program receive only partial public support. Philanthropic contributions are therefore essential to closing funding gaps, maintaining program quality, and ensuring families can access services that public funding does not support.

We operate more than 40 innovative programs across 14 community sites in historically underserved areas of Los Angeles and Orange counties, with additional services and initiatives in Kern, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties. Our sites in the greater Los Angeles area are located in Pico-Union, Long Beach, West Covina, and Valencia, with additional sites in the Antelope Valley communities of Palmdale and Lancaster. In Orange County, our sites are located in Santa Ana, San Juan Capistrano, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Lake Forest, and Westminster. Most of the families All For Kids serves live in historically disenfranchised communities, face significant economic barriers, and identify as people of color.