Social Change Partners, LLC

03/22/2019

Proud to have helped IFOSTER design the TAY AmeriCorps program and to watch the swearing in ceremony today with these young foster youth leaders and LA DCFS Director Cagle. Can’t wait to see what these youth accomplish!

03/13/2018

Hi Facebook friends- I am hopeful that some of you can help me support California Youth Connection- a nonprofit youth development and empowerment organization that transforms the lives of youth in foster care and brings about needed system changes. C*C turns 30 this year, and as a member of the Board of Directors I can attest that your donations will support an incredibly unique organization and will truly change lives. Thanks for your help! - Sean

Please support my goal to support C*C by securing 30 donations of at least $30.00

05/01/2017

The federal government needs to devote more funding to children in foster care and families at risk of being involved with the child welfare system. Angie Schwartz and Sean Hughes co-wrote this op-ed calling for new resources for the system: https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/opinion/child-welfare-advocates-must-unite-push-federal-funds/26637

While millions of Americans have found relief in Congress’ failure thus far to come to an agreement on legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, this remains a perilous time...

03/30/2017

Great dinner tonight with iFoster and the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth to discuss foster youth employment. Thank you Reps. Bass, Torres, Lawrence, and Chu!

03/01/2017

We "hacked" foster care today! A fun experience brainstorming with a team of smart people.

12/15/2016

Donating to the iFoster gift exchange- goal is to get 10,000 gifts for all of the foster youth in 12 counties in Northern CA!

10/18/2016

Proudly working with the good people at iFoster on this new federal bill to improve employment outcomes for transition age foster youth: http://youthtoday.org/2016/10/proposed-tax-credit-would-reward-employers-who-hire-former-foster-youth/ #

A proposed federal tax credit aims to encourage employers to hire former foster youth as they transition out of the child welfare system.

10/18/2016

CQ Researcher story on child welfare reform including Sean’s take on federal reform efforts and the use of predictive analytics by child protective services: http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2016082600&type=hitlist&num=2

10/18/2016

Update #2: Sean participated in a 5-part series debating a number of facets of federal child welfare reform. Articles can be found at the Chronicle of Social Change here: https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/category/dollars-and-priorities

10/18/2016

We’ve been so busy working this year we’ve neglected this page! Here is the first in a series of updates about our 2016 work: the final report we helped write with VOICES regarding how to improve implementation of extended foster care in Sonoma Countyhttp://voicesyouthcenter.org/sites/default/files/Changing%20The%20Story.pdf