Nuevo Amanecer Latino Childrens Services (NALCS)

Nuevo is a foster and adoption non-profit dedicated to serving children in need that are victims of abuse, neglect, and abandonment. Our service population is 0-17 years of age and 18-21 for those who qualify as non-minor dependents. We specialize in providing foster care with professional services and support services to children in need of a temporary home. For those children whose needs are more of a permanent family, our adoption services are available. Intensive Services Foster Care, "IFCS", program is designed to help youth who have intensive complex needs, Emotional or Medical that require a higher level of care than the standard foster care.During the last calendar year, we provided services to 455 children and youth from Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.

During the Fiscal year 2023, Nuevo Amanecer continues providing mental health services under the DBH San Bernardino County and DMH Los Angeles County grants. Mental health services are essential to the proper support of children and youth placed in foster care as a result of abuse or neglect. The trauma experienced by these children can have long-term negative impacts through the mental health program. Each child receives immediate assessments and is provided with the proper therapy that meets his/her mental health needs.

Unaccompanied Alien Children, more known as unaccompanied alien minors, are a United States government classification for children in immigration custody. Nuevo is responsible for the well-being of the children while they await reunification. It is the responsibility of Nuevo Amanecer to provide all the basic needs of the child, including case management, medical, dental, educational, and mental health services. The reunification process is coordinated directly with the office of refugees and resettlement once a potential sponsor has been identified. During the calendar year, we provided services to 227 children under this program. Since the inception of the program in 2014, we are honored to have reunified over 1,382 unaccompanied minors.