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Help Make a Kinship Placement

$725.00 still needed

Request: #241527 • Urgency: Normal • Demographic: Child-Centered Request • City: Wilmington • State: California • Zip Code: 90744 • County: Los Angeles • Submitted By: DCFS-LA Torrance

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2 Children 2 Adults

Maternal Grandmother is in need of a twin sized bunkbed frame and mattresses for her two grandchildren children. The family has been temporarily staying with maternal grandmother while mother continues to try to find her own place to live with the children but has not been successful. Mother lost her job a few months ago due to cutbacks and has struggled to find new work while addressing the needs of her children; including securing housing. Although, mother is having that challenge, mother is meeting the case plan goals/court orders. Furthermore, mother is committed to ensuring the children’s needs are met and maintained. The main reason I am requesting this need to be fulfilled is because mother informed the Department the bed used by the family was recently broken and no longer usable. The children were previously sharing a daybed. Mother shared that a bunk bed would be the best option so each child may have their own bed. Currently the family is using a blow up mattress which is not suitable for sleeping long term. This need is critical to ensuring that the children have somewhere secure to sleep of their own as that would be the safest sleeping arrangement for the children. This need is being requested through Care Portal because unfortunately DCFS does not currently have this item and if requested, the timeframe DCFS takes would be too long as some requests take up to 8 – 10 weeks. The estimated cost of the need/s being requested is $750.00.


Needs

3 Needs
1

Twin/Twin Bunk Bed Frame

Still needed

$275.00 or 1 item

2

Twin Mattress

Still needed

$350.00 or 2 items

2

Twin Bedding Set

Still needed

$100.00 or 2 items


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