California Family Life Center (CFLC) is a non-profit agency incorporated in California in 1982 with 31 years of experience working with vulnerable youth. CFLC has residential treatment facilities in the Hemet area housing 32 adolescent girls (12-18 years of age) and two residential treatment homes housing 12 boys (12-18 years of age) in the Escondido area. CFLC is a private Foster Family Agency provider with Certified Foster Homes for children who are Dependents or Wards of the court. We have 200 youth (ages 0-18) placed in homes throughout Riverside County. CFLC is also a kinship service provider for relative caregivers. Our Kin Care program serves over 300 homes and over 600 children ages 0-18 in Riverside County. CFLC also provides job training and education through Riverside County Economic Development Agency Workforce Investment Act Funding for over 600 low-income youth (ages 16-24) at our three youth Opportunity Centers located at the Empower Youth (Hemet, Planet Youth (Lake Elsinore) and Rubidoux Youth (Rubidoux). A project called My LIFE (Living Independently Fostering Excellence) was designed to assist youth aging out of the foster care system to prepare transitional age youth for independent living and provides housing, life skills, education, and employment. YouthBuild is a project which is preparing 24 young adults (ages 18-24) for jobs in the construction industry and provides all the necessary educational components to ensure a successful career.

To provide safety, comfort and healing to children suffering abuse and abandonment; to teach love and trust; to instill self-esteem, values and hope for the future; and in so doing, assist children trapped in hopelessness and despair become compassionate and contributing members of the community.