UCLA Pritzker Center

What UCLA Pritzker Center does

The UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families is a university research center within UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) that operates as a non-profit, grant-funded entity focused on child welfare system reform and family strengthening in Los Angeles County. Established with support from the Pritzker Family Foundation in 2018/2019, the Center functions as a bridge between UCLA faculty and community organizations, producing peer-grounded research, policy recommendations, and educational programming aimed at safely reducing the need for foster care and addressing racial disproportionality, domestic violence, housing instability, and educational disruption within the child welfare system.

The Center's core offerings are research publications and reports (e.g., the "Housing Preferences of Transition-Age Foster Youth" brief, "5 Years Forward," and "The Aftermath of the Eaton Fire"), educational programs (Child Welfare Summer Academy and Summer Seminar Series with UCLA faculty), recurring events (Trauma-Informed Care Conference, Pride Talk Series, COVID-19 Community Speaker Series), and a Racial Equity Hub for Child Welfare Reform. It does not deploy commercial technology; its "platform" is a multidisciplinary academic-community-coalition network.

The operating model is non-commercial. The Center is funded by philanthropic grants and institutional support from foundations including the Pritzker Foster Care Initiative, Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation, UniHealth Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Van Nuys Charities, and SAMHSA. Most programs and events are offered free of charge; the only disclosed paid offering is the Trauma-Informed Care Conference 2023 at $149 per person ($129 early bird, $25 CEU add-on). The Center serves four primary stakeholder groups: child welfare professionals and policymakers, community organizations and advocates, UCLA students and faculty, and families and youth directly impacted by the child welfare system.

Name

UCLA Pritzker Center

Legal name

UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families

Website

https://pritzkercenter.ucla.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The UCLA Pritzker Center is a UCLA-affiliated research center that produces research, education, and community partnerships to reform the Los Angeles County child welfare system, serving policymakers, practitioners, families, and system-involved youth.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Policy Research and Child Welfare Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Individual and Family Services (6241), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services (BPAGAEAE)

Keywords

• Child welfare research
• Foster care reform
• Social policy research
• Family wellbeing programs
• Community partnership services

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families is a university research center that produces research publications, policy briefs, and reports on child welfare, foster care, and domestic violence in Los Angeles County. It also delivers educational programs such as the Child Welfare Summer Academy and Summer Seminar Series, hosts annual conferences (e.g., Trauma-Informed Care Conference) and community convenings, and partners with the LA County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), community-based organizations, and foundations to translate research into child welfare reform practice.

Product overview

The UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families is a university research center that unites a multidisciplinary network to identify strategies that safely reduce the need for foster care while supporting equitable reform to the child welfare system in Los Angeles County. The Center's offerings consist of research publications and reports (including the Housing Preferences of Transition-Age Foster Youth report and various domestic violence and child welfare studies), educational programs (such as the Child Welfare Summer Academy and Summer Seminar Series), annual conferences (including the Trauma-Informed Care Conference and Pride Talk Series), and community engagement initiatives. These products work together to bridge UCLA campus resources with community partners across the Los Angeles region through research, education, and partnership.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Research Publications and Reports Research publications, briefs, landscape assessments, and policy reports on child welfare, domestic violence, foster care, and family wellbeing in Los Angeles County, produced for child welfare professionals, policymakers, foundation funders, and community organizations.
• Child Welfare Summer Academy Educational summer program for UCLA students to learn about the child welfare system, including education, adoption, and policymaking topics. Inaugural program launched in 2020 with 160+ student participants.
• Child Welfare Summer Seminar Series

Quantifiable outcome

• 160+ students participated in inaugural Summer Child Welfare Academy 2020
• +4 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Good River PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Partnership with Good River Partners, a public benefit firm focused on ending the foster care to homelessness pipeline by financing foster youth housing at scale. The UCLA Pritzker Center assisted in cleaning and analyzing survey responses from 200+ transition-age foster youth about their housing preferences and needs.
• UCLA School of Education and Information StudiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner supporting the Eaton Fire research project, with Wasserman Dean Christina Christie providing support.
• Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDCFS Lancaster Regional Office partnered with the UCLA Pritzker Center for a pilot study in the Antelope Valley addressing domestic violence and child welfare system involvement.
• Valley OasiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDomestic violence service agency partnered with UCLA Pritzker Center and DCFS for collaborative reform pilot study in the Antelope Valley.
• Children's InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChildren's Institute partnered with the UCLA Pritzker Center to present the 2023 Trauma-Informed Care Conference focused on wellness and prevention for children, families, and community.
• Children's Law Center of CaliforniasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with UCLA Pritzker Center and LA County DCFS to host a 3-part lecture series on eradicating racism and bias in foster care.
• Los Angeles County Office of EducationsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipated in COVID-19 Community Town Halls, joining collaborative discussions with UCLA faculty and staff.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago: University-affiliated research center producing policy-relevant research on child welfare, child poverty, and youth systems. Like UCLA Pritzker Center, it operates as a translational research hub bridging academia and public agencies.
• Center for the Study of Social Policy: National policy organization working to advance child and family wellbeing through research-driven reform. Shares the Pritzker Center's emphasis on translating research into system-level child welfare policy change.
• Child Trends: Nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving outcomes for children and youth. Comparable to UCLA Pritzker Center in producing rigorous, applied research on child welfare, family wellbeing, and adolescent transition.

Regional players

• First 5 LA: LA County-based child advocacy and grantmaking organization focused on children prenatal through age 5. Geographic and thematic peer operating in the same county and intersecting with child welfare and family wellbeing.
• The Children's Partnership: California-focused children's policy and advocacy organization that produces research and policy recommendations on issues including child welfare and health equity. Shares the Pritzker Center's California-rooted policy approach.

Broad incumbents

• Urban Institute: Large research organization with a substantial portfolio of child welfare, family, and social services research. Produces evidence-based policy analysis analogous to what the Pritzker Center aims to deliver at the LA County level.
• Casey Family Programs: Largest national foundation focused entirely on child welfare and foster care. Operates at greater scale than the Pritzker Center, with direct service programs and policy advocacy across all 50 states.
• Annie E. Casey Foundation: Major national foundation focused on child welfare and foster care, producing influential research (e.g., KIDS COUNT) and policy advocacy. Operates broader in scope than the Pritzker Center's regional focus.

Emerging players

• Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative: Initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation focused on transition-age foster youth and housing/pathways. Directly comparable to the Pritzker Center's housing preferences survey and Eaton Fire research on system-involved youth.
• National Child Welfare Workforce Institute: Federally-funded initiative focused on developing a skilled, diverse child welfare workforce with emphasis on racial equity and disproportionality. Shares the Pritzker Center's research-to-practice translation and racial equity focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ucla-pritzker-center-for-strengthening-children-and-families

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