Alliance for Children's Rights
Amanda Burckhardt currently serves as a Capital Budget Outreach & Analysis Specialist at Minnesota Management and Budget, a position held since April 2024. Prior to this role, Amanda worked at the Alliance for Children's Rights from June 2019 to July 2023, first as an Education Legal Advocate & Trainer and then as an Education Legal Assistant, where responsibilities included investigating compliance violations in education for foster and probation youth, developing advocacy plans, and conducting training on education laws. Additional experience includes positions at Occidental College as a Peer Advisor and Teaching/Research Assistant, as well as internships with the State of Minnesota, the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities, King Solutions, and Dunn Bros Coffee. Amanda holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Government from Occidental College.
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Alliance for Children's Rights
The Alliance for Children’s Rights is a nonprofit legal services organization that protects the rights of impoverished, abused and neglected children in Los Angeles County. We advocate for healthcare, education and financial support for families created by adoption, foster care and guardianship. We also address the needs of foster youth leaving care without a permanent family. Whenever possible, we remedy system wide issues through policy reform. Our clients include children in foster care, runaway and emancipating youth, and relative and non-relative caregivers. With the help of pro bono attorneys, we have assisted 125,000 families to achieve safe, stable homes, healthcare and the education children need to succeed in school and in life.