A Letter to Our Colleagues, Community Partners, and Client Families

January 17, 2025

In 2018, at the height of the Trump administration’s policy of separating families at the southern border, I spent a week in Texas volunteering with a legal services organization that served fathers and their children who had been detained by ICE. On...

Remembering DAC Co-Founder, AnnaLisa Chung

November 4, 2024

Dependency Advocacy Center is very sad to share that AnnaLisa Chung, one of our co-founders and our first Chief Executive Officer, passed away on November 2, 2024 after a long battle with cancer.

Congratulations to Judge Cynthia Chen, the newest member of the Santa Clara County bench!

July 31, 2024

DAC Mourns the Loss of Longstanding Board Member, Ann Whyte J.D.

August 5, 2024

We are very sad to share that Ann Whyte, a longstanding member of our Board of Directors and previous Board Chair, passed away Sunday, August 4, 2024.

Cynthia Chen, Appointed as a Judge in the Santa Clara County Superior Court

June 20, 2024

Congratulations to our Supervising Attorney Cynthia Chen on her appointment as a Judge in Santa Clara County!

13th Annual Family Reunification Day Celebration

June 15, 2024

Santa Clara County celebrated its 13th Annual Family Reunification Day on June 14, 2024, honoring families and youth who overcame immense challenges to reunify with one another!

Dependency Advocacy Center Turns 15!

November 3, 2023

Dependency Advocacy Center turned 15 on October 1, 2023! Oh, how time flies!

SSA Director Receives AnnaLisa Chung Award

October 31, 2023

Daniel Little, Director of the County’s Social Services Agency, was honored for his exceptional contributions to child welfare reform in an event marking the 15th Anniversary Celebration of the Dependency Advocacy Center (DAC) in October 2023.

DAC Announces Selection of Next CEO!

September 2, 2023

Since the retirement of our Co-Founder and CEO, AnnaLisa Chung, the Board of Directors has been conducting a search for a new CEO.

Cornerstones of Interdisciplinary Prevention Advocacy

February 16, 2023

The views expressed herein have not been approved by the House of Delegates or the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association, and accordingly, should not be construed as representing the policy of the American Bar Association. Amber’s story ...

DAC’s Corridor Program Presented in Washington D.C.

April 14, 2019

On April 12, 2019, members of DAC’s Corridor Program presented at the ABA’s 2019 National Conference on Parent Representation in Washington D.C. This innovative interdisciplinary team collaboration with Santa Clara County Adult Probation empowers pa...

DAC Recognized by California State AssemblyMember Ash Kalra

November 27, 2018

This #GivingTuesday we received a California Legislature Assembly Resolution for DAC!