Abstract The El Nido Services and Lodges records cover the practical details of El Nido's operations, 1930-1980, documenting its real estate management, zoning battles, tax questions, insurance and "disaster preparedness" provisions, and occasional personnel problems of this social service agency. Originally a project of the Los Angeles Section of the National Council of Jewish Women, the Section established a Children's Bureau in Los Angeles in 1925, and three years later built a camp for...

Abstract Jacquelyn McCroskey is the John Milner Professor of Child Welfare in the Suzanne Dworack-Peck School of Social Work at USC, where she also directs the Children's Data Network, and focuses on structure, financing and performance improvement in the child welfare, juvenile justice, and early care and education systems in Los Angeles County. She is a member of the LA Roundtable for Children. She worked on LA County's first Children's Budget, helped create the LA County Children's Planning...