{"id":9718,"date":"2022-01-11T14:33:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T22:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/?page_id=9718"},"modified":"2023-06-13T06:52:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T13:52:39","slug":"cares","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/patient-and-visitor-information\/cares\/","title":{"rendered":"About CARES"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]CARES, the Los Angeles County\/USC Medical Center Auxiliary for Recruitment Education and Service, a California non-profit corporation, is dedicated to serving patients and families at the Medical Center by providing financial support and volunteer services.<\/p>\n<p>The nationally recognized CARES Child and Family Program offers free childcare, educational activities, parent education, and referrals for children and families of the Medical Center. CARES also operates hospital shops, sponsors events for medical\/health education, supports programs that provides patient visitation, as well as comfort items to patients, clothing to discharged patients as required, and renovates patient care areas.<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacusccares.org\/\">Click Here<\/a> to learn more about CARES and their mission.<\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<h2 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-left grve-leader-text\" style=\"\"><span>Programs<\/span><\/h2>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9804&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<h4 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-center grve-h4\" style=\"\"><span>Child Care Services<\/span><\/h4>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The CARES Child and Family Program is a vital and necessary resource for people who enter the hospital each day to receive treatment or to visit family members.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Learn More&#8221; color=&#8221;turquoise&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lacusccares.org%2Fchild-and-family-program.html|title:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lacusccares.org%2Fchild-and-family-program.html|target:_blank&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9807&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<h4 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-center grve-h4\" style=\"\"><span>CARES Programs<\/span><\/h4>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Learn about all the programs cares offers: educational programs, pediatric reading program, patient relations programs, and more.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Learn More&#8221; color=&#8221;turquoise&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lacusccares.org%2Fprograms-overview.html|title:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lacusccares.org%2Fprograms-overview.html|target:_blank&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]CARES, the Los Angeles County\/USC Medical Center Auxiliary for Recruitment Education and Service, a California non-profit corporation, is dedicated to serving patients and families at the Medical Center by providing financial support and volunteer services. The nationally recognized CARES Child and Family Program offers free childcare, educational activities, parent education, and referrals for children and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"parent":9243,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-subsite-basic-page.php","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9718","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About CARES - LA General Medical Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/patient-and-visitor-information\/cares\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About CARES - LA General Medical Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]CARES, the Los Angeles County\/USC Medical Center Auxiliary for Recruitment Education and Service, a California non-profit corporation, is dedicated to serving patients and families at the Medical Center by providing financial support and volunteer services. The nationally recognized CARES Child and Family Program offers free childcare, educational activities, parent education, and referrals for children and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/patient-and-visitor-information\/cares\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LA General Medical Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-13T13:52:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dhs.lacounty.gov\\\/lageneral\\\/patient-and-visitor-information\\\/cares\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dhs.lacounty.gov\\\/lageneral\\\/patient-and-visitor-information\\\/cares\\\/\",\"name\":\"About CARES - LA General Medical Center\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dhs.lacounty.gov\\\/lageneral\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-11T22:33:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-13T13:52:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dhs.lacounty.gov\\\/lageneral\\\/patient-and-visitor-information\\\/cares\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dhs.lacounty.gov\\\/lageneral\\\/patient-and-visitor-information\\\/cares\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dhs.lacounty.gov\\\/lageneral\\\/patient-and-visitor-information\\\/cares\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Los Angeles General Medical Center\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dhs.lacounty.gov\\\/lageneral\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Patient &amp; Visitor Information\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dhs.lacounty.gov\\\/lageneral\\\/patient-and-visitor-information\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"About CARES\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dhs.lacounty.gov\\\/lageneral\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dhs.lacounty.gov\\\/lageneral\\\/\",\"name\":\"LA General Medical Center\",\"description\":\"Just another Network site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dhs.lacounty.gov\\\/lageneral\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"About CARES - LA General Medical Center","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/patient-and-visitor-information\/cares\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About CARES - LA General Medical Center","og_description":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]CARES, the Los Angeles County\/USC Medical Center Auxiliary for Recruitment Education and Service, a California non-profit corporation, is dedicated to serving patients and families at the Medical Center by providing financial support and volunteer services. The nationally recognized CARES Child and Family Program offers free childcare, educational activities, parent education, and referrals for children and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/patient-and-visitor-information\/cares\/","og_site_name":"LA General Medical Center","article_modified_time":"2023-06-13T13:52:39+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/patient-and-visitor-information\/cares\/","url":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/patient-and-visitor-information\/cares\/","name":"About CARES - LA General Medical Center","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-01-11T22:33:48+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-13T13:52:39+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/patient-and-visitor-information\/cares\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/patient-and-visitor-information\/cares\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/patient-and-visitor-information\/cares\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Los Angeles General Medical Center","item":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Patient &amp; Visitor Information","item":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/patient-and-visitor-information\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"About CARES"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/","name":"LA General Medical Center","description":"Just another Network site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9718\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/lageneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}