Flynn had worked closely with the supervisor over her more than two decades leading the school. In 2013, he named her to serve on the county’s blue ribbon commission to improve child protection services. An outgrowth of the commission was a program developed by Flynn and Mark Ridley-Thomas’ office in which the county paid USC’s social work school to provide counseling services to at-risk youth. Since 2016, USC has received more than $1 million through the contract.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 02, 2018 05:51 UTC