Children's Hospital Los Angeles Layoff — October 2025

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles announced a planned workforce reduction affecting 439 positions (5.8% of its roughly 7,550-employee system) across its Southern California operations. The hospital filed a WARN notice saying the cuts are part of a strategic realignment driven by declining federal and state reimbursements, policy changes affecting funding, and rising healthcare delivery costs. The reduction, scheduled to take effect by Oct. 28, 2025, includes 253 permanent layoffs while 186 staffers will be offered transfers to adjusted roles at regional facilities including Arcadia, Bakersfield, Encino, Santa Monica, South Bay, Valencia and the main East Hollywood campus. Affected roles span clinical and support functions such as nurses, occupational and respiratory therapists, psychiatric social workers, financial consultants and a language and cultural specialist; CHLA leadership framed the move as necessary to ensure the hospital’s long-term viability.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on August 27, 2025. The notice covers 439 employees in Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles County), with the layoff effective October 28, 2025.

That is roughly 8.8% of the 5,000 people Children's Hospital Los Angeles employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 8 layoff events at Children's Hospital Los Angeles since June 2025, including 439 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 7 additional events known from news reporting.