Help Us Build Pathways from Youth Incarceration to Higher Education

Help Us Build Pathways from Youth Incarceration to Higher Education Children and youth throughout the United States are too often mistreated by the systems that are supposed to protect and rehabilitate them. Instead, they are forgotten, neglected, criminalized, and dismissed. But not at the Youth Law Center in San Francisco. Since 1978, the Youth Law […]

Watch Our “Out of Sight, Out of Mind” Education Report Webinar Recap

We’ve had a full week here at Youth Law Center and are grateful to you for your engagement and support, enabling our fight for the rights of children and youth in the foster care and juvenile justice systems across the country. Out of Sight, Out of Mind  Webinar Recap We hosted a webinar for our Out […]

YLC Celebrates the Passage of AB 102 to Expand Dual Enrollment

New Law Creates Steps Toward Educational Equity  for Youth In California’s Juvenile Justice System  Youth Law Center is excited to announce that California AB 102 (Holden), legislation to support juvenile justice impacted students’ access to higher education through dual enrollment, was signed into law by Governor Newsom on Friday, September 30th, 2022. This new law, […]

YLC and Project Change Celebrate Budget Victory for Students

YLC and the Project Change Program at the College of San Mateo recently hosted an event to celebrate joint advocacy that has resulted in $15 million in California ongoing state funds to allow expansion of community college programs like Project Change that support post-secondary success of students impacted by the juvenile justice system.  The state […]

CA Invests Historic $10 Million in funds for Justice System Impacted Students to Access Higher Education!

After many years of advocacy by the Youth Law Center and partners in the juvenile justice and community college systems, California has allocated $10 million on-going to the California Community College Chancellor’s Office Rising Scholars Network. These funds will support community college programs that serve justice impacted students, including juvenile justice involved students. In this critical […]