For Release: April 18, 2024 New Report Recommends Additional Actions to Ensure Access to Voting Rights for Youth Confined in County Juvenile Facilities. Research finds that nearly half of California counties have no formal policies to meet legal obligations for voting-age youth in their juvenile facilities. San Francisco: Elevating the Voting Rights of Youth: […]
Youth Law Center Brief: Pursuing Systems Transformation in Foster Care Through National Advocacy
About Youth Law Center’s Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) Children who enter the foster care system have had traumatic experiences far different from the experiences of ordinary childhood. They are removed from their parents, homes, and neighborhoods without understanding why or what happens next, losing meaningful connections to siblings and familiar adults. To undo this […]
The Commercial Appeal 2/21/24: After reports of problems in TN juvenile justice facilities, new report outlines solutions
“The measures detailed by the report would shrink the footprint of the juvenile justice system but expand community and family services to increase successful outcomes for children exiting detention facilities.” Check out this article in The Commercial Appeal to learn more about Youth Law Center’s advocacy work in Tennessee, in partnership with Disability Rights Tennessee, […]
National Press Foundation 2/12/24: Policies Steer Foster Care Youth Toward a Traumatic Future, Youth Law Center Director Says
“For too many youth in foster care, the path from foster care only leads to another traumatic destination: the juvenile justice system.” Learn more about Youth Law Center’s powerful insights and vision for America’s youth in foster care in this recent article by Rachel Jones from the National Press Foundation.
New Report is an Urgent Call to Action for Improving Tennessee’s Juvenile Justice System
For Release: February 15, 2024 New Report is an Urgent Call to Action for Improving Tennessee’s Juvenile Justice System Actions to fix Tennessee’s struggling juvenile justice system are long overdue and must include strengthening families, building community connections and ensuring accountability. A new 30-page report released today on Tennessee’s juvenile justice system, A Call to […]
Washington Post 2/8/2024: Opinion | When Foster Care Ends, 18-Year-Olds Still Need Support
“Then, there are the bigger dreams: [The On the Threshold of Change Report] imagines giving #foster graduates the option to take housing aid as a lump sum that they could use to get on the property ladder, much as affluent parents might help with a down payment.” Learn more about the first-of-its-kind On the Threshold of […]
Youth Law Center Brief: Pathways to Higher Education
In this edition of the Youth Law Center Brief, we introduce the Pathways to Higher Education project expanding the number of postsecondary education opportunities available to young people who are currently or have been involved in the juvenile justice system in California. This project resulted from the Youth Law Center’s work successfully advocating for state […]