Jennifer Rodriguez will participate in the Fostering Promise Youth Housing Summit at the Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale (Silicon Valley) as a speaker on a panel discussion entitled “Policy, Politics and Foster Youth: Navigating the Future of Housing & Supportive Services in a Changing Landscape” (click here for the full Session #8 panel […]

Each summer, YLC hosts a series of presentations on a variety of topical areas.  We welcome attendees from California QLSPs and Support Centers, including staff, interns, and volunteers.  Please join us!  This seminar you learn how federal child welfare law and policy impact our state and local systems. We will also explore current opportunities for […]

Each summer, YLC hosts a series of presentations on a variety of topical areas. We welcome attendees from California QLSPs and Support Centers, including staff, interns, and volunteers. Please join us! Housing stability is critical to any young adult’s transition to independence, and systems involved young people have particular entitlements to and face challenges in […]

Each summer, YLC hosts a series of presentations on a variety of topical areas. We welcome attendees from California QLSPs and Support Centers, including staff, interns, and volunteers. Please join us! Youth involved in the foster and criminal systems significantly more likely to be pushed out of school than other youth. This training will provide […]

Each summer, YLC hosts a series of presentations on a variety of topical areas. We welcome attendees from California QLSPs and Support Centers, including staff, interns, and volunteers. Please join us! The session will focus on issues related to access to technology in juvenile justice facilities for social cohesion, family connection, and education access. We […]

Each summer, YLC hosts a series of presentations on a variety of topical areas. We welcome attendees from California QLSPs and Support Centers, including staff, interns, and volunteers. Please join us! The Kinship Care Seminar will discuss YLC's support for legal aid offices representing children and caregivers who are involved with kinship care placements. We […]

Each summer, YLC hosts a series of presentations on a variety of topical areas. We welcome attendees from California QLSPs and Support Centers, including staff, interns, and volunteers. Please join us! Join Chantel Johnson-Crockrom, YLC Consultant, for a one-hour Lunch and Learn presentation that will cover how to use legislative advocacy as a tool for […]

Each summer, YLC hosts a series of presentations on a variety of topical areas. We welcome attendees from California QLSPs and Support Centers, including staff, interns, and volunteers. Please join us! This session will look at efforts in California to make foster care funding work to help better support youth in the foster care system. […]

Each summer, YLC hosts a series of presentations on a variety of topical areas. We welcome attendees from California QLSPs and Support Centers, including staff, interns, and volunteers. Please join us! Join YLC Senior Attorney Marisa Lopez-Scott to learn more about common civil legal aid issues for youth impacted by the child welfare and juvenile […]

Each summer, YLC hosts a series of presentations on a variety of topical areas. We welcome attendees from California QLSPs and Support Centers, including staff, interns, and volunteers. Please join us! This session looks at different tools available to advocates to bring about systems change. Using real world examples, we will investigate the pros, cons, […]

Each summer, YLC hosts a series of presentations on a variety of topical areas. We welcome attendees from California QLSPs and Support Centers, including staff, interns, and volunteers. Please join us! Children and youth with disabilities are disproportionately represented in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. State and federal laws provide protections to them, […]

Each summer, YLC hosts a series of presentations on a variety of topical areas. We welcome attendees from California QLSPs and Support Centers, including staff, interns, and volunteers. Please join us! YLC’s Pathways from Youth Incarceration to Higher Education project has worked for years to improve opportunities for justice system-involved students to attend and succeed […]

Each summer, YLC hosts a series of presentations on a variety of topical areas. We welcome attendees from California QLSPs and Support Centers, including staff, interns, and volunteers. Please join us! Join to learn practice tips for affirmative civil rights litigation: a primer covering the life cycle of a case, from investigation and outreach through […]