Youth Law Center News

YLC has created a new resource, THP-NMD: An Advocacy Guide to Preventing Involuntary Exits, developed after young adults reported being […]

YLC and the law firm Baker McKenzie have filed a lawsuit against Fresno County to require that its juvenile justice […]

YLC joins other advocates in celebrating Governor Newsom’s signing of Assemblymember Robert Rivas’ Assembly Bill 1140, the Unaccompanied Immigrant Children […]

In less than ten days, thousands of young people across the nation are at risk of aging out of foster […]

“The pandemic has intensified every inequity for youth exiting foster care to crisis levels — homelessness, unemployment, physical and mental […]

YLC’s Policy Director, Jenny Pokempner, recently authored a piece for the American Bar Association outlining 6 ways that advocates can […]

After many years of advocacy by the Youth Law Center and partners in the juvenile justice and community college systems, California […]

Youth Law Center has recently developed a series of resources related to the various economic benefits available as a result of […]

After decades of YLC advocacy to address conditions in and end the use of out-of-state placements for California children, CA […]

“The new approach is a troubling replication of state lockups at the local level, said Meredith Desautels, a staff attorney […]

YLC is proud to be part of the #CheckForUs campaign, aiming to inform thousands of young people across the country […]

We recently welcomed a new site member to Quality Parenting Initiative’s growing national network: Connecticut! Check out this great piece […]