Youth Law Center News and Events

July 30, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Oregonian Article re Oregon Adoption Assistance Lawsuit

An Overdue Settlement - The State Rightfully Agrees to Pay $ 1.7 Million to Families...

July 29, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Settlement to Repay Adoptive Families

By Karen McCowan  |  Register-Guard  — The state of Oregon has agreed to pay a combined $1.7 million to...

July 28, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

ASW v. Oregon Settles

The Youth Law Center has settled A.S.W. v. Oregon (aka A.S.W. v. Mink), an Adoption...

July 21, 2008

Juvenile Justice

San Bernardino Starts Baby Elmo Project

San Bernardino Probation Department held the first session of the Baby Elmo Project, a hands...

June 21, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Boy’s Abuse Was No Secret

By Ari B. Bllomekatz  |  Los Angeles Times  —  Friends and family say they suspected that Starkeisha Brown beat...

June 16, 2008

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Juvenile Justice

Kids Count Data Book Available

The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 19th annual Kids Count Data Book is now available. The...

June 12, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Corene Kendrick on Commonwealth Club Panel

Corene Kendrick will be one of the panelists on the Commonwealth Club's panel, "Fostering California's Future:  Mental...

June 6, 2008

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Herald Salinas Article re L.H. Settlement

Lawsuit Gives Paroled Youths New Set of Rules - Arrested Juvenile to Get Hearing in...

June 5, 2008

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Young Parolees Given Basic Rights

By Karen de Sa  |  Mercury News  — A significant legal settlement announced Wednesday grants thousands of juvenile parolees...