Youth Law Center News

The California Department of Social Services has just named Rochelle Trochtenberg to be the new California Foster Care Ombudsman.  The office […]

The California Court of Appeal has issued a second opinion confirming that the juvenile court is not required to turn […]

Staff attorney Alice Bussiere participated in Foster Youth in Action’s first public hot topics webinar: State Policies on Non-Family Foster […]

DHCS has launched a web page on Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth.  This site is a great resource and contains […]

Each year the Youth Law Center recognizes people who have made a difference in the lives of our clients during […]

At the Youth Law Center we are continuing our work to ensure that children and youth who must be removed […]

YLC celebrates Governor Brown’s signing of AB 403, a landmark bill that will move child welfare and probation away from […]

YLC celebrates the signing of AB 703 (Bloom) by Governor Brown, which we co-sponsored with the East Bay Children’s Law […]

Tell Governor Brown Children in Foster Care Deserve Families, Not Institutions –Now is the time to urge Governor Jerry Brown […]

On August 24, YLC demanded an end to indiscriminate shackling of juveniles being transported to court in Contra Costa County. […]

United States District Court judge Dolly Gee ordered the Department of Homeland Security and other federal defendants to comply with […]

United States District Court Judge Dolly Gee has ruled that immigrant children who are accompanied by a parent when they are […]