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The Youth Law Center is committed to sharing advocacy resources, information, and tools that can improve the quality of life and opportunities for youth in foster care and the juvenile justice system. We invite you to use our resource library to support your advocacy work on behalf of system-involved children and youth.

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Child Welfare, Foster care

Normalcy FAQ for Children and Youth in CA’s Foster Care System

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Author(s):

Date:

5/2023

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Normalcy-FAQ-for-CA.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care

Transition Planning for California Foster Youth FAQ

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Author(s):

Date:

4/2023

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Transition-Planning-CA-Foster-Youth-FAQs-April-2023.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Public Benefits/Funding, SSI/Social Security

Fact Sheet: Overview of SB 187: Updates to Foster Youth Rights Regarding Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

The Foster Care Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Assistance Program (created...

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The Foster Care Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Assistance Program (created by AB 1633 (2005) and AB 1331 (2007)), and codified at Welf. & Inst. Code Section 13750, et seq., represents the California Legislature’s attempts to maximize utilization of Social Security Administration benefits among foster youth, including probation-supervised foster youth, as they approach adulthood. This fact sheet provides an overview of the obligations of county placing agencies to foster youth around SSI, including the new provisions under SB 187.

Author(s):

Date:

4/2023

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Overview-of-SB-187-for-Advocates.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Public Benefits/Funding, SSI/Social Security

Template Letters for SSI/OASDI Advocacy for California Foster Youth

This resource contains template letters to request information and actions related to...

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This resource contains template letters to request information and actions related to foster youth clients, including probation-supervised foster youth, who may be receiving Social Security Administration benefits or for whom you want an eligibility screening and/or benefits application to be made. These templates are for use by attorneys in California, including dependency counsel, juvenile defenders, and civil legal aid attorneys, but could be used in other jurisdictions with some editing.

Author(s):

Date:

4/2023

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Template-Letters-for-SSI-OASDI-Advocacy-for-California-Foster-Youth.docx

Child Welfare, Foster care, Juvenile Justice

Fact Sheet: Transition Jurisdiction

This fact sheet, updated in 2023, outlines California law related to transition...

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This fact sheet, updated in 2023, outlines California law related to transition jurisdiction in juvenile court.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2023

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Fact-Sheet-Transition-Jurisdiction-3-24-23-Updates.pdf

Juvenile Justice

Training on OYCR Ombudsperson

This training describes the role and authority of the newly created office...

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This training describes the role and authority of the newly created office of the Ombudsperson for the California Office of Youth and Community Restoration.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2023

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Training-on-OYCR-Ombuds-3.24.23.pdf

AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Housing & Homelessness Prevention for Transition Aged Foster and Former Foster Youth: A Presentation of the Youth Law Center

Homelessness both during extended foster care and after leaving extended foster care...

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Homelessness both during extended foster care and after leaving extended foster care are critical issues facing transition-aged youth (TAY). This presentation provides an overview of extended foster care in California, transitional housing options for current and former foster youth, housing preservation strategies, the FYI & FUP Housing Choice Voucher Programs, and supportive services to maintain housing.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2023

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Housing-Presentation.pdf

AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Advocacy Strategies for Preventing Involuntary Exits from THP-NMD: A Presentation of the Youth Law Center

Homelessness and housing/placement instability are a critical issue facing transition-aged youth in...

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Homelessness and housing/placement instability are a critical issue facing transition-aged youth in California. Despite broad protections and housing/placement entitlements for youth in extended foster care, many youth are involuntarily exited from transitional housing before reaching the maximum age or duration of participation. This training provides a foundational understanding of the Transitional Housing Placement Program for Nonminor Dependents (THP-NMD) and the issue of involuntary exits, to support legal aid attorneys in understanding the unique housing challenges and remedies available for youth clients participating in this housing program.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2023

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Preventing-THP-NMD-Exits.pdf

AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Housing Preservation Strategies: A Supplement to Youth Law Center’s Presentation: Housing & Homelessness Prevention for Transition Aged Foster and Former Foster Youth (Slide 14)

Homelessness both during extended foster care and after leaving extended foster care...

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Homelessness both during extended foster care and after leaving extended foster care are critical issues facing transition-aged youth (TAY), and despite broad protections and housing/placement entitlements for youth, many youth are involuntarily exited from transitional housing before reaching the maximum age or duration for participation in these programs. This supplement to the Youth Law Center Presentation: Housing & Homelessness Prevention for Transition Aged Foster and Former Foster Youth provides a broad overview of various housing preservation strategies for youth in the Transitional Housing Placement Program for Nonminor Dependents (THP-NMD) and the Transitional Housing Placement Program Plus (THP-Plus).

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2023

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Housing-Preservation-Strategies.pdf

AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Glossary of Terms: A Supplement to Youth Law Center’s Presentation: Advocacy Strategies for Preventing Involuntary Exits from THP-NMD

This supplement to the Youth Law Center Presentation: Advocacy Strategies for Preventing Involuntary Exits...

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This supplement to the Youth Law Center Presentation: Advocacy Strategies for Preventing Involuntary Exits from THP-NMD provides a glossary of key terms used in the presentation, including legal citations and sources of law.

Author(s):

Date:

1/1970

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Glossary-of-Terms-Preventing-Involuntary-Exits-from-THP-NMD.pdf

AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Hypotheticals: A Supplement to Youth Law Center’s Presentation: Advocacy Strategies for Preventing Involuntary Exits from THP-NMD

This supplement to the Youth Law Center Presentation: Advocacy Strategies for Preventing Involuntary...

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This supplement to the Youth Law Center Presentation: Advocacy Strategies for Preventing Involuntary Exits from THP-NMD provides advocacy considerations and answers to the hypotheticals and questions presented in Slides 45-51.

Author(s):

Date:

3/2023

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Hypos-Preventing-Involuntary-Exits-from-THP-NMD.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Education Access, Foster care, Juvenile Justice

Unusual Circumstances Override

This resource provides guidance on how to assist youth who cannot obtain...

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This resource provides guidance on how to assist youth who cannot obtain parental information to complete the FAFSA. Federal law allows youth to qualify for financial aid without providing parental information if they qualify as an independent student or if they qualify for a dependency override due to "unusual circumstances." This guide explains what unusual circumstances are and the current process for dependency overrides, and includes three case examples to assist practitioners in understanding how unusual circumstances and dependency overrides may play out in practice.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2023

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Unusual-Circumstances-Override-1.pdf

Child Welfare, Foster care

Requesting Unspent Chafee and ETV Funds for FY 2023

This document provides information on how state child welfare agencies can request unspent Chafee...

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This document provides information on how state child welfare agencies can request unspent Chafee funds. This opportunity is available every year, however, this year's unspent funds include the Division X funds which were allocated in 2021 as pandemic aid for youth in foster care. Because $400 million additional Chafee funds were allocated in 2021 as part of Division X of the Consolidated Appropriation Act, it is likely that more unspent funds will be available than is usual.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

2/2023

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Requesting-Unspent-Chafee-and-ETV-Funds-for-FY-2023.pdf

Juvenile Justice

PRESS RELEASE – Lawsuit filed against County Probation Consortium

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

2/2023

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

PRESS-RELEASE-Lawsuit-filed-against-County-Probation-Consortium-YLC-021623.pdf

Juvenile Justice

First Amended Complaint – Cal Alliance for Youth and Community Justice v County Probation Consortium

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

2/2023

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

First-Amended-Complaint-Cal-Alliance-for-Youth-and-Community-Justice-v-County-Probation-Consortium.pdf

Access to care, Child Welfare, Foster care, Health

Information and Resources to Support Reproductive Health Access for Young People with Experience in Foster Care

This fact sheet provides resources to help advocates support young people in...

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This fact sheet provides resources to help advocates support young people in foster care navigate reproductive health care and abortion access in their state and includes information for individual and systemic advocacy.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

2/2023

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Reproductive-Health-Access-for-Young-People-with-Experience-in-Foster-Care-02-2023-1.pdf

Child Welfare, Congregate care, Foster care, Health, Mental Health

ALERT: Examples of How AB 153 Funding and Medicaid Can be Used to Support Family Based Settings

This publication provides an update on funding that the state has made...

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This publication provides an update on funding that the state has made available to county child welfare agencies and probation departments to support family based care for young people with complex needs. This Alert summarizes additional guidance provided by CDSS on how funds for Child-Specific Requests for Exceptional Needs and Capacity Building Requests can be used. The Alert also includes examples of Medicaid-related services that may also be leveraged before or when making Child-Specific requests.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

2/2023

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

AB-153-Alert.pdf

Access to care, Child Welfare, Foster care, Health, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Public Benefits/Funding

SUPPORT Act Implementation Resource

This resource alert provides an update related to older foster youth access...

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This resource alert provides an update related to older foster youth access to Medicaid. The Affordable Care Act provided Medicaid eligibility for former foster youth until age 26 if they were in foster care at age 18 or older and were enrolled in Medicaid at that time. When it was enacted, the law did not require states to provide this coverage to youth who were not in foster care in their state. The SUPPORT Act (“Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act”) fixes this gap for young people who turn age 18 on January 1, 2023 or after.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

2/2023

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

SUPPORT-ACT-Alert.pdf

Health, Transitional Medicaid

What is CalAim? A YLC Fact Sheet

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

12/2022

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

What-is-CalAim-a-fact-sheet.pdf

AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Youth Law Center Housing Resources (2020-present)

Homelessness and housing/placement instability for current foster youth, youth in extended foster...

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Homelessness and housing/placement instability for current foster youth, youth in extended foster care and former foster youth, are critical issues facing transition-aged youth (TAY) (ages 16-25) in California. Despite broad protections and housing/placement entitlements for youth, many youth are involuntarily exited from transitional housing before reaching the maximum age or duration of participation This resource provides an overview of housing options for current and former foster youth in California, and an index of all housing-related resources and trainings by the Youth Law Center from 2020 through March 2023.

Author(s):

Date:

3/2023

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

March-2023-Update_-YLC-Housing-Resources-2020-present.pdf

Youth Forward v Sacramento – Settlement Agreement

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Author(s):

Date:

12/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Youth-Forward-v-Sacramento-Settlement-Agreement-Fully-Executed.pdf

Education

Maintaining Eligibility for Education and Training Vouchers (ETV)

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

12/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

SAP-Reforms-in-CA-.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition

Golden State Social Opportunities Program

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

12/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Golden-State-Social-Opportunities-Program.pdf

SMHS Info Sheet – LSNC

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

12/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

SMHS-Info-Sheet-LSNC.pdf

SMHS Info Sheet – BayLegal and LSC

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

12/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

SMHS-Info-Sheet-BayLegal-and-LSC.pdf

Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice

Final Comments on PEP Proposed Regulations

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Final-Comments-on-PEP-Proposed-Regulations.pdf

Child Welfare, Education, Foster care

Supporting Higher Education Success for Youth with Experience in Foster Care and Homelessness-Briefing Summary

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

12/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Supporting-Higher-Ed.-Success-for-Youth-with-Experience-in-Foster-Care-and-Homelessness-Briefing-Summary.pdf

AB 12, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Fact Sheet: Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus)

Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus) is a transitional housing program designed to provide...

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Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus) is a transitional housing program designed to provide housing and supportive transitional services to former foster youth who are 18 to 25 years of age, including youth who were placed in foster care by juvenile probation. The dual components of THP-Plus include (1) the housing subsidy and services facilitated by the county and (2) youth's possession of the housing unit "that was secured by, but may not be owned by, the THP-Plus housing agency." The purpose of THP-Plus is to assist youth as they move from dependency to self-sufficiency.

Author(s):

Date:

12/2022

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Fact-Sheet_-THP-Plus-Final-Updated-December-2022.pdf

AB 12, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Policy Alert: THP-Plus Program Expansion: A Resource for Current and Former Foster Youth in California

The Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus) is a transitional housing program that provides...

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The Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus) is a transitional housing program that provides housing and supportive services to former foster youth who are 18 to 25 years-old, including youth who were placed in foster care by the juvenile justice court. This resource for current and former foster youth provides an overview of the THP-Plus program and discusses the new program changes (as of July 1, 2022) that allow youth to remain in the program up until age 25 (instead of 24) and for 36 months total (instead of 24).

Author(s):

Date:

11/2022

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Policy-Alert-THP-Plus-Program-Expansion.pdf

AB 12, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

An Overview of FYI/FUP Vouchers: A Resource for Current and Former Foster Youth in California

The Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Initiative and Family Unification Program (FUP)...

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The Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Initiative and Family Unification Program (FUP) are Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) programs available to Public Housing Authorities that work in partnership with Public Child Welfare Agencies (PCWAs). This resource provides an overview of FYI and FUP for young people who are leaving or have left foster care.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

11/2022

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

FYIFUP-Housing-as-a-Former-or-Current-Foster-Youth.pdf

Multi-Year Plan Report Feedback

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

11/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Multi-Year-Plan-Report-Feedback.pdf

AB 12, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Maximizing Housing Entitlements for Current and Former Foster Youth

Homelessness both during extended foster care and after leaving extended foster care...

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Homelessness both during extended foster care and after leaving extended foster care are critical issues facing system-impacted transition-aged youth (TAY). This resource shows how a youth may maximize their time using housing options available to current and former foster youth in California.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

10/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Housing-Maximization-Resource.pdf

"Know your rights", Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Youth Development/Youth Rights

Voting Rights of Youth in Juvenile Facilities

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

10/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Voting-Rights-of-Youth-in-Juvenile-Facilities-Youth-Law-Center.pdf

Aging Out/Transition

TAY PX Flyer

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

10/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

TAY-PX-One-Pager.pdf

Funding and Technical Assistance for Complex Cases

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

TA-Funding-of-Service_-YLC-Aug-2022.pdf

Child Welfare, Foster care, Foster Care Benefits, Public Benefits/Funding

Foster Care Benefits: AFDC-FC Program Change Alert

Foster Care Benefits: AFDC-FC Program Change Alert

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Foster Care Benefits: AFDC-FC Program Change Alert

Author(s):

Date:

10/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Foster-Care-Benefits-AFDC-FC-Program-Change-Alert_YLC-2022.pdf

Child Welfare, Foster care, Kinship/guardianship, Relatives/kinship care

Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program Fact Sheet

Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program Fact Sheet

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Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program Fact Sheet

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

9/2022

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Fact-Sheet-Kinship-Guardianship-Assistance-Program-November-2022.pdf

Babies/young children, Child Welfare, Foster care

Info Sheet for Pregnant & Parenting Foster Youth in CA

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

9/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Info-Sheet-for-Pregnant-Parenting-Foster-Youth-in-CA.pdf

Juvenile Justice

Research on Youth Incarceration

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

9/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Research-on-Youth-Incarceration-in-California.pdf

Detention, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice Reform, Placement/Confinement

Calling Out the Harms of Incarceration: Using Research to Fight Confinement of Youth

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

9/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Calling-Out-the-Harms-of-Incarceration-Handout.pdf

Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice Reform

Building Community Power in Youth Justice Reform – The Brown Act and Juvenile Realignment

This resource explains how public meeting laws under the Brown Act apply...

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This resource explains how public meeting laws under the Brown Act apply to local juvenile justice decision-making and planning bodies, and in particular to the realignment process in California. The Brown Act laws protect the community’s right to participate in important juvenile justice decision making currently taking place in each county across the state. This resource is intended both for members of the public and for members of local Realignment Subcommittees to understand the public meeting requirements under the Brown Act.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

9/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Building-Community-Power-in-Youth-Justice-Reform-The-Brown-Act-and-Juvenile-Realignment.pdf

Child Welfare, Foster care, Teen parenting

Rights of Pregnant and Parenting Foster Youth in California

Rights of Pregnant and Parenting Foster Youth in California - A Fact...

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Rights of Pregnant and Parenting Foster Youth in California - A Fact Sheet Prepared by the Youth Law Center

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Fact-Sheet_-Rights-of-Pregnant-and-Parenting-Foster-Youth-in-CA-August-2022.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Public Benefits/Funding

FYI/FUP Template Letters

Assisting young adults in securing affordable housing continues to be a challenging...

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Assisting young adults in securing affordable housing continues to be a challenging task. The tools included with this packet can be used as one strategy among many to help your clients access affordable housing. Please note that these strategies aim to increase your county’s use of FUP and FYI vouchers and likely will not result in immediate housing for your clients. 

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

FYI-and-FUP-Template-Letters-082022.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Legal Representation, Public Benefits/Funding

Information gathering letter on existing FYI program

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Information-gathering-letter-on-existing-FYI-program-082022.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Legal Representation, Permanency planning, Public Benefits/Funding

Referral letter for FUP from Civil Legal Aid attorney

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Referral-letter-for-FUP-from-Civil-Legal-Aid-attorney-082022.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Legal Representation, Public Benefits/Funding

Referral letter for FYI from Civil Legal Aid attorney

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Referral-letter-for-FYI-from-Civil-Legal-Aid-attorney-082022.pdf

Child Welfare, Foster care

CA Wraparound Programs for Children and Youth in Foster Care

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

7/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

CA-Wrap-for-Foster-Youth-070122.pdf

Juvenile Justice

BSCC Juvenile Facility Regulations Revisions – Quick Facts

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

6/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

BSCC-Juvenile-Facility-Regulations-Revisions-Quick-Facts-062022.pdf

Child Welfare, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Legal Representation, Placement/Confinement

FFPSA: Advocacy and Enforcement Template Letters

A host of new “Complex Care” supports and forms of assistance have...

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A host of new “Complex Care” supports and forms of assistance have been put into place to help develop innovative, highly individualized service models to ensure young people are always in the least restrictive placement and with family whenever possible. More information about these supports is available in the California Department of Social Services’ Complex Care Resource Guide at https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CCR/Complex-Care-Guide-031122.pdf. While these resources are available for use by all county welfare agencies and probation departments, they are not yet widely known or understood. Advocates should familiarize themselves with the resources available and make specific requests for these services, and when possible should make requests in writing to develop a record. In order to assist attorneys and advocates in making these requests, we are providing the following templates that can be easily filled out to make youth-specific requests for these new services.

Author(s):

Date:

6/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

FFPSA-Advocacy-and-Enforcement-Template-Letters-v.2.docx

Child Welfare, Child/Adolescent Development, Health, Juvenile Justice, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Public Benefits/Funding

Building on the Momentum: How Appropriate Implementation of Community Based Supports Can Help Youth with Complex Care Needs

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

6/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Building-on-the-Momentumf.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Public Benefits/Funding

FYI Referral Letter CA Attorneys

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

6/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

FYI-Referral-Letter-CA-Attorneys.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Independent Living/Transition, Public Benefits/Funding

FYI and FUP for Youth Overview Factsheet

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

4/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

FYI-and-FUP-for-Youth-Overview-Factsheet-June-2022.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Health, Transitional Medicaid

S 2689 FAQ

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

1/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC_FAQ-on-S-2689_January-28.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Health, Transitional Medicaid

S. 2689 Two Pager

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

1/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC_S.-2689-Two-Pager_January-28.pdf

Child Welfare, Child/Adolescent Development, Health

Senate Sub Committee 3 – YLC Testimony

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Final-3.1-Sen-Sub-Committee-3-YLC-testimony.pdf

Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, Legal Representation

Outreach Handout for QLSPs

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

10/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

QLSPs-Outreach-Flyer-rev.2023.03.28.pdf

Aging Out/Transition

National Tax FAQ for TAY

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

National-Tax-FAQ-for-TAY_March-3-2022.pdf

Juvenile Justice

CLEAR v. FRESNO Settlement Agreement – Attachments

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

12/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

CLEAR-v.-FRESNO-Settlement-Agreement-Attachments.pdf

Juvenile Justice

CLEAR v. FRESNO Settlement Agreement

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

1/2022

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

CLEAR-v.-FRESNO-Settlement-Agreement-FINAL.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition

THP-NMD: An Advocacy Guide to Preventing Involuntary Exits

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

1/2022

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-THP-NMD-Advocacy-Guide-to-Preventing-Involuntary-Exits-2022.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care

Transition Planning Check List for Young People Aging Out on December 31st

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Author(s):

Date:

12/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Transition-Planning-Check-List-for-Young-People-in-California.pdf

AB 12, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Independent Living/Transition

Fact Sheet: Transitional Housing Placement for Non-Minor Dependents (THP-NMD)

The Transitional Housing Placement program for Non-Minor Dependents (THP-NMD) is a transitional...

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The Transitional Housing Placement program for Non-Minor Dependents (THP-NMD) is a transitional housing placement for nonminor dependents (NMDs), ages 18 to 21. THP-NMD programs offer supervised, transitional housing services to nonminor dependent foster youth under the supervision of the county welfare department or the juvenile probation department. A transitional housing provider can serve youth ages 16 to 18 years old, NMDs, or both. The goal of THP-NMD is to provide safe housing for NMDs and services to support the skills youth need to transition to independent living.

Author(s):

Date:

7/2022

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

THP-NMD-Fact-Sheet-UPDATE-7.2022.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Independent Living/Transition

Fact Sheet: Transitional Housing Placement for Minors (THP-M)

The Transitional Housing Placement Program for Minors (THP-M) is a transitional housing...

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The Transitional Housing Placement Program for Minors (THP-M) is a transitional housing placement for youth in foster care ages 16 to 18. The THP-M program offers supervised, transitional housing services to foster youth under the supervision of the county welfare department or the juvenile probation department. A transitional housing provider can serve youth ages 16 to 18 years old, non-minor dependents, or both. The goal of THP-M is to assist youth transitioning from foster care to independent living by increasing the freedom and responsibilities of the youth as they near transition to extended foster care.

Author(s):

Date:

11/2021

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

THP-M-Fact-Sheet-10.2021.pdf

Juvenile Justice

CLEAR v Fresno et al

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Author(s):

Date:

10/2021

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

2021-1021-CLEAR-v-Fresno-et-al.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Public Benefits/Funding

Six Ways to Ensure Transition Aged Youth Leverage Federal Support During and Post-Pandemic

A few things you can do to help transition aged youth with...

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A few things you can do to help transition aged youth with experience in the foster care system benefit from the vital aid that was intended for them, but that many are not receiving.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Six-Ways-to-Ensure-Transition-Aged-Youth-Leverage-Federal-Support-During-and-Post-Pandemic.pdf

Aging Out/Transition

Recommendations at a Glance: A Call to Action for Transition-Aged Youth During the Pandemic

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center, Think Of Us

Date:

9/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

A-Call-to-Action-For-Transition-Aged-Foster-Youth-During-the-Pandemic-Recommendations-at-a-glance.pdf

Aging Out/Transition

A Call to Action For Transition-Aged Foster Youth During the Pandemic

A Call to Action For Transition-Aged Foster Youth During the Pandemic

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A Call to Action For Transition-Aged Foster Youth During the Pandemic

Author(s):

Youth Law Center, Think Of Us

Date:

9/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

A-Call-to-Action-For-Transition-Aged-Foster-Youth-During-the-Pandemic.pdf

Legal Representation

Tips for Preparing Youth for Virtual Hearings in Child Welfare Matters

Tips for Preparing Youth for Virtual Hearings in Child Welfare Matters

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Tips for Preparing Youth for Virtual Hearings in Child Welfare Matters

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Tips-for-Preparing-Youth-for-Virtual-Hearings_Aug-102.pdf

Education, Juvenile records/court proceedings

WIC 827: Quick Tips for Education Advocates

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

WIC-827-for-Ed-Advocates-1-1.pdf

Aging Out/Transition

Benefits for Young Adults – American Rescue Plan

Many young adults, including older youth in foster care, are eligible for...

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Many young adults, including older youth in foster care, are eligible for an array of benefits through the American Rescue Plan, but many do not know about these benefits or how to access them. Economic Impact Payments, the Child Tax Credit, and the Earned Income Tax Credit, are among the benefits that young people may be eligible for, but they must file a tax return as soon as possible to get these funds. Together these benefits could add up to several thousand dollars. The IRS has re-launched its non-filers tool, which makes filing taxes much easier! This document provides information on federal benefits and programs. Please check to see if your state offers additional benefits and funds that young people are eligible for

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

EIPS_CTC_EITC_Aug-2021.pdf

Placement/Confinement

AB 153: Phasing Out Out-of-State Residential Facility Placements for Children in Foster Care

In a critical victory for California’s most vulnerable children, California has enacted...

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In a critical victory for California’s most vulnerable children, California has enacted AB 153 (2021), phasing out the use of out-of-state residential facilities by California child welfare and probation departments and removing children in foster care from out-of-state facilities by July 1, 2023. This action follows a year of Youth Law Center advocacy demanding that California exercise its oversight and enforcement obligations to protect California youth from being placed in dangerous out of state facilities that fail to comply with California standards, and ensure those children receive appropriate care in family settings in their home communities.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

AB-153-Phasing-Out-Out-of-State-Residential-Facility-Placement-August-2021.pdf

Foster care

Foster Care Overview Fact Sheet

Foster Care Overview Fact Sheet

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Foster Care Overview Fact Sheet

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2021

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Fact-Sheet_-Overview-of-the-Foster-Care-System-Final-August-2021.pdf

Juvenile justice legal issues

Juvenile Justice Overview Fact Sheet

Juvenile Justice Overview Fact Sheet

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Juvenile Justice Overview Fact Sheet

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2021

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Fact-Sheet_-Juvenile-Justice-System-Overview-Final-August-2021.pdf

Specific services/programs

Medicaid/Medi-Cal for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System Fact Sheet

Medicaid/Medi-Cal for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

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Medicaid/Medi-Cal for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2021

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Fact-Sheet_-Medicaid_MediCal-for-Youth-in-the-Juvenile-Justice-System-Final-July-2021.pdf

Disposition/placement, Title IV-E funding

Title IV-E for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System Fact Sheet

Title IV-E for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

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Title IV-E for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2021

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Fact-Sheet_-Title-IV-E-for-Youth-in-the-Juvenile-Justice-System-Final-August-2021.pdf

FAQ: Chafee Cash Card Eligibility & Distribution for Young People in Juvenile Detention, Juvenile Justice Placements or Who are Incarcerated or in Detention in the Adult System

This frequently asked questions resource is intended to clarify both eligibility for...

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This frequently asked questions resource is intended to clarify both eligibility for and logistical access to Chafee pandemic relief funds in California for young people in a variety of detention settings. It is important for advocates to be aware that many young people who are currently detained are still eligible for these funds, but may need assistance applying.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

7/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

CHAFEE-CASH-CARD-ELIGIBILITY-AND-DISTRIBUTION-FOR-YOUNG-PEOPLE-IN-JUVENILE-DETENTION_July-29-1.pdf

Public Benefits/Funding

Resource, Foster and Kinship Families & the Child Tax Credit (CTC)

Many resource, foster and kinship families are either unaware of, or given...

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Many resource, foster and kinship families are either unaware of, or given incorrect information about, their ability to access the new federal child tax credit as a result of caring for children in their homes. This resource provides basic information about the CTC which we hope will assist both families and their advocates to receive the benefit amounts to which they are entitled.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

7/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

QPI-CTC-FAQ-_July-26.pdf

Aging Out/Transition

TAY Pandemic Funding Maximization Matrix

Transition-aged youth continue to face challenges during the pandemic and recovery. The...

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Transition-aged youth continue to face challenges during the pandemic and recovery. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan have provided an array of funds and benefits, however, many young people and their advocates are not aware of all that is available for transition aged youth and young adults. This matrix provides an inventory of some of the key funds, benefits and programs that transition aged youth may benefit from. This list includes benefits for young people with experience in foster care as well as those who are not system involved. We hope that it will help you access concrete resources for individual young people and advocate for the development of programs and services for transition aged youth.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

7/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

TAY-Pandemic-Funding-Maximization-Matrix-102621.pdf

Child Welfare, Foster care

YLC FFPSA Implementation Q1 Comments

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

5/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-FFPSA-Implementation-QI-Comments-050621.docx.pdf

Child Welfare, Foster care

YLC Comments on FFPSA Trailer Bill

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Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

5/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Comments-on-FFPSA-TBL-052521.pdf

Child Welfare

FFPSA Implementation Trailer Bill Narrative

YLC recently submitted comments to the CDSS on the initial print version of...

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YLC recently submitted comments to the CDSS on the initial print version of the proposed budget trailer bill implementing the 2018 federal Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) to raise concerns primarily about the timing and coordination of key elements of the case planning process and the adequacy of equitable provisions governing probation supervised foster youth.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

FFPSA-Implementation-Trailer-Bill-Narrative.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Independent Living/Transition

Ensuring Stability and Success for Youth Tenants in THP-Plus

Youth Law Center and Bay Area Legal Aid have created a new...

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Youth Law Center and Bay Area Legal Aid have created a new resource that we hope will be useful to your advocacy. Ensuring Stability and Success for Youth Tenants in THP-Plus was developed to help civil legal advocates initiate capacity-building conversations about transition planning with THP-Plus providers and the county agencies that oversee them. THP-Plus is a transitional program for former foster youth that provides eligible young people with a housing subsidy, in addition to supportive services administered by contracted nonprofit agencies or by counties directly. This tool helps build shared language and knowledge around THP-Plus agencies’ transition planning duties under state regulations and state and federal housing and antidiscrimination law. It also makes recommendations for how THP-Plus agencies can establish strong working relationships with THP-Plus participants, to further support them in achieving their goals

Author(s):

Youth Law Center, Bay Area Legal Aid

Date:

3/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Ensuring-Stability-and-Success-for-Youth-Tenants-in-THP-Plus.pdf

Older Youth Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act – Supporting Foster Youth and Families Through the Pandemic

Did you know that the most recent federal stimulus bill contained resources...

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Did you know that the most recent federal stimulus bill contained resources and protections specifically for current and former foster youth? Our partners at Juvenile Law Center have created a fact sheet summarizing the parts of the law that affect transition age youth in or exiting foster care. We will provide information about how to access these important financial supports as information becomes available. Note that California already has extended financial support for youth who turned 21 in foster care during the public health emergency, and any eligible youth who has not received these supports should contact their county child welfare agency for assistance.

Author(s):

Juvenile Law Center

Date:

1/2021

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

UPDATED-Older-Youth-Child-Provision_Detailed-Summary_Jan-12.pdf

Education Access, Juvenile Justice

YLC Policy Bulletin: Federal Financial Aid

Congress passes legislation that will make it easier for students to get...

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Congress passes legislation that will make it easier for students to get financial aid! Congress has passed legislation that will greatly simplify the financial aid application process by 2023. with specific benefits for youth with prior involvement in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Changes include:

  • Shortening and simplifying the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Filling out the FAFSA can be very intimidating for all students, but can be particularly difficult for youth in the child welfare or juvenile justice system, who may not have easy access to financial aid professionals to help them. These changes will make it easier for youth and supportive to complete the application
  • Removing the requirement that students register for selective service in order to get financial aid. This can be a barrier for older students who were in foster care or the juvenile justice system during their high school years, which can lead to students not knowing that they have to sign up for selective service.
  • Fighting misconceptions about youth eligibility for the Pell Grant. After many years of advocacy, adults who are incarcerated will once again be eligible to receive financial aid! While youth in the juvenile justice system have always retained eligibility for federal financial aid, it's easy for people to get confused about the difference between the adult and juvenile systems. This change should help fight misconceptions about aid eligibility for youth in the juvenile justice system, as well as benefit adults in the criminal justice system, including those who have prior involvement with child welfare or juvenile justice.
  • Allowing financial aid officers to accept a wide range of documentation, including phone calls from agencies, attorneys, CASAs, and others, for foster youth, unaccompanied homeless youth, or other independent student status. Youth who are deemed independent students can fill out the FAFSA without parental information, and may qualify for more financial aid. In the past, the process for becoming an "independent student" has been difficult, and can vary widely from college to college. Changes in this legislation will make it easier for students to qualify as independent, and will prevent students from having to prove their independent status every year.
  • Linkages with benefits programs. This legislation will require the FAFSA to coordinate more with federal benefits programs to ensure that eligible youth and families apply for available support. Increasing knowledge of available support services, as well as increasing outreach by benefits programs, can help youth access much-needed funds for food, healthcare, or other needs.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

12/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Fin-Aid-Policy-Bulletin-1.pdf

Crossover Youth, Education, Education Access, Enrollment/re-entry, Juvenile Justice

Financial Aid for Juvenile Justice System-Involved Youth

This resource is meant to help youth who are about to graduate...

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This resource is meant to help youth who are about to graduate from higher school and/or who are under the age of 26 with juvenile justice system involvement maximize the amount of financial aid they receive to attend college. The guide covers what financial aid is and how to get it, offers tips for troubleshooting common issues, and provides links to resources that cover in-depth financial aid questions for foster youth, homeless youth, and youth who are undocumented or DACA recipients. The guide is intended to be accessible enough for use by youth on their own or in partnership with financial aid counselors, social workers, probation officers, and other adults supporting youth in seeking financial aid. This guide was originally posted on November 19th, 2020 and last revised on March 24th, 2021.

Author(s):

Date:

11/2020

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Financial-Aid-Guide-for-Juvenile-Justice-Involved-Youth-rev.2020.03.pdf

Aging Out/Transition

Preventing Involuntary Exits from THP-Plus

Preventing Involuntary Exits from Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus) was developed after young...

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Preventing Involuntary Exits from Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus) was developed after young adults reported being exited prematurely from their transitional housing programs, sometimes without notice or proper process. In THP-Plus, a transitional program for former foster youth, a quarter of program exits are involuntary. Our new advocacy guide summarizes the legal protections that young adults have--both as former foster youth and as tenants--to remain in THP-Plus and stay housed. The guide also contains advocacy checklists, practice scenarios, and links to other relevant resources.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

11/2020

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Preventing-Involuntary-Exits-from-THP-Plus_Final.pdf

Access to care, Aging Out/Transition, Detention, Disposition/placement, Education, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, Placement/Confinement, Public Benefits/Funding, Reducing Incarceration, Secure Juvenile Facilities

Youth Returning to the Community from Juvenile Justice Facilities: A Guide for Advocates

No child should remain in custody due to the lack of a...

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No child should remain in custody due to the lack of a reentry plan. Now more than ever, the juvenile justice system must make every possible effort to return detained youth to their families and/or home communities. This guide is for advocates working to release detained youth and support them in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. This guide can be used to create comprehensive transition plans for individual youth, which serve the dual purpose of demonstrating to the Court or Probation that a youth can be served in the community and should be released and providing a roadmap for provision of supportive services. The guide can also help advocates who wish to shift practice and policy to releasing youth and serving them in the community, but are not sure where to start.

Author(s):

Date:

8/2020

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Juvenile-Justice-Reentry-Checklist.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition

Seven Strategies Counties Can Implement to Ensure Housing Stability and Maximize Participation in THP-Plus During COVID-19

Did you know that the California state budget recently made changes to...

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Did you know that the California state budget recently made changes to the eligibility requirements for THP-Plus? THP-Plus is a transitional housing program for young adults who have exited foster care, but it is time-limited. Recognizing that the normal time limitations were putting former foster youth at risk of homelessness during the COVID-19 crisis, the state budget gave counties the option to keep THP-Plus participants in their programs until June 30, 2021, even if they reach the maximum age or duration. Learn more about this emergency extension and other strategies to prevent homelessness among former foster youth in our updated resource, Seven Strategies Counties Can Implement to Ensure Housing Stability and Maximize Participation in Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus) During COVID-19. Many thanks to our partners at John Burton Advocates for Youth and Bay Area Legal Aid for co-authoring this resource.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2020

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

THP-Plus-Seven-Strategies-During-COVID-Crisis-updated-8-24-20.pdf

Social Justice Activism and Normalcy

Normalcy policy and practices require foster care systems and caregivers to ensure...

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Normalcy policy and practices require foster care systems and caregivers to ensure youth in foster care have the age-appropriate experiences required for healthy development and well-being. So, what does normalcy look like during a time in our history when nothing is seemingly "normal"? Prohibiting or limiting access to advocacy opportunities and supportive communities is both inconsistent with the law, and has real consequences to the well-being, resiliency, and ability of youth in foster care to become a powerful adult. Shutting these youth out of racial justice advocacy also has societal consequences. Youth in foster care need the opportunity to elevate the issues and solutions related to structural racism in foster care. We believe the definition of prudent parenting includes both parenting for racial justice and an interpretation of normalcy that requires the facilitation of participation in activism as a developmental necessity for youth in foster care.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

7/2020

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Social-Justice-Activism-and-Normalcy.pdf

Standards/enforcement

Guide to Online Information on California Licensed and Out of State Facilities

Guide to Online Information on California Licensed and Out of State Facilities

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Guide to Online Information on California Licensed and Out of State Facilities

Author(s):

Maria Ramiu

Date:

7/2020

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Guide-to-Accessing-Out-of-State-Placement-Oversight-Information.pdf

A New Deal for Transition Age Foster Youth in California: A Policy Roadmap for Ensuring a Resilient Recovery After COVID-19

The Youth Law Center is proud to share a new policy brief,...

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The Youth Law Center is proud to share a new policy brief, A New Deal for Transition Age Foster Youth in California: A Policy Roadmap for Ensuring a Resilient Recovery after COVID-19. The brief reflects upon California’s emergency policy response for transition age youth who are in foster care or have recently exited care, and proposes several short- and long-term action steps to guide future policy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 public health crisis and the resulting economic recession.   

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

7/2020

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC_A-New-Deal-for-Transition-Age-Foster-Youth.pdf

Independent Living/Transition

Six Immediate Steps for THP-Plus Stability

Youth Law Center, in partnership with John Burton Advocates for Youth and...

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Youth Law Center, in partnership with John Burton Advocates for Youth and Bay Area Legal Aid, has developed a resource to promote housing stability among youth in California's Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus). THP-Plus programs provide transitional housing and supportive services for former foster youth between the ages of 18 and 24, and sometimes up to age 25. THP-Plus is a time-limited program, and youth participants have contacted YLC expressing fear and uncertainty about losing their housing during the current public health emergency, when alternative housing options and transitional supports are scarce. YLC strongly believes that all California counties that contract with THP-Plus providers should take immediate action to maintain youth in THP-Plus housing whenever possible, expand housing capacity for transition age youth, and continue transition planning services to ensure that THP-Plus participants do not exit their programs at extreme risk of homelessness. Youth in THP-Plus are tenants under California law and are entitled to the same protections. This resource, Six Immediate Steps Counties Can Take to Ensure Housing Stability and Maximize Participation in THP-Plus During COVID-19, describes funding streams and promising strategies that counties should utilize in administering their THP-Plus programs during the current state of emergency and for a reasonable time afterward. Please share this resource widely to any counties, programs, and advocates for whom it would be helpful.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

5/2020

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Six-Immediate-Steps-for-THP-Plus-Stability_May-2020.pdf

Foster care

Child Welfare Advocates COVID-19 Response Letter

The Youth Law Center joins a coalition of child welfare advocates in...

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The Youth Law Center joins a coalition of child welfare advocates in requesting Governor Newsom and the California State Legislature take immediate actions to protect the health and well-being of California’s children and youth in foster care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fellow advocates include: John Burton Advocates for Youth, California Alliance of Caregivers, Alliance for Children's Rights, California Alliance of Child and Family Services, Children Now, Children's Advocacy Institute, Children's Law Center, National Center for Youth Law, and VOICES.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2020

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Child-Welfare-Advocates-COVID-19-Response-Letter.pdf

Congregate care

Emergency Planning Toolkit for Youth in Congregate Care

Youth Law Center has developed an emergency planning resource to support attorneys...

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Youth Law Center has developed an emergency planning resource to support attorneys and advocates working with youth in congregate care. As you know more than anyone, youth in congregate care facilities face acute risks in a public health emergency. Meanwhile, the state licensing agencies that are tasked with monitoring the safety and wellbeing of young people in group care are facing incredible strain as they respond to the public health needs of all licensed facilities. Advocates have an important role to play in monitoring facility conditions and expediting transitions out of group care whenever necessary to meet the individualized needs of young people.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2020

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Toolkit-for-Emergency-Planning-with-Youth-in-Congregate-Care.pdf

Aging Out/Transition

Emergency Planning Toolkit for Transition Age Youth in Foster Care

Updated August 31, 2021. YLC has created an emergency planning resource to...

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Updated August 31, 2021. YLC has created an emergency planning resource to support attorneys and advocates working with transition age youth and their families during this crisis. The resource focuses on planning with TAY in foster care, but much of the content applies more broadly to all young people and their families. We hope that this resource can provide an initial set of topics to cover with clients, as well as useful resources for specific issue areas. Some of our partners have already adapted the document to their specific jurisdiction.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2021

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

August-2021-Update-TAY-Emergency-Plan.pdf

Independent Living/Transition

Transitional House Program-Plus (THP-Plus) – YLC Fact Sheet

Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus) is a transitional housing placement program designed to...

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Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus) is a transitional housing placement program designed to provide housing and supportive services to former foster youth who are 18 to 24 years of age. This fact sheet discusses Transitional Housing Program-Plus.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

2/2020

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Education Access

CA Assembly Bill 1354 – Fact Sheet

This fact sheet provides basic information about Assembly Bill 1354, signed into law...

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This fact sheet provides basic information about Assembly Bill 1354, signed into law in 2019 and effective on January 1, 2020. The AB 1354 fact sheet describes which youth are eligible for online college courses, what programs are available, and who is responsible for providing them. The fact sheet can help youth and parents understand the programs and supports the youth are entitled to under this new law and can help agency personnel and advocates explain details of the new laws to their colleagues and clients.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

12/2019

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

AB-1354-Fact-Sheet.pdf

Education Access

CA Senate Bill 716 – Fact Sheet

This fact sheet provides basic information about Senate Bill 716, signed into law...

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This fact sheet provides basic information about Senate Bill 716, signed into law in 2019 and effective on January 1, 2020. The SB 716 fact sheet describes which youth are eligible for online college courses, what programs are available, and who is responsible for providing them. The fact sheet can help youth and parents understand the programs and supports the youth are entitled to under this new law and can help agency personnel and advocates explain details of the new laws to their colleagues and clients.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

12/2019

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

SB-716-Fact-Sheet.pdf

Foster parents

Supporting Birth and Resource Parent Partnerships to Improve the Lives of Children

Powerpoint presentation from YLC's workshop titled "Supporting Birth and Resource Parent Partnerships...

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Powerpoint presentation from YLC's workshop titled "Supporting Birth and Resource Parent Partnerships to Improve the Lives of Children" at the 2019 Beyond the Bench conference.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

12/2019

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

Supporting-BPRP-Partnerships-Beyond-the-Bench-Workshop-12.18.19.pdf

Comment Letter on Proposed Regulation RIN 0991-AC16

Joint comment letter, with Juvenile Law Center, on U.S. Department of Health...

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Joint comment letter, with Juvenile Law Center, on U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Notice of Nonenforcement of LGBTQ non-discrimination regulations.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

12/2019

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

JLC_YLC-Comments_RIN0991AC16_December-19_-3.pdf

Rivera v. Kent , joint amicus letter

Rivera v. Kent, joint amicus letter, with National Center for Youth Law,...

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Rivera v. Kent, joint amicus letter, with National Center for Youth Law, in support of review of Rivera v. Kent, which  improperly held that DHCS, as the state’s single state agency for Medicaid purposes,  did not have a mandatory duty to ensure adherence to Medi-Cal’s timeliness, notice and other requirements. The California Supreme Court granted review of this case which impacts the ability of California’s children to enforce countless statutory rights to critical services offered through joint federal-state programs.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

9/2019

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

S257304_Rivera-v.-Kent-Amicus-Letter-Final-1.pdf

In re T.S., Amicus Letter in Support of Petition for Review

In re T.S., amicus letter in support of petition for review of...

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In re T.S., amicus letter in support of petition for review of appellate decision upholding the juvenile court’s adjudication of a minor on a robbery charge without sufficient evidence, affirming the court’s use at disposition of  rap lyrics written by minor with no history of violence to prove public safety risk and commit him to camp for one year, and rejecting the minor’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to object to the admission of the rap lyrics.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

12/2019

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

S259083_LB_YouthLawCenter.pdf

Amicus letter in Support of a Petition for Review

In re Alonzo M., Amicus letter in support of a petition for review...

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In re Alonzo M., Amicus letter in support of a petition for review by the California Supreme Court of an appellate decision that an electronic search probation condition for a minor adjudicated for an offense that did not involve the use of electronic devices was valid because there was a legitimate probation interest in monitoring the youth's interaction with "negative social influences" in Oakland, where the youth planned to live to be closer to his job. The probation condition required the minor to submit to warrantless search of any electronic device under his control, at any time of day or night, including passcodes. The court based its conclusion on evidence in the record that the minor reported a “negative social environment” and “negative peer group” in Oakland, where he planned to live to be close to his job. The amicus letter argues that the appellate decision is contrary to Ricardo P. , 7 Cal. 5th 1113 (2019), and  will disproportionately impact youth in low-income communities.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

11/2019

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

Alonzo-M-YLC-FileStampedCopy-Sup-Ct.pdf

Amicus Curiae Letter of Youth Law Center, National Center of Youth Law, and East Bay Family Defenders in Support of the Petition for Review

Amicus Curiae Letter of Youth Law Center, National Center of Youth Law,...

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Amicus Curiae Letter of Youth Law Center, National Center of Youth Law, and East Bay Family Defenders in Support of the Petition for Review in the California Supreme Court to challenge an appellate decision categorically prohibiting the recovery of attorneys’ fees under Civil Procedure section 1021.5 for all cases arising out of dependency proceedings. The California Supreme Court denied review.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

11/2019

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

S258307_In-the-Matter-of-Nicole-S_Amicus-Letter.pdf

Education Access

Education Rights & Responsibilities Toolkit for Juvenile Justice System Involved Youth

This toolkit provides education-related information and resources regarding the rights of juvenile...

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This toolkit provides education-related information and resources regarding the rights of juvenile justice system involved youth and the responsibilities of system stakeholders. Stakeholders can use the toolkit to understand their obligations in meeting the education needs of youth with juvenile justice system involvement. Parents and advocates can use it to support youths' education-related rights and to hold system stakeholders accountable. The information is organized by each stage of juvenile justice system involvement--detention, transition and release, reentry, community placement, and home supervision.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

11/2019

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Ed-Rights-Responsibilities-Toolkit-Nov-2019.pdf

Legal Representation

Youth Law Considerations for Civil Legal Services

Youth Law Considerations for Civil Legal Services

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Youth Law Considerations for Civil Legal Services

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

6/2019

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Civil-Legal-Services-for-Children-TAY-Resources-YLC-June-2019.pdf

Child Welfare

Pathways to Justice Conference – Caring for Someone Else’s Child (materials packet)

Pathways to Justice Conference session – Caring for Someone Else’s Child (materials...

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Pathways to Justice Conference session – Caring for Someone Else’s Child (materials packet)

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

6/2019

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Caring-For-Someone-Elses-Child-Materials-Packet-P2J-060519-Ramiu.pdf

Education Access

A Positive Youth Justice System

The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) is designing a transformed...

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The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) is designing a transformed juvenile justice system that is rooted in communities, that is based on restorative justice practices, and that invests in youth, families, and communities. This NICJR report lays out ten steps to transform the juvenile justice system to improve outcomes for youth and protect public safety. One of the recommendations is to replace current facilities with education-focused, therapeutic programs close to the youth's home, and to use such facilities only when the youth has been adjudicated for a serious offense, the youth is a serious risk to public safety, and all community-based alternatives have been exhausted.

Author(s):

David Muhammad, National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR)

Date:

2/2019

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

PYJS-Report-NICJR-Feb-2019.pdf

Aging Out/Transition, Child/Adolescent Development, Education Access, Mental Health

Closing the Extracurriculars Gap: Prioritizing Extracurricular Activities as a Key Intervention for Children and Youth in Foster Care and Juvenile Justice

This Youth Law Center report describes the benefits of extracurricular participation for...

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This Youth Law Center report describes the benefits of extracurricular participation for youth, families, and communities; highlights the legal and policy supports for extracurricular participation for system-involved youth; lists system barriers to extracurricular participation; explores ways to overcome those barriers; and makes recommendations to increase extracurricular participation for system-involved youth. The report notes that extracurriculars are crucial for access to higher education, not only to have a competitive college application and help secure funding, but also to build the skills and connections youth need to succeed in college.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

1/2019

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Closing-the-Extracurriculars-Gap-2022.pdf

Adoption

Adoption Assistance Fact Sheet

Adoption Assistance

More

Adoption Assistance

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2021

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Adoption-Assistance-Fact-Sheet-Final-Updated-August-2021.pdf

Foster care

Providing Normalcy for California Foster Youth

Providing Normalcy for California Foster Youth

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Providing Normalcy for California Foster Youth

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

5/2018

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Providing-Normalcy-for-California-Foster-Youth-053118.pdf

Standards/enforcement

Ensuring Accountability and Transparency for Out-of-State Facilities

Ensuring Accountability and Transparency for Out-of-State Facilities

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Ensuring Accountability and Transparency for Out-of-State Facilities

Author(s):

Maria Ramiu

Date:

6/2018

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

062918-Ensuring-Accountability-and-Transparency-for-Out-of-State-Facilities.pdf

Legal/policy issues

Youth Arrests in Group Homes and Shelters

Youth Arrests in Group Homes and Shelters Handout

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Youth Arrests in Group Homes and Shelters Handout

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

7/2018

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

YLC-Roundtable-Presentation-070618.pdf

Relatives/kinship care

Relative Caregiver Fact Sheet

Relative Caregiver Fact Sheet

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Relative Caregiver Fact Sheet

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

8/2021

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Relative-Caregivers-Fact-Sheet-Final-Updated-August-2021.pdf

Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy analyses

A.M. v. Holmes Amicus Brief

Amicus brief filed with US Supreme Court in A.M. v. Holmes, challenging...

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Amicus brief filed with US Supreme Court in A.M. v. Holmes, challenging the arrest of a 13 year old New Mexico boy for "fake burping" and laughing in class (criminalizing normal behavior)

Author(s):

Children's Law Office, Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2017

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

AM-v-Holmes-amicus-brief-SCOTUS-2017-03-10.pdf

LWOP/extremely long sentences

This “Unsung Hero” was a Convicted Murderer Until Gov. Brown Set in Free

Article on former YLC Unsung Hero.

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Specific services/programs

Job Announcement – Director of Finance and Administration

Job Announcement - Director of Finance and Administration

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Job Announcement - Director of Finance and Administration

Author(s):

Jennifer Rodriguez

Date:

12/2016

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Director-of-Finance-and-Administration.pdf

Specific services/programs

Job Announcement – Development and Communications Coordinator

Job Description for Development and Communications Coordinator

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Job Description for Development and Communications Coordinator

Author(s):

Jennifer Rodriguez

Date:

12/2016

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Development-and-Communications-Coordinator.pdf

LWOP/extremely long sentences

S.B. 206/261 Resources

Resource list for SB 260/26 - Sentencing Review for Juveniles Tried as...

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Resource list for SB 260/26 - Sentencing Review for Juveniles Tried as Adults in California

Author(s):

Maria Ramiu

Date:

10/2016

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

SB-260-261-Resource-Sheet-2016.pdf

LWOP/extremely long sentences

SB 260/261 Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet on S.B. 260/261 - Sentencing Review for Juveniles Tried as...

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Fact Sheet on S.B. 260/261 - Sentencing Review for Juveniles Tried as Adults in California

Author(s):

Maria Ramiu

Date:

10/2016

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

SB-260-2261-Fact-Sheet-2016.pdf

Congregate care, Foster care, Legal/policy issues

AB 2813 Fact Sheet – Equitable Standards for Foster Youth

This fact sheet describing AB 2813, a bill that would protect children...

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This fact sheet describing AB 2813, a bill that would protect children and youth in foster care from being needlessly detained in juvenile halls solely due to their foster care status.

Author(s):

Assemblymember Bloom

Date:

3/2016

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

AB-2813-Fact-Sheet.pdf

Congregate care, Foster care, Legal/policy issues

AB 2813 – Letter to Gov. Brown – request for signature

Letter to Governor Brown requesting signature on AB 2813, a bill to...

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Letter to Governor Brown requesting signature on AB 2813, a bill to protect children and youth in foster care from being needlessly detailed in juvenile hall solely due to their foster care status.

Author(s):

Virginia Corrigan

Date:

8/2016

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

AB-2813-Bloom-Request-for-Signature.pdf

Access to care/EPSDT, Transitional Medicaid

AB 1849: Fact Sheet

Fact sheet on AB 1849 (Gipson): Medi-Cal for Emancipating Foster Youth

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Fact sheet on AB 1849 (Gipson): Medi-Cal for Emancipating Foster Youth

Author(s):

Virginia Corrigan

Date:

3/2016

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Fact-Sheet-AB-1849-Gipson.pdf

Access to care, Access to care/EPSDT, Transitional Medicaid

AB 1849 – Request for Signature

Letter to Governor Brown requesting signature on AB 1849, a bill intended...

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Letter to Governor Brown requesting signature on AB 1849, a bill intended to reduce barriers to foster youth receiving uninterrupted Medi-Cal services as they exit care. YLC co-sponsored this bill.

Author(s):

Virginia Corrigan

Date:

8/2016

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

AB-1849-Gipson-Request-for-Signature.pdf

Enrollment/re-entry

AB 2306 – Request for Signature

Letter requesting Governor Brown's signature on SB 2306, a bill to give...

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Letter requesting Governor Brown's signature on SB 2306, a bill to give students transferring from juvenile court schools the same options to meet the state high school graduation requirements providing in existing law for foster youth.

Author(s):

Cat McCulloch

Date:

9/2016

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

AB-2306-request-for-signature.pdf

Detention, Disposition/placement, Legal/policy issues

SB 1143 Support Letter – Request for Signature

Letter to Governor Brown requesting his signature; a bill limiting use of...

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Letter to Governor Brown requesting his signature; a bill limiting use of solitary confinement for juveniles in detention in California.

Author(s):

Virginia Corrigan

Date:

9/2016

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

SB-1143-YLC-Request-for-Signature-Letter-9.2.16.pdf

Enrollment/re-entry

Brown signs Frazier bill allowing juvenile court students to earn diploma

article appearing in the Reporter.com on AB 2306

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article appearing in the Reporter.com on AB 2306

Author(s):

Richard Bammer

Date:

9/2016

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

The-Reporter.Brown-Signs-Frazier-Bill-Allow-Juvenile-Court-Students-to-Earn-Diploma9.23.16.pdf

Access to care/EPSDT

Good Health Starts with Smart Screening

Article published in Chronicle of Social Change on SB 1466.

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Article published in Chronicle of Social Change on SB 1466.

Author(s):

Robin Goldfaden

Date:

9/2016

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

chronicleofsocialchange.org-Good-Health-Starts-With-Smart-Screening.pdf

Access to care/EPSDT

SB 1466 Sponsor letter

YLC Letter to Senator Mitchell sponsoring SB 1466, a bill to ensure...

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YLC Letter to Senator Mitchell sponsoring SB 1466, a bill to ensure that trauma screening is incorporated into EPSDT services provided to at-risk youth receiving Medi-Cal benefits.

Author(s):

Robin Goldfaden

Date:

3/2016

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

SB-1466-Sponsor-letter-to-Mitchell-3.29.16.pdf

Access to care/EPSDT

#NAME?

Article in Chronicle of Social Change about SB 1466, a bill to...

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Article in Chronicle of Social Change about SB 1466, a bill to ensure that trauma screening is part of EPSDT benefit for children under 21 enrolled in Medi-Cal.

Link:

https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/opinion/good-health-starts-with-smart-screening/21444

Congregate care, Legal/policy issues

AB 2005 Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet on AB 2005; a bill that will put restrictions on...

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Fact Sheet on AB 2005; a bill that will put restrictions on out of state foster care placements for youth under the supervision of probation.

Author(s):

Robin Goldfaden

Date:

9/2016

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

AB2005-Fact-Sheet.pdf

Congregate care, Legal/policy issues

AB 2005 – Request for Signature

Letter to Governor Brown Requesting Signature on AB 2005, a bill which...

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Letter to Governor Brown Requesting Signature on AB 2005, a bill which will ensure that youth under probation supervision are placed in facilities outside of California only as a last resort.

Author(s):

Jennifer Rodriguez

Date:

9/2016

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

AB-2005-Request-for-Signature.pdf

Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry

Counties turn to transition specialists to help students in court school succeed

Article discussing court schools and County Departments of Education starting to hire...

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Article discussing court schools and County Departments of Education starting to hire staff to help students in court schools transition to educational placements in their communities upon their release.

Author(s):

Michael Sollier

Date:

9/2016

Document Type:

YLC Financial Reports

Document:

EdSurce.Counties-Turn-to-transition-specialis-in-court-schools-to-succeed.pdf

Specific services/programs

Job Annoucement – Policy Advocate

Job Announcement for Policy Advocate

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Job Announcement for Policy Advocate

Author(s):

Jennifer Rodriguez

Date:

8/2016

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

YLC-Policy-Advocate-Postion.pdf

Specific services/programs

Job Annoucement – Staff Attorney Position

Job Announcement for experience staff attorney

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Job Announcement for experience staff attorney

Author(s):

Jennifer Rodriguez

Date:

8/2016

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

YLC-Staff-Attorney-Position.pdf

Enrollment/re-entry

Request for Depublication

Request for Depublication in In re Ivan N., an opinion issued by...

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Request for Depublication in In re Ivan N., an opinion issued by the California Court of Appeal holding that foster youth educational rights to not apply to probation supervised foster youth.

Author(s):

Maria Ramiu

Date:

7/2016

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

Ivan-N.-Request-for-Depublication.pdf

No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education

Amicus Letter in Support of Petition for Review

Letter in support of Petition for Review in Campaign for Quality Education...

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Letter in support of Petition for Review in Campaign for Quality Education v. State of California; Robles-Wong v. State of California.

Author(s):

Robin Goldfaden

Date:

6/2016

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

AmicusLetterInSupportofPetitionforReview.pdf

Juvenile justice legal issues

In re Gault – Agenda

Agenda for August 5, 2015 ABA conference on In re Gault

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Agenda for August 5, 2015 ABA conference on In re Gault

Author(s):

ABA

Date:

7/2016

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

Gault-Agenda.pdf

Juvenile justice legal issues

In Re Gault – Conference Flyer

Flyer for ABA Conference on "Fulfilling the Promise of Gault - Due...

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Flyer for ABA Conference on "Fulfilling the Promise of Gault - Due Process and Effective advocacy for Youth in the 21st Century. YLC is co-sponsor of this along with ABA Commission on Youth at Risk, ABA Criminal Justice Section, National Juvenile Defender Center and National Center for Youth Law.

Author(s):

ABA

Date:

7/2016

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

ABA-Flyer-Gault.pdf

SSI/Social Security, Transitional Medicaid

Foster Care SSI Support Letter

Letter of support to SSA regarding extension of window for foster youth...

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Letter of support to SSA regarding extension of window for foster youth to apply for SSI benefits when transitioning out of foster care

Author(s):

Juvenile Law Center

Date:

2/2016

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Foster-Care-SSI-Sign-On-Letter-2-4-16.pdf

Alternative education, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry, No Child Left Behind/other funding

Flyer for Forum on Court School

Announcement of Forum entitled "Education Reform's Missed Opportunity: Young People in California's...

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Announcement of Forum entitled "Education Reform's Missed Opportunity: Young People in California's Court Schools

Author(s):

New America Media

Date:

7/2016

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

Court-School-Education-Forum-Flyer.pdf

Education Access

Juvenile Court Student Transition Statewide Work Group Report and Recommendations to the Legislature

Assembly Bill 2276 (Bocanegra, 2014) required a statewide work group to study...

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Assembly Bill 2276 (Bocanegra, 2014) required a statewide work group to study successful transition programs and to develop recommendations of how to better support youth transitioning from juvenile court schools back to schools in their communities. This report highlights recommendations that came out of three meetings of the work group, composed of stakeholders from probation, education, advocacy organizations, and the community. Recommendations include: a transition plan for each court school student, designated school personnel to support a successful transition, and guaranteed access for students to credit recovery programs. The group also noted the need for state-level oversight of juvenile court school transition procedures and outcomes.

Author(s):

California Department of Education, Coordinated Student Support Division

Date:

7/2016

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

AB-2276-Report-July-2016.pdf

Enrollment/re-entry

YLC Fellowship Annoucement

Notice that YLC is seeking applications from third-year law students and judicial...

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Notice that YLC is seeking applications from third-year law students and judicial clerks who are interested in working on juvenile justice and child welfare advocacy issues and in applying for fellowships offered by the Skadden Fellowship Foundation, Equal Justice Works Foundation, or other sponsored fellowships for fellowship to begin in September 2017.

Author(s):

Maria Ramiu

Date:

6/2016

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

Fellowship-for-Juvenile-Justice-Education-Project-Announcement.pdf

Legal Rights/Placement, Right to Counsel

Letter to Attorney General

Letter by Coalition of 177 children's rights, civil rights, faith based and...

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Letter by Coalition of 177 children's rights, civil rights, faith based and immigrant rights' groups urging AB to halt government's practice of pursing immigration proceedings against children who do not have counsel

Author(s):

Bruce Lesley

Date:

4/2016

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Letter-to-AG-Lynch-re-counsel-for-immigrant-youth-4.29.16.pdf

Alternative education, Detention, Discipline/truancy, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry

Educators Routinely Ignore a Captive Audience- Schools in Juvenile Justice Get an F

Educators Routinely Ignore a Captive Audience - Schools in Juvenile Hall Get...

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Educators Routinely Ignore a Captive Audience - Schools in Juvenile Hall Get An F. - Article reporting on a study conducted by the Youth Law Center about the failure of juvenile court schools to educate youth.

Author(s):

Anna Challet

Date:

4/2016

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

New-America-Media-Educators-Routinely-Ignore-a-Captive-Audience.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

Former Foster Care Enrolled in Medi-cal

Charts showing numbers of former foster youth enrolled in Medi-cal.

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Charts showing numbers of former foster youth enrolled in Medi-cal.

Author(s):

California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)

Date:

4/2016

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Data-on-Medi-Cal-for-Former-Foster-Youth-4M-Data-Tables-and-Graphs.pdf

Access to care, Babies/young children, Early childhood, Foster care, Foster parents, Health care needs, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Specific services/programs

Letter from Jennifer Rodriguez to Commissioner Sanders

Letter from Jennifer Rodriguez to Commissioner Sanders appearing as an appendix to...

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Letter from Jennifer Rodriguez to Commissioner Sanders appearing as an appendix to final report of CECAMF

Author(s):

Jennifer Rodriguez

Date:

3/2016

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

CECANF-Letter-from-Commissioner-Jennifer-Rodriguez.pdf

Access to care, Babies/young children, Early childhood, Foster care, Foster parents, Health care needs, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Specific services/programs

Fact Sheet: Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Key Findings and Recommendations of the report: Within Our Reach: A National...

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Key Findings and Recommendations of the report: Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Author(s):

Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Date:

3/2016

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

CECANF-Report_Fact-Sheet-final-3.17.16.pdf

Access to care, Babies/young children, Early childhood, Foster care, Foster parents, Health care needs, Specific services/programs

Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Final report by the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities.

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Final report by the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities.

Author(s):

Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Date:

3/2016

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

CECANF-final-report-Within-Our-Reach-A-National-Strategy-to-Eliminate-Child-Abuse-and-Neglect-Fatalities.pdf

Access to care, Babies/young children, Early childhood, Foster care, Foster parents, Health care needs, Specific services/programs

Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Final report by the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities.

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Final report by the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities.

Author(s):

Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Date:

3/2016

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

CECANF-final-report-Within-Our-Reach-A-National-Strategy-to-Eliminate-Child-Abuse-and-Neglect-Fatalities.pdf

Discipline/truancy, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry, Gang profiling, Law enforcement in school, No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education

Press Release – Educational Injustice

Press Release on the report "Educational Injustice: Barriers to Achievement and Higher...

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Press Release on the report "Educational Injustice: Barriers to Achievement and Higher Education for Youth in California's Juvenile Court Schools.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2016

Document Type:

YLC Financial Reports

Document:

Press-Release-Educational-Injustice.pdf

Discipline/truancy, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry, Gang profiling, Law enforcement in school, No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education

Educational Injustice: Barriers to Achievement and Higher Education for Youth in California Juvenile Court Schools

Report by the Youth Law Center of the of the barriers to...

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Report by the Youth Law Center of the of the barriers to education for youth confined to detention facilities within California’s juvenile justice system. In the report, Youth Law Center examines areas of challenge for the system and fundamental ways in which court schools have missed opportunities to support youth in reaching their goals and having healthy futures. The report also offers recommendations for improvement and discusses innovative, replicable programs that engage youth and enable them to advance their educational outcomes and enroll in higher education. The report was funded by the California Wellness Foundation.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2016

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

EDUCATIONAL-INJUSTICE.pdf

Alternative education, Discipline/truancy, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry, Gang profiling, Law enforcement in school, No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education

Executive Summary: Educational Injustice: Barriers to Achievement and Higher Education for Youth in California Juvenile Court Schools

Summary of Report detailing a study of the education system for youth...

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Summary of Report detailing a study of the education system for youth confined to detention facilities within California’s juvenile justice system. In the report, entitled Educational Injustice: Barriers to Achievement and Higher Education for Youth in California Juvenile Court Schools, Youth Law Center examines areas of challenge for the system and fundamental ways in which court schools have missed opportunities to support youth in reaching their goals and having healthy futures. The report also offers recommendations for improvement and discusses innovative, replicable programs that engage youth and enable them to advance their educational outcomes and enroll in higher education. The report was funded by the California Wellness Foundation.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2016

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

Educational-Injustice-Executive-Summary.pdf

Teen parenting

Just Beginning Issue Sheet

Sheet describing the need for the Just Beginning Program; the benefits the...

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Sheet describing the need for the Just Beginning Program; the benefits the program provides both the infant/child and the incarcerated father.

Author(s):

Ben Richeda

Date:

2/2014

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Issue-Sheet-JB-10.pdf

Teen parenting

Delivering Services to Incarcerated Teen Fathers: A Pilot Intervention to Increase the Quality of Father-Infant Interactions During Visitation

Article appearing in Psychological Services concerning analysis of a pilot intervention, the...

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Article appearing in Psychological Services concerning analysis of a pilot intervention, the Baby Elmo or Just Beginnings Program, which provides incarcerated teen fathers with parenting training and visitation with their children and their infants. The study looked at 41 incarcerated teen fathers and their infants ranging from 1 to 15 months. During individual sessions, a trained facilitator prepared fathers for visits with their children by introducing key concepts such as following the child's lead, using developmentally appropriate media to illustrate those concepts. After each training session, the incarcerated teen father interacted with his infant sand the visit was video recorded. Preliminary findings suggest that an intervention integrating visitation and appropriate media may be effective for incarcerated teen fathers.

Author(s):

Barr, Morin, Brito, Richeda, Rodriguez & Shauffer

Date:

11/2013

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

Delivering-Services-to-Incarcerated-Fathers-A-Pilot-Intervention-to-Incraese-the-Quality-of-Father-Infant-Interactions-During-Visitation.pdf

Legal/policy issues

Press Release

Press release: Robin Goldfaden and Javier Stauring Join YLC

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Press release: Robin Goldfaden and Javier Stauring Join YLC

Author(s):

Jennifer Rodriguez

Date:

3/2016

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

Press-Release.pdf

Education Access

Educational Injustice: Barriers to Achievement and Higher Education for Youth in California Juvenile Court Schools

Report by the Youth Law Center of the of the barriers to...

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Report by the Youth Law Center of the of the barriers to education for youth confined to detention facilities within California’s juvenile justice system. In the report, Youth Law Center examines areas of challenge for the system and fundamental ways in which court schools have missed opportunities to support youth in reaching their goals and having healthy futures. The report also offers recommendations for improvement and discusses innovative, replicable programs that engage youth and enable them to advance their educational outcomes and enroll in higher education. The report was funded by the California Wellness Foundation.

Author(s):

Date:

3/2016

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

EDUCATIONAL-INJUSTICE.pdf

Legal Rights/Placement

In re Y.V. Opinion

Opinion from CA Court of Appeals in Y.V. . In the...

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Opinion from CA Court of Appeals in Y.V. . In the opinion, the appeals court reversed a juvenile court disposition that required the youth to be held in juvenile hall and turned over to ICE. It remanded the case to juvenile court to determine whether the case is moot, and if not, to select a disposition that serves the purposes of juvenile court law. The Attorney General's office agreed that the juvenile court misunderstood the scope of its discretion and did not object to the remand.

Author(s):

Court of Appeals

Date:

1/2016

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

YV-decision.pdf

Congregate care

State Policies on Non-Family Foster Care Settings

This paper surveys state policies that restrict congregate care for children and...

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This paper surveys state policies that restrict congregate care for children and youth in the foster care system and makes recommendations based on our research and experience.

Author(s):

Alice Bussiere

Date:

10/2015

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

State-Policies-on-Non-Family-Foster-Care-Settings-July-2015.pdf

AB 12

Job Annoucement

YLC Announcement for a Staff Attorney with with a minimum of seven...

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YLC Announcement for a Staff Attorney with with a minimum of seven years of experience in the juvenile justice and/or child welfare system.

Author(s):

Maria Ramiu

Date:

10/2015

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Staff-Attorney-Position-2015.pdf

Congregate care

Request for Signature – AB 403

Letter to Governor Brown requesting signature on AB 403 (congregate care reform...

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Letter to Governor Brown requesting signature on AB 403 (congregate care reform bill).

Author(s):

Jennifer Rodriguez

Date:

9/2015

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

AB-403-Request-for-Signature.pdf

Juvenile justice legal issues

Shackling Juvenile in Transportation: Hobbling Fairness

Blog written by YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell regarding practice of shackling...

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Blog written by YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell regarding practice of shackling youth being transferred from juvnenile facilities to court in Contra Costa County.

Link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sue-burrell/shackling-juveniles-in-tr_b_8032076.html

Legal Rights/Placement

Judge Increases Pressure on U.S. to Release Migrant Famiiles

NY Times article about enforcement of 1997 settlement in Flores v. Lynch,...

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NY Times article about enforcement of 1997 settlement in Flores v. Lynch, a case concerning the treatment unaccompanied children.The 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement establishes requirements for the release of minors who have been detained by immigration officials and specifies the types of facilities in which minors who have not been released can be held.

Author(s):

Julia Preston

Date:

8/2015

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

NYT-8.22.15.Judge-Increases-Pressure-on-U.S-to-Release-Migrant-Families.pdf

Legal Rights/Placement

Order re Response to Order to Show Cause

Final Order enforcing the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement in Flores v. Lynch,...

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Final Order enforcing the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement in Flores v. Lynch, which established requirements for the release of minors who have been detained by immigration officials and specifies the types of facilities in which minors who have not been released can be held. I

Author(s):

District Court Judge Dolly Gee

Date:

8/2015

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

Flores-August-21-Order.pdf

"Know your rights"

A Judge’s Rebuke of Immigration Detention

NY Times editorial rebukes immigration detention of familie

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NY Times editorial rebukes immigration detention of familie

Author(s):

Editorial

Date:

8/2015

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

A-Judge’s-Rebuke-of-Immigration-Detention-The-New-York-Times_8.5.15.pdf

Legal Rights/Placement

Minute Order in Flores v. Johnson

In Chambers Order by Judge Dolly Gee stating that immigrant children who...

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In Chambers Order by Judge Dolly Gee stating that immigrant children who are accompanied by a parent when they are detained by immigration officials are entitled to the protections of the Settlement Agreement in Flores v Johnson. The judge found the Department of Homeland Security and other defendants in violation of the Settlement Agreement and issued an order for the defendants to show cause why she should not issue an enforcement order.

Author(s):

Hon. Dolly Gee

Date:

7/2015

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

Flores-Minute-Order-re-Motion-to-Enforce-Settlement.pdf

Detention, Disposition/placement

Locked Up and Alone

Article exploring solitary confinement in juvenile facilities against the backdrop of SB...

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Article exploring solitary confinement in juvenile facilities against the backdrop of SB 124 (Leno), currently pending in the California Legislature.

Author(s):

Kelly Davis

Date:

6/2015

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

Locked-Up-and-Alone-THE-CRIME-REPORT-June-29-2015.pdf

Legal Rights/Placement

In re Christian H. Decision

Decision in the case In re Christian H. .

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Decision in the case In re Christian H. .

Author(s):

Judge Pollock

Date:

6/2015

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

Christian-A.-decision.pdf

Collateral consequences

Collateral Consequences of Juvenile Court – Boulders on the Road to Good Outcomes

Article by YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell focuses on the damage...

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Article by YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell focuses on the damage caused by collateral consequences of juvenile court proceedings – the predictable as well as unanticipated impacts on young people’s ability to move forward in their lives and offers nine suggested ways to reduce collateral consequences. The article appears as a chapter in the published in newly released book A New Juvenile Justice System: Total Reform for a Broken System, published by the NYU Press.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

5/2015

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

Collateral-Consequences-of-Juvenile-Court-boulders-on-the-Road-to-Good-Outcomes.pdf

Foster care

CECANF Works Toward Development of a National Strategy

Article on the work of the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and...

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Article on the work of the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Author(s):

Children's Bureau Express

Date:

5/2015

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

CECANF-Works-Toward-Development-of-National-Strategy.pdf

Competence to stand trial

CA Supreme Court Opinion in R.V.

CA Supreme Court Decision in in re R.V. - decision reversed a...

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CA Supreme Court Decision in in re R.V. - decision reversed a lower court decision which had found a 16 year-old Orange County boy competent to stand trial. The case raised two issues of first impression, including the question of who has the burden of proof in showing incompetence, and also, what the standard of appellate review is in juvenile competence cases.

Author(s):

CA Supreme Court

Date:

5/2015

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

RV-Cal.-Supreme-Court-Opinion.pdf

Foster care, Foster parents, Permanency planning

Presidential Proclamation — National Foster Care Month, 2015

Proclamation by President Obama naming May 2015 National Foster Care Month

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Proclamation by President Obama naming May 2015 National Foster Care Month

Author(s):

Barak Obama

Date:

4/2015

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

President-Proclaims-May-2015-National-Foster-Care-Month.pdf

Detention, Juvenile justice legal issues, Standards/enforcement

Letter to Santa Clara Board of Supervisors

Letter from YLC to Santa Clara Board of Supervisors opposing use of...

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Letter from YLC to Santa Clara Board of Supervisors opposing use of pepper spray in juvenile hall.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

9/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Santa-Clara-Pepper-Spray-Letter-to-Board-of-Supervisors-9-25-14.pdf

Congregate care, Inspection/assessment material, Standards/enforcement

Investigations of CA Group Homes Marked By Delays and Uncertainty

ProPublica article about California Department of Social Services' failure to timely and...

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ProPublica article about California Department of Social Services' failure to timely and conclusively investigate hundreds of claims of misconduct and other problems in group homes that house the state's most trouble children/

Author(s):

Joaquin Sapien

Date:

4/2015

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

ProPublica-4.15.15-Investigations-of-California-Group-Homes-Marked-by-Delays-and-Uncertainty.pdf

AB 12, AB 12, Dual jurisdiction

Bill to Extend Foster Care Benefits for Probation Youth Clears California Senate Committee

Article appearing in Chronicle of Social Change on SB 12, bill to...

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Article appearing in Chronicle of Social Change on SB 12, bill to grant extended foster care benefits to probation supervised youth.

Author(s):

Sawsan Morrar

Date:

4/2015

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

The-Chronicle-of-Social-Change-4.15.pdf

AB 12, Dual jurisdiction

Angel Enters Foster Care through Probation’s Door

Article in Chronicle of Social Change about pending legislation, SB 12, to...

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Article in Chronicle of Social Change about pending legislation, SB 12, to extend foster care benefits to probation involved youth.

Author(s):

Daniel Heimpel

Date:

4/2015

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

The-Chronicle-of-Social-Change-april-13-2015-Angel-Enters-Foster-Care-through-Probation-Door.pdf

AB 12, Dual jurisdiction

Widening Door on Extended Foster Care for Probation Youth

Articlein Chronicle of Social Change on how SB 12 will make it...

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Articlein Chronicle of Social Change on how SB 12 will make it easier for foster youth in probation to get extended foster care benefits.

Author(s):

Brian Rinker

Date:

3/2015

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

Chronicle-of-Social-Change-Widening-Door-on-Extended-Foster-Care-for-Probation-Youth-March-26-2015.pdf

AB 12

SB 12 Support Letter

Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee in support of SB 12, a bill...

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Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee in support of SB 12, a bill to provide a support net to vulnerable former foster youth under the age of 21, who were excluded in prior legislative efforts to extend foster care to youth who require the assistance and protections of the child welfare system in a healthy transition to adulthood. SB 12 will ensure that foster youth who cross over to the juvenile justice system, who research shows have the most challenging experiences of all young adults who have exited foster care, retain access to the education, case management and housing resources through AB 12 that provide a critical support net for former foster youth.

Author(s):

Cat McCulloch, Jennifer Rodriguez

Date:

4/2015

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

SB-12-Support-letter-to-Senator-Jackson-4.8.15.pdf

Legal Rights/Placement

Amicus Curiae Brief – In re Y.V.

The Youth Law Center has applied for leave to file an amicus...

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The Youth Law Center has applied for leave to file an amicus brief in a second juvenile case pending in the California Court of Appeal in which the juvenile court ordered the youth turned over to federal immigration officials. The youth fled Honduras in 2013 to escape gang violence and the threat of gang indoctrination. He was arrested in 2014 and immediately admitted to possession of a controlled substance. Although his attorney asked that he be placed in a foster care or juvenile facility, the juvenile court ordered him detained and transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The amicus brief argues that the juvenile court’s disposition was not authorized by state law, that the court misunderstood the requirements of federal immigration law, and that the court failed to consider the youth’s best interest.

Author(s):

Keith Wuster

Date:

3/2015

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

AmicusBrief-RE-YV-pdf.pdf

"Know your rights", Transitional Medicaid

Medi-cal Coverage Until 26: Health Care for Former Foster Youth

Fact Sheet on Medi-Cal Coverage for former foster youth, including who qualifies,...

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Fact Sheet on Medi-Cal Coverage for former foster youth, including who qualifies, how to sign up and what does it cover.

Author(s):

Tyler Whittenberg

Date:

12/2014

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

KYR-Medi-Cal-Coverage-Until-26-Health-Care-for-Former-Foster-Youth.pdf

"Know your rights", A.B. 490/foster care education, Foster care, Teen parenting

Educational Rights as a Pregnant or Parenting Teen

Fact sheet on educational rights of pregnant or parenting teens.

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Fact sheet on educational rights of pregnant or parenting teens.

Author(s):

Tyler Whittenberg

Date:

12/2014

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Educational-Rights-of-Pregnant-or-Parenting-Teen.pdf

"Know your rights", A.B. 490/foster care education

Educational Rights of Foster Youth

Fact Sheet on educational rights of foster youth

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Fact Sheet on educational rights of foster youth

Author(s):

Tyler Whittenberg

Date:

12/2014

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Educational-Rights-of-Foster-Youth.pdf

Alternative education

Demand Letter to Ventura County Office of Education

This is a demand letter to the Ventura County Office of Education...

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This is a demand letter to the Ventura County Office of Education challenging its failure to comply with the provisions of the California Education Code concerning Independent Study. Their practices resulted in juvenile justice youth being involuntarily placed on Independent Study when they attempted to enroll in the county community school.

Author(s):

Franchesca Gonzalez, Deborah Escobedo

Date:

7/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Demand-Letter-to-VCOE-07-14-14.pdf

Enrollment/re-entry

Implementation Fact Sheet – AB 2276

This is a fact sheet explaining how advocates can ensure that AB...

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This is a fact sheet explaining how advocates can ensure that AB 2276 is actually implemented. This bill addresses the re-enrollment rights of juvenile justice youth when they transfer from a juvenile court school back into a regular school district.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

1/2015

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

AB-2276-Fact-Sheet-Implementation.pdf

Discipline/truancy

School to Nowhere – Web Resources

This provides a list of websites related to discipline, zero tolerance and...

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This provides a list of websites related to discipline, zero tolerance and other related issues.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

11/2012

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

School-to-Nowhere-Web-Resources.pdf

Alternative education

Final Template for School Board Hearing Request- COE – SB 1111

This is a template for a letter that advocates and community...

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This is a template for a letter that advocates and community stakeholders can send to county boards of education asking for a hearing on the implementation of SB 1111 and inquiring about the need to update policies to comply with the new law.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

1/2015

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Final-Template-for-School-Board-Hearing-Request-SB-1111___COE.pdf

Alternative education

Final Template for School Board Hearing Request – SB 1111

This is template for a letter that advocates and community stakeholders can...

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This is template for a letter that advocates and community stakeholders can send to local school district boards asking for a hearing on the implementation of SB 1111 and inquiring about the need to update policies to comply with the new law.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

1/2015

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Final-Template-for-School-Board-Hearing-Request-SB-1111.pdf

Alternative education

Sample Public Records Request – SB 1111

This is a sample Public Records Act request that advocates can send...

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This is a sample Public Records Act request that advocates can send to County Offices of Education to determine to what extent they are implementing the provisions of SB 1111 which governs transfers to county community schools.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

1/2015

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Sample-Public-Records-Request-SB-1111.pdf

A.B. 490/foster care education

Education Web Resources

This handout lists various links to resources on the internet related to...

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This handout lists various links to resources on the internet related to the educational rights of foster youth in California.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

1/2015

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Education-Web-Resources.pdf

Enrollment/re-entry

The Need for Transition Services for California’s Juvenile Justice Youth (Fact Sheet)

This fact sheet provides data and research references concerning the need for...

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This fact sheet provides data and research references concerning the need for formalized transition plans and services for juvenile justice once they are released from detention.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

1/2013

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

The-Need-for-Transition-Services-for-CAs-Juvenile-Justice-Youth.pdf

Enrollment/re-entry

“Reenrollment of Juvenile Justice Fact Sheet”

This fact sheet provides relevant data concerning the re-enrollment of juvenile justice...

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This fact sheet provides relevant data concerning the re-enrollment of juvenile justice into regular schools once they have been released from detention.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

1/2012

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Reenrollment-of-Juvenile-Justice-Youth.pdf

Discipline/truancy

“Breaking Developments in CA School Discipline & Juvenile Justice”

This power point was presented at the LAAC Traveling Training on November...

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This power point was presented at the LAAC Traveling Training on November 2, 2012 in Ontario, California. The panel was described as follows: "This presentation will summarize new developments in discipline laws that have come under fire in California because of their demonstrated disparate impact on students of color, and other discipline related initiatives that advocates are involved in to try to reduce the over reliance on exclusionary school practices. Additionally the presenters will look at the intersection of discipline with School Attendance Review Boards and truancy related juvenile proceedings."

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo, Cynthia Rice

Date:

11/2012

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

Breaking-Developments-in-CA-School-Discipline-Juvenile-Justice.pdf

Discipline/truancy

Letter “Sign AB 420 to Support Civil Rights” (August 15, 2013)

This is a letter submitted to Governor Brown urging him to sign...

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This is a letter submitted to Governor Brown urging him to sign AB 420, a bill that would reduce the use of EC Section 48900(k) (willful defiance) as a grounds for suspension and expulsion in California schools. The letter was signed by YLC’s Director, Jennifer Rodriguez, and 21 other Civil Rights and legal directors, including Jesse Jackson, Cruz Reynoso and Dolores Huerta.

Author(s):

Jennifer Rodriguez, Jesse Jackson, Cruz Reynoso, Delores Huerta

Date:

8/2013

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

AB-420-Civil-Rights-Letter-to-Gov-Brown-FINAL1.pdf

Discipline/truancy

What Sacramento is Saying About School Discipline

This power point was presented to school district personnel attending the California...

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This power point was presented to school district personnel attending the California Endowment's "Central Valley Educational Leadership Institute" on October 10, 2012 in Fresno California. The power point provides a summary of the new discipline reform bills that were signed into law during the 2011-2012 legislative session.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

10/2012

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

What-Sacramento-is-Saying-About-School-Discipline-Read-Only.pdf

Discipline/truancy

Exclusion and Push-Out Power Point

This is a power point that addresses issues related to the disproportionate...

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This is a power point that addresses issues related to the disproportionate impact of discipline policies, involuntary placements in alternative schools, and the impact policies governing truancy and SARB referrals. The power point was prepared for the LAAC traveling training held on November 9, 2011 in Fresno.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo, Cynthia Rice

Date:

11/2011

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

Exclusion-and-Push-Out-Power-Point-Read-Only.pdf

Discipline/truancy

School to Nowhere – Web Resources

This provides a list of websites related to school discipline, zero tolerance...

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This provides a list of websites related to school discipline, zero tolerance and other related issues.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

11/2012

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

School-to-Nowhere-Web-Resources.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

Advocates letter to CDHSC re former foster youth and IAP 24 Month Roadmap

Letter from children's advocacy coalition to CDHCS regarding problems enrolling former foster...

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Letter from children's advocacy coalition to CDHCS regarding problems enrolling former foster youth in Medi-Cal through the single Streamlined Application on-line portal and urging programming changes that prioritize foster youth immediately.

Author(s):

Jessica Haspel, Alice Bussiere

Date:

2/2015

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Advocates-letter-re-Former-Foster-Youth-CalHEERs-and-IAP-roadmap.pdf

Legal Rights/Placement, Standards/enforcement

Public Comments from Youth Advocates on DHHS ORR PREA Commnets

Public Comments from Youth Advocates on Department of Health and Human Services'...

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Public Comments from Youth Advocates on Department of Health and Human Services' Interim Final Rule to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment Involving Unaccompanied Children.

Author(s):

Dana Schoenberg, Alice Bussiere

Date:

2/2015

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

DHHS-ORR-PREA-Comments-Youth-Organizations-Final-Letter-with-Sign-Ons.pdf

Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Standards/enforcement

Senate panel examines why California foster system addicted to psychiatric drugs

Article about February 24, 2015 hearing before the Human Services Committee about...

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Article about February 24, 2015 hearing before the Human Services Committee about the over-use of psychotropic medications on foster youth.

Author(s):

Karen de Sa

Date:

2/2015

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

Santa-Cruz-Sentinel-Senate-panel-examines-why-CA-foster-system-addicted-to-psychiatric-drugs-2.24.15.pdf

Detention, Disposition/placement, Standards/enforcement

San Diego City Beat “Legislation seeks to end isolation in juvenile facilities”

Article in San Diego City Beat on SB 124 (Leno), a in...

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Article in San Diego City Beat on SB 124 (Leno), a in the California legislature that would limit the use of isolation in juvenile facilities in California,

Author(s):

Kelly Davis

Date:

2/2015

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

Legislation-Seeks-to-End-Isolation-in-Juvenile-Facilities-San-Diego-CityBeat-2-4-15.pdf

Congregate care, Foster care

I want to be there when he graduates: Foster parents show higher levels of commitment than group care providers

YLC co-authored this study which showed greater commitment of foster parents to...

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YLC co-authored this study which showed greater commitment of foster parents to children than group home providers. Study published in Children and Youth Services Review 51, 2015 95-100.

Link:

http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1QZi5hNfKUvIX

Legal Rights/Placement

Brief of Amici Curiae Youth Law Center and Public Counsel Law Center

Amicus Brief of Youth Law Center and Public Counsel in the Matter...

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Amicus Brief of Youth Law Center and Public Counsel in the Matter of Christian H., a case pending in the California Court of Appeal, in which a youth’s immigration status prevailed over consideration of his rehabilitation and best interest. The youth was adjudicated delinquent after admitting to possession of a controlled substance. The probation department recommended releasing him to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and argued that an out of home placement order would violate federal law. The court placed him on probation but ordered him to serve time served in juvenile hall plus two days to facilitate his transfer to ICE. The amicus brief argues that the court and the probation department relied on a flawed interpretation of federal law, that the juvenile court disposition violated state laws and a San Francisco ordinance, and that the youth was treated differently because of him immigration status. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP. is representing YLC and Public Counsel in the matter.

Author(s):

Nitin Jindal

Date:

2/2015

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

Amicus-Brief-in-the-Matter-of-Christian-H..pdf

Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement

AB 388: What Group Home Staff Need to Know

Fact Sheet on AB 388: What Group Home Staff Need to...

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Fact Sheet on AB 388: What Group Home Staff Need to Know. AB 388, which takes effect January 1, 2015, is a new law specifically intended to reduce the frequency of law enforcement involvement and delinquency petitions arising from incidents at group homes.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center, ChildrenNow, East Bay Children's Law Office, Public Counsel

Date:

1/2015

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

AB-388-What-Group-Home-Staff-Need-to-Know.pdf

Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement

AB 388: What Youth Advocates Need to Know

Fact Sheet on AB 388: What Youth Advocates Need to Know....

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Fact Sheet on AB 388: What Youth Advocates Need to Know. AB 388, a new law which takes effect January 1, 2015, is specifically intended to reduce the frequency of law enforcement involvement and delinquency petitions arising from incidents at group homes.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center, ChildrenNow, East Bay Children's Law Office, Public Counsel

Date:

1/2015

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

AB-388-What-Youth-Advocates-Need-to-Know.pdf

Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement

AB 388: New Protections for Youth In Group Homes

Fact Sheet on AB 388, a new law taking effect January 1,...

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Fact Sheet on AB 388, a new law taking effect January 1, 2015, designed to prevent unnecessary law enforcement involvement in group homes. What Youth Need to know about the new law.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center, ChildrenNow, East Bay Children's Law Office, Public Counsel

Date:

1/2015

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

AB-388-New-Protections-for-Youth-in-Group-Homes.pdf

Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement

AB 388: What Social Workers Need to Know

Fact sheet for social workers on AB 388: a new law taking...

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Fact sheet for social workers on AB 388: a new law taking effect January 1, 2015, designed to prevent unnecessary policy involvement in group homes and reduce the use of locked detention before trial for foster youth.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center, ChildrenNow, East Bay Children's Law Office, Public Counsel

Date:

1/2014

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

AB-388-What-Social-Workers-Need-to-Know.pdf

Legal Rights/Placement

Motion to Enforce Settlement

Motion to Enforce Settlement and Memorandum in Support of Motion to Enforce...

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Motion to Enforce Settlement and Memorandum in Support of Motion to Enforce Settlement of Class Action (Flores v. Johnson).

Author(s):

Carlos Holguin, Alice Bussiere

Date:

2/2015

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

Flores-Notice-of-Motion-and-Memorandum-to-Enforce-Settlement.pdf

Legal Rights/Placement

Press Release

Press Release on Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement in Flores v. Johnson

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Press Release on Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement in Flores v. Johnson

Author(s):

Carlos Holguin

Date:

2/2015

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

FloresPressRelease020215.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

DHCS Flyer re Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth

Flyer from DHCS on Medi-Cal for former foster youth ---who qualifies...

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Flyer from DHCS on Medi-Cal for former foster youth ---who qualifies and how to sign up,

Author(s):

DHCS

Date:

1/2015

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

FFY-Flyer-1-26-15.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

ACWDL 14-41 – Enrollment in the Former Foster Care Children’s (FFCC) Program for Mandatory Coverage Group and Optional Coverage Group County Process for Medi-Cal Applicants

The purpose of this All County Welfare Directors Letter (AWCDL) is to...

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The purpose of this All County Welfare Directors Letter (AWCDL) is to provide County Department of Social Services (Counties) with guidance on the handling of the former foster care youth in the Mandatory Coverage Group and Optional Coverage Group.

Author(s):

State of Calfornia -Dept. of Health Care Services

Date:

12/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

ACWDL-14-41-enrollment-in-former-foster-care-childrens-program-for-mandatory-coverage.pdf

Alternatives to incarceration/JDAI, Collateral consequences, Detention, Disposition/placement, Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy analyses, Realignment of resources

Sticker Shock: Calculating the Full Price Tag for Youth Incarceration

Report by the Justice Policy Institute outlining the costs of juvenile incarceration.

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Report by the Justice Policy Institute outlining the costs of juvenile incarceration.

Author(s):

Justice Policy Institute

Date:

12/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

sticker_shock_final_v2.pdf

Alternatives to incarceration/JDAI, Collateral consequences, Detention, Disposition/placement, Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy analyses, Realignment of resources

Juvenile Justice Can Be Less Expensive and More Effective

Op-ed by YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell on the cost of juvenile...

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Op-ed by YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell on the cost of juvenile detention published by the Sacramento Bee

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

12/2014

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

Sacramento-Bee-12.12.14-Op-Ed-Juvenile-Justice-Can-Be-Less-Expensive-and-More-Effective.pdf

"Know your rights", AB 12, AB 12, Access to care/EPSDT, Alternatives to incarceration/JDAI, Congregate care, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Inmate Exclusion, Kinship/guardianship, Legal Rights/Placement, Mental Health Services Act, Permanency planning, Placement delay, Relatives/kinship care, Specific Services, SSI/Social Security, Title IV-E funding, Transitional Medicaid

Legal Rights of Teens in Out of Home Care (2014)

This booklet, based on California law, covers some of the concerns of...

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This booklet, based on California law, covers some of the concerns of a youth in out-of-home care, including types of placements, guardianship, independent living, role of the courts, visitation, confidentiality, pregnancy, money, religion, driving, emancipation and rights and responsibilities of youth in out-of-home care, group or foster homes

Author(s):

YLC

Date:

9/2014

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

legal-rights-of-teens-2014.pdf

Alternative education, Discipline/truancy

California takes on harsh discipline and academic inequities for black, latino students

Article by Center for Public Integrity on school discipline and push out...

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Article by Center for Public Integrity on school discipline and push out of Black and Latino youth in California’s education system. Article quotes Sue Burrell.

Author(s):

Susan Ferriss

Date:

10/2014

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

Ctr.-for-Public-Integrity-CA-takes-on-harsh-discipline-and-academic-inequalities.10.29.14.pdf

Congregate care, Dual jurisdiction, Foster care

Letter from YLC sponsoring AB 388

Letter to Assembly Member Wesley Chesbro co-sponsoring SB 388

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Letter to Assembly Member Wesley Chesbro co-sponsoring SB 388

Author(s):

Maria Ramiu

Date:

3/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

AB-388-sponsor-letter.pdf

Congregate care, Dual jurisdiction, Foster care

AB 388 Chaptered Text

Text of AB 388, bill requiring oversight on the use of law...

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Text of AB 388, bill requiring oversight on the use of law enforcement in group homes, limiting the unnecessary secure detention of foster youth and providing the same protections for foster youth that non-foster youth living at home with parents routinely receive when the come into contact with the delinquency system.

Author(s):

Chesbro

Date:

10/2014

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

AB388-Chaptered.pdf

Adolescence, Disposition/placement, LGBTQ, Trying juveniles as adults

Prison for Teen Who Lit “Agender” Youth’s Skirt on Fire Thwarts Healing

Blog, by Youth Law Center Staff Attorney Sue Burrell, for the Huffington...

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Blog, by Youth Law Center Staff Attorney Sue Burrell, for the Huffington Post, on the sentencing of a teen who was tried as an adult.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

10/2014

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

Prison-for-Teen-Who-Lit-Agender-Youths-Skirt-on-Fire-Thwarts-Healing-HuffPost-10-22-14.pdf

Enrollment/re-entry

Chaptered Text AB 2276

Text of AB 2276

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Text of AB 2276

Author(s):

Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra

Date:

8/2014

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

ab_2276_bill_20140930_chaptered.pdf

Enrollment/re-entry

YLC Letter in Support of AB 2276

Letter in Support of AB 2276, a bill addressing the re-enrollment rights...

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Letter in Support of AB 2276, a bill addressing the re-enrollment rights of juvenile justice youth.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

8/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Support-Letter-to-Governor-AB-2276.pdf

Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry

SB 1111 Chaptered Text

The text of SB 1111 addressing transfer rights of students referred to...

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The text of SB 1111 addressing transfer rights of students referred to county community schools.

Author(s):

State Senator Ricardo Lara

Date:

8/2014

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

sb_1111_bill_20140929_chaptered1.pdf

Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry

YLC Letter in Support of SB 1111

Letter by YLC Staff Attorney Deborah Escobedo requesting the Governor's signature on...

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Letter by YLC Staff Attorney Deborah Escobedo requesting the Governor's signature on SB 1111. This bill addresses the transfer rights of students referred to county community schools, makes the statute consistent with state and federal laws governing the educational placement rights of foster care and homeless youth, and closes an existing loophole in the discipline code which allows students who have won their expulsion hearing to be denied their right to return to a comprehensive school.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

8/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Letter-of-Support-SB-1111-Governor-Brown.pdf

Alternatives to incarceration/JDAI, Detention, LGBTQ

Op-Ed: Incarcerating Disturbed Youth Is a Flawed Response

YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell, wrote an op ed piece for the...

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YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell, wrote an op ed piece for the CT Mirror, Incarcerating Disturbed Youth is a Flawed Response (LINK to uploaded article), published September 22, 2014. The piece follows Connecticut's decisions to lock a transgender teenager, first in an adult women's facility in Connecticut, and then in a boys' institution. The piece discusses the important of preventing cross-over into the juvenile justice system of youth whose problems, like Jane Doe's, stem from chronic abuse and mental health issues. It points to the negative impact of incarceration on these youth, urges the importance of developing individualized non-institutional services to meet their needs, and offers several resources to assist in that goal

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

9/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Incarcerating-Disturbed-Youth-is-a-Flawed-Response-CT-Mirror-9-22-14.pdf

Juvenile records/court proceedings

Press Release

Press Release Regarding Opposition to Closure of Santa Barbara Juvenile Court.

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Press Release Regarding Opposition to Closure of Santa Barbara Juvenile Court.

Author(s):

Virginia Corrigan

Date:

9/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

PRESS-RELEASE-Final.pdf

Juvenile records/court proceedings

Letter in Opposition to Proposed Closure of Santa Barbara Juvenile Court

Letter to Court Executive Officer Darrell Parker of Santa Barbara, detailing the...

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Letter to Court Executive Officer Darrell Parker of Santa Barbara, detailing the problems associated with the proposed closing of the Santa Barbara Juvenile Court.

Author(s):

Virginia Corrigan

Date:

9/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Letter-Opposing-Santa-Barbara-Juvenile-Court-Closure.pdf

Detention

SF Gate (AP).Groups Seeks Probe Into Pepper Spray Use

AP article appearing in SFGate.com on Complaint filed with DOJ over use...

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AP article appearing in SFGate.com on Complaint filed with DOJ over use of pepper spray in San Diego juvenile detention facilities.

Author(s):

Julie Watson

Date:

7/2014

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

SF-Gate.com_.Groups-Seek-Probe-Into-Pepper-Spray.7.28.pdf

Detention

SD Tribune article – Pepper Spray, Searches Draw Complaint

Article in San Diego Union Tribune on Complaint filed with DOJ over...

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Article in San Diego Union Tribune on Complaint filed with DOJ over Use of Pepper Spray in San Diego juvenile detention centers.

Author(s):

Mark Walker

Date:

7/2014

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

San-Diego-Union-Tribune.Pepper-Spray-Searches-Draw-Complaint.7.28.14.pdf

Detention

San Diego City Beat – Civil Rights Groups Blast San Diego County Over Pepper Spray in Juvenile Halls

article in Sn Diego City Beat on DOJ complaint filed over pepper...

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article in Sn Diego City Beat on DOJ complaint filed over pepper spray use in San Diego juvenile halls

Link:

http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/article-13253-civil-rights-groups-blast-san-diego-county-over-pepper-spray-in-juvenile-halls.html

Detention

San Diego Union Tribune (AP) – Groups Seek Probe Into Pepper Spray Use

Article appearing in the San Diego Union Tribune on complaint filed with...

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Article appearing in the San Diego Union Tribune on complaint filed with DOJ by Youth Law Center and other groups on use of pepper spray on youth in San Diego juvenile detention facilities

Author(s):

Julie Watson

Date:

7/2014

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

San-Diego-Union-Tribune-Groups-Seek-Probe-Into-Pepper-Spray-Use.pdf

Detention

San Diego City Beat “Civil Rights Groups Blast San Diego County over Pepper Spray in Juvenile Halls

Article by Dave Maass and Kelly Davis on DOJ Complaint filed by...

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Article by Dave Maass and Kelly Davis on DOJ Complaint filed by Youth Law Center over use of pepper spray in San Diego juvenile halls

Author(s):

Dave Maass

Date:

7/2014

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

San-Diego-City-Beat.7.28.2014.Civil-Rights-Groups-Blast-San-Diego-County-Over-Pepper-Spray-in-Juvenile-Halls.pdf

Detention

Press Release

Press Release on DOJ Complaint Over Pepper Spray in San Diego Juvenile...

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Press Release on DOJ Complaint Over Pepper Spray in San Diego Juvenile Halls

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

7/2014

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

San-Diego-Pepper-Spray-Press-Release-Final.pdf

Detention, Juvenile justice legal issues

DOJ Complaint

Complaint to the Department of Justice over Pepper Spray and Mistreatment of...

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Complaint to the Department of Justice over Pepper Spray and Mistreatment of Youth in San Diego Juvenile Halls.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell, Virginia Corrigan, Deborah Escobedo, Maria Ramiu

Date:

7/2014

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

DOJ-Complaint.pdf

Discipline/truancy

SB 1296

SB 1296 was signed into law on June 27, 2014 by Governor...

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SB 1296 was signed into law on June 27, 2014 by Governor Jerry Brown. The bill bans incarceration as a contempt sanction for youth adjudicated as truants. It was co-sponsored by Youth Law Center

Author(s):

Mark Leno

Date:

6/2014

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

sb_1296_bill_20140628_chaptered.pdf

Teen parenting

My Brother’s Keeper Task Force Report to the President May 2014

First Progress Report to the President by the My Brother's Keeper Task...

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First Progress Report to the President by the My Brother's Keeper Task Force Initiative on fatherhood. Report reference work of YLC's Baby Elmo Program.

Author(s):

My Brother's Keeper Task Force

Date:

5/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

MBK-Report-to-the-President-May-2014.pdf

Juvenile justice legal issues, Trying juveniles as adults

Lawmaker Modifies Sex-Assault Bill Targeting Teens

Article in SF Gate regarding modification of SB 838 by removing two...

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Article in SF Gate regarding modification of SB 838 by removing two year mandatory minimum sentencing requirements

Author(s):

Don Thompson

Date:

6/2014

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

SF-Gate-AP-Don-Thompson-Lawmaker-Modifies-Sexual-Assault-Bill-Targeting-Teens.pdf

Legal/policy analyses, Trying juveniles as adults

Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee

Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee re: costs of SB 838

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Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee re: costs of SB 838

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

5/2014

Document Type:

Document:

SB-838-Letter-to-Senate-Appropriations-Committee.pdf

Legal/policy analyses, Trying juveniles as adults

Letter to Senate Public Safety Committee – SB 838 – Oppose

Letter to Senate Public Safety Committee opposing SB 828, a bill that...

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Letter to Senate Public Safety Committee opposing SB 828, a bill that would create a new crime for "sexting" and impose mandatory minimum sentences.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

4/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

SB-838-Letter-to-Senate-Public-Safety-Committee-oppose.pdf

Legal/policy analyses, Trying juveniles as adults

Letter to Assembly Public Safety Committee – SB 838 – Oppose

Letter to Assembly Public Safety Committee Opposing SB 838 - a bill...

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Letter to Assembly Public Safety Committee Opposing SB 838 - a bill that would create of new crime for "sexting" and impose mandatory minimum sentences.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

5/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

SB-838-Letter-to-Assembly-Public-Safety-Oppose.pdf

Legal/policy analyses, Trying juveniles as adults

SJ Mercury News Article on SB 838

Article discusses controversial bill SB 838 "Audrie's Law" which would create a...

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Article discusses controversial bill SB 838 "Audrie's Law" which would create a new crime for "sexting", reduce confidentiality in juvenile court hearings, and expand the number of juveniles tried in the adult criminal system. The article quotes YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell,

Author(s):

Jessica Calefati

Date:

6/2014

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

San-Jose-Mercury-News-juvenile-rape-legislation-6.22.14.pdf

Congregate care

Consensus statement on group care for children and adolescents: A statement of policy of the American Orthopsychiatric Association

Abstract

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LWOP/extremely long sentences

Amicus Curiae Brief of PJDC and YLC

Amicus Curiae Brief of PJDC and YLC in People v. Gutierrez

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Amicus Curiae Brief of PJDC and YLC in People v. Gutierrez

Author(s):

Pacific Juvenile Defender Center and Youth Law Center

Date:

9/2013

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

PJDC-YLC-Amicus-Brief-in-Gutierrez-S206365.pdf

LWOP/extremely long sentences

People v. Gutierrez – CA Supreme Court opinion

Decision of California Supreme Court in People v. Gutierrez

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Decision of California Supreme Court in People v. Gutierrez

Author(s):

California Supreme Court

Date:

5/2014

Document Type:

Litigation Materials

Document:

Gutierrez-Cal-Supreme-COurt-opinion-5-5-14-S206365.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

Children Now Flyer re: Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth (San Bernardino County)

Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth in San Bernardino County (do...

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Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth in San Bernardino County (do I quality, how to sign up, what is covered)

Author(s):

Children Now

Date:

4/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Coveredtil26_YouthFlyer-SanBernardino.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

Children Now Flyer re Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth In Imperial County

Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth in Imperial County (what is...

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Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth in Imperial County (what is covered; how to sign up)

Author(s):

Children Now

Date:

4/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Coveredtil26_YouthFlyer-Imperial.pdf

Health care needs

Psychotropic sign -on letter

Letter to Senators Reid and McConnell, signed by 100 advocacy organizations, urging...

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Letter to Senators Reid and McConnell, signed by 100 advocacy organizations, urging support of new initiative designed to encourage states and tribes to reduce the inappropriate use and over-prescription of psychotropic medications to children and youth in foster care and instead provide evidence-based psychosocial interventions.

Author(s):

First Focus, numerous

Date:

4/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Psychotropic-Sign-On-Letter-4-15.pdf

Division of Juvenile Facilities, Realignment of resources

The Legislature’s Role in Juvenile Justice Reform: a California Example

PDF of blog by Sue Burrell written for the National Council on...

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PDF of blog by Sue Burrell written for the National Council on Crime and Delinquency's website regarding the California Legislature's role in fxing the State's jvuenile justice system.

Author(s):

Sue Burell

Date:

4/2011

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

The-Legislatures-Role-in-Juvneile-Justice-Reform-A-California-Example.pdf

Division of Juvenile Facilities, Realignment of resources

The Legislature’s Role in Juvenile Justice Reform: A California Example

Blog by Sue Burrell appearing on the website of National Council of...

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Blog by Sue Burrell appearing on the website of National Council of Crime & Delinquency regarding California Legislature's role in fixing state's juvenile justice system.

Link:

http://nccdglobal.org/blog/the-legislature-s-role-in-juvenile-justice-reform-a-california-example

Transitional Medicaid

Fact Sheet: Medi-Cal Eligibility for Former Foster Youth Under the Affordable Care Act

Fact sheet on who is eligible for Medi-Cal eligibility under the Affordable...

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Fact sheet on who is eligible for Medi-Cal eligibility under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA recognizes that young adults may have difficulty obtaining affordable, comprehensive health care coverage on their own. As a result, the ACA permits young adults to remain on their parents’ health insurance until the age of 26. For youth who emancipate from foster care and do not have access to health insurance through their parents, the ACA provides continued coverage through Medicaid. The Medicaid program in California is known as Medi-Cal.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center, National Health Law Program

Date:

4/2014

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Medi-Cal-Fact-Sheet-040414.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

Legal Referral List – Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth: Health Advocates

Referral list of programs that provide legal assistance for people having trouble...

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Referral list of programs that provide legal assistance for people having trouble getting Medi-Cal or other health care services.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center, The Health Care Alliance, National Health Law Program

Date:

4/2014

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

MCFFY-County-Legal-Referral-formatted-040314.pdf

Teen parenting

KPCC Interview with Ben Richeda on Baby Elmo Program – article

This is an interview with Ben Richeda broadcast on KPCC, 89.3 on...

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This is an interview with Ben Richeda broadcast on KPCC, 89.3 on March 20, 2014 about the Baby Elmo Program.

Author(s):

Shirley Jahad

Date:

3/2014

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

KPCC-Radio-Innovative-program-reaches-out-to-incarcerated-teenage-fathers.pdf

Teen parenting

KPCC Bably Elmo Interview

This is a short interview on Radio Station KPCC 89.3 in Los...

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This is a short interview on Radio Station KPCC 89.3 in Los Angeles, broadcast March 30, 2014, interviewing Ben Richeda about the Baby Elmo Program.

Link:

http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/03/30/43124/innovative-program-reaches-out-to-incarcerated-tee/

Legal/policy analyses

Experts Concerned That LA County Youth Not Always Well Served by the Juvenile Justice system

News article on the appointed counsel system for delinquency cases in...

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News article on the appointed counsel system for delinquency cases in Los Angeles County.

Author(s):

Gary Cohn

Date:

3/2014

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

Experts-Concerned-that-LA-County-Youth-Not-Always-Well-Served-by-the-Juvenile-Justice-System.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

Webinar on Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth (video)

Webinar on Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth (video)

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Webinar on Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth (video)

Link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1udL2WovV4&feature=youtu.be

Transitional Medicaid

Webinar on Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth (powerpoint)

Webinar (powerpoint) on Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth

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Webinar (powerpoint) on Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth

Link:

http://www.childrennow.org/uploads/documents/Medi-Cal-Coverage-FFY.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

Children Now floyer re: Medi-cal for Former Foster Youth (Fresno County)

Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth (Fresno County)

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Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth (Fresno County)

Author(s):

Children Now

Date:

2/2014

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Coveredtil26_YouthFlyer-Fresno.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

Children Now Flyer re: Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth (Alameda County)

Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth (Alameda County)

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Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth (Alameda County)

Author(s):

Children Now

Date:

2/2014

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Alameda_County_Youth_Flyer.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

Children Now Flyer re: Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth (Solano County)

Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth (Solano County)

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Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth (Solano County)

Author(s):

Children Now

Date:

2/2014

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Coveredtil26_YouthFlyer-Solano.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

Children Now Flyer re: Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth (Santa Clara County)

Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth (Santa Clara County)

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Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth (Santa Clara County)

Author(s):

Children Now

Date:

2/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Coveredtil26_YouthFlyer-SantaClara.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

Children Now Flyer on Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth (Los Angeles County)

Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth (how to sign up in...

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Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth (how to sign up in Los Angeles County)

Author(s):

Children Now

Date:

2/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Coveredtil26_YouthFlyer-LA.pdf

Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement

YLC Statement on Solitary Confinement

Statement of the Youth Law Center, Reassessing Solitary Confinemnet II: The Human...

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Statement of the Youth Law Center, Reassessing Solitary Confinemnet II: The Human Rights, Fiscal and Public Safety Consequences, Hearing Before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

2/2014

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

YLC-Statement-on-Solitary-Confinement-2-25-14.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

Children Now Fact Sheet on Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth

Fact sheet on Medi-Cal for former foster youth

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Fact sheet on Medi-Cal for former foster youth

Author(s):

Children Now

Date:

2/2014

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Coveredtil26_Factsheet.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

Children Now Flyer re Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth (California)

Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth

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Flyer on Medi-Cal for former foster youth

Author(s):

Children Now

Date:

2/2014

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Coveredtil26_YouthFlyer.pdf

Access to care

Letter Supporting Bicameral Therapeutic Foster Care Bills

This letter supports passage of S. 1992 and H.R. 4016, bipartisan, bicameral...

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This letter supports passage of S. 1992 and H.R. 4016, bipartisan, bicameral bills, also known as the Quality Foster Care Services Act of 2014.

Author(s):

Foster Family-based Treatment Association

Date:

2/2014

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Letter-supporting-bicameral-TFC-definition-bills.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

CWDA Former Foster Care Children Desk Aid

Information of FFCC eligiblity requirements, including outreach form and aplication

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Information of FFCC eligiblity requirements, including outreach form and aplication

Author(s):

CWDA

Date:

1/2014

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

CWDA-FFCC-Desk-Aid.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

Medi-Cal Application for Former Foster Youth

Application and Statement of Facts for an Individual who is Over 18...

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Application and Statement of Facts for an Individual who is Over 18 and Under 26 and Who was in Foster Care Placement on His or Her 18th Birthday

Author(s):

Department of Health Care Services

Date:

1/2014

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

mc250a-20141-2a.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

DHCS Medi-Cal Eligibility Division Informational Letter

Treatment of Former Foster Care Children's Program

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Treatment of Former Foster Care Children's Program

Author(s):

Department of Health Care Services

Date:

1/2014

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

Released-FFCC-MEDIL-I-14-05-Jan-17.pdf

Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement

Protecting Youth in the PREA National Standards

These are public comments from youth advocates on proposed standards for the...

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These are public comments from youth advocates on proposed standards for the implementation of the National Prison Rape Elimination Act. Although the organizatons support many of the draft regulations, they recommend several revisions that are necessary to fulfill PREA’s mandate and protect youth in secure custody. This publication includes recommendations for the following key issues: • PREA Coordinators • Staffing • Employee training • Definition of “sexual abuse” • Searches of transgender and intersex residents • Housing decisions for transgender and intersex residents • Limits on cross-gender viewing • Victimization of LGBTI and gender nonconforming youth • Sexual harassment • Isolation • Discipline • Accommodations for youth with limited English proficiency • Exhaustion of administrative remedies • Audits • Youth in adult facilities

Author(s):

Several Advocacy Organizations

Date:

4/2011

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

PREA_Youth_Comments_0.pdf

Realignment of resources

Juvenile Justice Reform: Realigning Responsibilities

Realizing the state could not afford to comply with the Farrell consent...

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Realizing the state could not afford to comply with the Farrell consent decree, in 2007, policy-makers acted to reduce the number of youth offenders housed in state facilities by enacting realignment legislation which shifted responsibility to the counties for all but the most serious youth offenders. This major step had long been recommended by youth advocates and experts, and by this Commission in 1994 and 2005, as many counties had demonstrated they were more effective and efficient in managing and rehabilitating youth offenders. As part of the realignment, the state made the historic commitment to provide counties with the money to pay for the programs and services for the shifted population. The Commission took the opportunity to evaluate the realignment as it unfolded with the goal of making recommendations on areas in which the state could improve. This study focused on two key areas of California’s juvenile justice system: -Implementation of the realignment and what it will take to be successful and efficient. -Effective management of the small number of youth offenders who, under the realignment legislation, will remain at the state level.

Author(s):

Little Hoover Commission

Date:

7/2008

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

report192-Little-Hoover-Commission-Report.pdf

Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues

Joint Informational Hearing on the California Youth Authority, May 16, 2000

In response to recent disclosures concerning the California Youth Authority, on May...

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In response to recent disclosures concerning the California Youth Authority, on May 16, 2000, the Senate and Assembly Public Safety Committees held a joint oversight hearing. The Committees heard eleven witnesses concluding with testimony from Robert Presley, Secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency and Jerry Harper, the newly appointed Director of the Youth Authority. Sue Burrell, attorney with the Youth Law Center, was one of the eleven witnesses and described how her firm sued the CYA in 1989 over its failure to provide adequate special education services. Although the suit was settled quickly in 1990, YLC has spent 10 years trying to secure CYA’s compliance with the requirements laid out in the consent decree reached in the case. While compliance has reached acceptable minimum standards in 8 out of 10 institutions, Burrell testified that at Nelles and YTS, less than 50% of the legally required services are being provided. A major problem with the delivery of special education services is in the "lock-down" units, where wards are confined to their cells for 23 hours a day, often for months at a time, Burrell stated. A U.S. Justice Department study was cited indicating that the CYA is among only 4% of youth training facilities nationwide that place no limit on how long wards may be held in isolation. She described how those wards in the lock-down units who are allowed out of their cells for education are brought out wearing only their underwear and receive their instruction in individual metal cages. Burrell submitted that the problems with delivery of special education services are related to the system-wide failure to provide regular educational services. She cited rigid rules at the CYA which result in wards being held out of school because, for example, they are in Phase One or orientation. Burrell also testified that Youth Law Center recently has filed another suit against the CYA for its failure to obtain State licensing of its medical facilities, as required by law since 1996. She also stated that in 1996, five Youth Authority wards committed suicide; four of these wards were waiting for intensive treatment program beds. Research

Author(s):

California Legislature

Date:

5/2000

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

Joint-Informational-Hearing-on-the-California-Youth-Authority-May-16-2000.pdf

Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues

Violence-Prone Youth Authority Still Fails Its Children, Its Taxpayers – Daily Journal Forum Column

Article in the Daily Journal Forum Column about efforts to reform the...

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Article in the Daily Journal Forum Column about efforts to reform the California Youth Authority (DJJ) that began with the Prison Law Office filing Farrell v. Harper and that more needs to be done.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell and Jonathan Laba

Date:

4/2006

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

Daily-Journal-CYA-4-6-06.pdf

Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues

California Juvenile Justice Reform in the 21st Century (So Far)

This 2006 presentation at the California Public Defender Association meeting in Monterey...

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This 2006 presentation at the California Public Defender Association meeting in Monterey covers changes at the California Youth Authority (DJJ) because of lawsuit, legislative efforts to introduce the Missouri model, and defender mobilization.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

1/2006

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

CPDA-California-JJ-Reform-21st-C-Jan-06.pdf

Legal/policy issues, Training school

Letter to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department re Proposed Changes to Pepper Spray Regulations

This letter expresses YLC concerns regarding proposed changes to pepper spray regulations...

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This letter expresses YLC concerns regarding proposed changes to pepper spray regulations in Texas. It has a lot of background on legal and professional standards as well as the damage to youth caused by pepper spray

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

11/2013

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Ltr-to-Texas-Juv-Justice-Dept-re-changes-to-pepper-spray-regs-11-8-13.pdf

AB 12

Transition Planning and Support for Tribal Youth – Powerpoint Presentation

This powerpoint presentation was presented during the training on Tribal Youth in...

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This powerpoint presentation was presented during the training on Tribal Youth in Transition in collaboration with the Youth Law Center, the Yurok Tribe,the California Indian Legal Services, and the Alliance for Children’s Rights at the Yurok Tribal Community Center in Klamath California on November 20, 2013. The training covered AB 12, which extends support for eligible youth after age 18, and focused on the specific needs of tribal youth as they move into adulthood. Participants included tribal social workers, child welfare and probation staff from Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, school district personnel, CASAs, and staff from youth serving agencies.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center, Yurok Tribe, California Indian Legal Services, and Alliance for Children’s Rights

Date:

11/2013

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

Transitional-Planning-Tribal-Youth-111513.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

DHCS Responses to Advocates’ Questions

In a question and answer format, the California Department of Health Care...

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In a question and answer format, the California Department of Health Care Services Medi-Cal Eligibility Division answers advocates questions regarding the Affordable Care Act and Former Foster Youth.

Author(s):

YLC/DHCS

Date:

10/2013

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

FFCCAdvocates.pdf

LWOP/extremely long sentences

Overview of S.B. 260 (Hancock) Sentencing Review for Juveniles Tried as Adults in California

Factsheet on SB 260 that decribes the problem, S.B. 260 and how...

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Factsheet on SB 260 that decribes the problem, S.B. 260 and how S.B. 260 is to be implemented.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

10/2013

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

SB-260-Fact-Sheet-Final-10-4-13.docx

Legal Rights/Placement

Letter Urging Senate to Pass Children Immigration Reform S. 744

This letter urges the senate to: -Protect S.744’s pathway to citizenship for...

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This letter urges the senate to: -Protect S.744’s pathway to citizenship for the 11 million, including the DREAM Act, and ensure that the youngest DREAMers have access to the same 5-year pathway to citizenship as older DREAMers -Support efforts to provide equal access to health services and programs that are critical to children’s health and well-being, and defend against efforts to further limit children’s access to these programs -Defend access to critical income supports for children and families, such as the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and defend against efforts to prevent low-income immigrant families from accessing the path to citizenship and income supports -Support proposals that would promote family unity and protect the provisions in S.744 that keep families together, including improvements to the family-based immigration system; the ability of immigration judges to consider hardship to children in removal and inadmissibility decisions; and the provision that would provide a means for certain removed immigrants, such as parents of U.S. citizen children and DREAM-eligible youth, to return to the U.S. and apply for citizenship -Protect the provisions in S.744 that would ensure that immigration enforcement measures no longer needlessly separate families or cause harm to children -Defend the provisions in S.744 that would improve protections for unaccompanied immigrant children, including access to legal representation and improved screening and training mechanisms for immigration enforcement personnel, and support efforts to further ensure that immigration enforcement actions duly consider the best interest of the child

Author(s):

Several Advocacy Organizations

Date:

6/2013

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Children-Senate-Immigration-Reform-Letter-FINAL.pdf

Legal Rights/Placement

Amendments to S. 744 That Affect Children and Families

The First Focus Campaign for Children (FFCC) is committed to advocating for...

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The First Focus Campaign for Children (FFCC) is committed to advocating for passage of immigration reform that addresses the specific needs and interests of children. As the Senate continues deliberation of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S.744), FFCC will be working to defend the provisions in the bill that keep families together and promote children’s well-being, defend against attacks on children and families, and support amendments that will improve outcomes for children. This is a list of amendments that FFCC has determined could benefit or harm children and families. This list will be updated accordingly as amendments are filed.

Author(s):

First Focus Campaign for Children

Date:

6/2013

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Child-Amendments-to-S744-2013-06-18-1252.pdf

Transitional Medicaid

California Affordable Care Act Amendment re Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth

Section 14005.28 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code. This section...

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Section 14005.28 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code. This section shall become operative January 1, 2014.

Author(s):

Alice Bussiere

Date:

10/2013

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

California-ACA-Amendment.pdf

Teen parenting

Developing an Effective Intervention for Incarcerated Teen Fathers – The Baby Elmo Program

The absence of a father figure has been linked to very poor...

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The absence of a father figure has been linked to very poor developmental outcomes. The Baby Elmo Program, a parenting and structured visitation program, aims to form and maintain bonds between children and their incarcerated teen fathers. The program is taught and supervised by probation staff in juvenile detention facilities. This intervention is based on building a relationship between the teen and his child, rather than on increasing the teen’s abstract parenting knowledge. Because the intervention is conducted in the context of parent–child visits, it fosters hands-on learning and increases the opportunity for contact between these young fathers and their children, a benefit in itself. An evaluation of the program indicated improvements in quality of interactions and communication; this increase in the interactional quality of the relationship increases the likelihood that the father and child will form and maintain a positive relationship.

Author(s):

Natalie Brito, Rachel Barr, Carole Shauffer, Jennifer Rodriguez

Date:

5/2012

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

Britoetal2012.pdf

Teen parenting

The Baby Elmo Program: Improving Teen Father–Child Interactions within Juvenile Justice Facilities

The aim of the Baby Elmo Program is to establish a low-cost,...

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The aim of the Baby Elmo Program is to establish a low-cost, sustainable parenting and structured visitation program for non-custodial incarcerated teen parents. The program is taught and supervised by probation staff in juvenile detention facilities and unlike traditional programs, this intervention is not based on increasing the teen's abstract parenting knowledge, but rather in building a relationship between the teen and his child. The sessions target the interactional quality of the relationship by introducing relationship, communication, and socio-emotional enhancing techniques. Because the intervention is conducted in the context of parent–child visits, it fosters hands-on learning and increases the opportunity for contact between these young parents and their children, a benefit in itself. Twenty father–infant dyads, with infants ranging in age from 6 to 36 months, participated in the present preliminary evaluation of the program. Individual growth curve analyses showed significant gains in five of six measures of emotional responsiveness with the age of infant as a significant covariate. These results indicate improvements in positive high quality interactions and communication during sessions between infants and their incarcerated parents and this increase in the interactional quality of the relationship increases the likelihood that the incarcerated teen and child will form and maintain a positive relationship with one another.

Author(s):

Rachel Barr, Natalie Brito, Jaclyn Zocca, Samantha Reina, Jennifer Rodriguez, Carole Shauffer

Date:

12/2010

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

Barretal2011.pdf

Teen parenting

Juveniles in Custody Taught Parenting Skills

The Sacramento Press articie profiles the Baby Elmo Program that teaches parenting...

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The Sacramento Press articie profiles the Baby Elmo Program that teaches parenting skills to incarcerated juveniles.

Link:

http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/46564

Teen parenting

County’s Baby Elmo Program Reunites Incarcerated Teen Parents with Their Children

Noozhawk article highlights the success of the Baby Elmo Program in teaching...

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Noozhawk article highlights the success of the Baby Elmo Program in teaching parenting skills to incarcerated juveniles with children.

Link:

http://www.noozhawk.com/article/011312_santa_barbara_county_baby_elmo_program/

Teen parenting

Rehabilitative Program Strengthens Family Bonds

This Daily Nexus article discusses how the Bably Elmo Program is strengthening...

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This Daily Nexus article discusses how the Bably Elmo Program is strengthening family bonds between infants and their parents in juvenile detention facilities.

Link:

http://dailynexus.com/2012-01-20/rehabilitative-program-strengthens-family-bonds/

Teen parenting

Teen Dads Behind Bars Receive Parenting Skills with the Baby Elmo Program

An ABC local news station in Cleveland, Ohio highlights the success of...

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An ABC local news station in Cleveland, Ohio highlights the success of our Baby Elmo Program about how incarcerated juvenile fathers are gaining parenting skills.

Link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhxkx7SVp-I&feature=youtu.be

Teen parenting

Classes Turning Incarcerated Juvenile Fathers into Dads

The Chronicle of Social Change article features our Baby Elmo Program and...

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The Chronicle of Social Change article features our Baby Elmo Program and its role in reduing recidivism and strengthening connections.

Link:

https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/news/classes-turning-incarcerated-juvenile-fathers-into-dads/3727

LWOP/extremely long sentences

Juveniles and California’s Criminal Justice System – FCLCA.org Newsletter

In this interview with Sue Burrell, she discusses SB 260 that offers...

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In this interview with Sue Burrell, she discusses SB 260 that offers hope to young people who were sentenced to lengthy adult prison terms. The interview begins on page 4 in the Summer 2013 issue of the Friends Committee on Legislation of California Newsletter.

Link:

http://www.fclca.org/images/stories/pdfs/summer2013revised.pdf

Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs

Trauma and the Environment of Care in Juvenile Institutions

This article is about trauma and the environment of care – the...

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This article is about trauma and the environment of care – the way detention itself and conditions of confinement affect youth, and some of the things that can be done to mitigate it. This is one of a great series of briefs specifically relating to trauma and youth in the juvenile justice system sponsored by The National Child Traumatic Stress Network.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

2/2013

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

jj_trauma_brief_environofcare_burrell_final.pdf

LWOP/extremely long sentences

FCLCA Newsletter Summer 2013

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed by the Friends Committee on...

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YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed by the Friends Committee on Legislation of California (FCLCA) about legislation that would provide an opportunity for review of lengthy sentences for juvenile tried as adults.

Author(s):

Friends Committee on Legislation of California

Date:

8/2013

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

FCLCA-2013-Newsletter-Interview-with-Sue-Burrell.pdf

Legal/policy analyses

Profile of Honorable Tomar Mason

This article profiles YLC Board Member Honorable Tomar Mason.

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This article profiles YLC Board Member Honorable Tomar Mason.

Author(s):

Saul Sugarman

Date:

5/2013

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

Daily-Journal-Profile-on-Judge-Tomar-Mason.pdf

Right to Counsel

The Right to an Attorney in California Juvenile Delinquency Cases

This is a fact sheet describing the right to an attorney in...

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This is a fact sheet describing the right to an attorney in California juvenile delinquency proceedings.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

7/2013

Document Type:

Fact Sheets/Overviews

Document:

Right-to-an-Attorney-in-Juvenile-Delinquency-Cases.doc

Legal Rights/Placement

The Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections (HELP) for Separated Children Act

This is a summary of the Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections (HELP)...

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This is a summary of the Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections (HELP) for Separated Children Act that builds upon humanitarian protections proposed and enacted by the Bush and Obama administrations to protect children whose parents are involved in immigration enforcement actions, and to keep children out of the child welfare system when such involvement is not necessary to ensure children's safety.

Author(s):

Senator Al Franken and Senator Chuck Grassley

Date:

5/2013

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

HELP-Separated-Children-Amendment-Summary-FINAL-FOR-CIRCULATION-Sign-ons-5-6-13.pdf

SSI/Social Security

SSI Restoration Act (H.R. 1601) Summary

This is a summary of the SSI Restoration Act, H.R. 1601, introduced...

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This is a summary of the SSI Restoration Act, H.R. 1601, introduced by Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (Arizona). The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program funds foster care for children with disabilities and is an important source of support for children with disabilities in low income families. The Act would modernize and streamline eligibility rules that have not been updated since 1972 when President Nixon signed the law that created the program. Among other improvements, the Act would increase the resource limit to $10,000, which would bring it into alignment with the rule for federal foster care benefits. Congress raised the resource limit for foster care benefits to $10,000 in 1999 to allow youth aging out of foster to save money and prepare for their transition out of state care.

Author(s):

Raul M. Grijalva

Date:

4/2013

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

SSI-Restoration-Act.pdf

Practice standards/guides

SB 166 – Bill re Training Juvenile Delinquency Attorneys

SB 166 requires Judicial Council to establish minimum hours of training and...

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SB 166 requires Judicial Council to establish minimum hours of training and education necessary in order to be appointed as counsel in delinquency proceedings. These training hours may be counted toward the minimum continuing legal education hours required by the State Bar of California. California lawyers are already required to complete (and pay for) 25 hours of continuing legal education every three years with four of those hours being in ethics, one on substance abuse and one on the elimination of bias.

Author(s):

Carol Liu

Date:

2/2013

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

SB-166-Senate-Bill-INTRODUCED.htm

Practice standards/guides

SB 166 Fact Sheet: Training for Juvenile Delinquency Attorneys

Factsheet for SB 166 that would require Judicial Council to establish minimum...

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Factsheet for SB 166 that would require Judicial Council to establish minimum hours of training and education necessary in order to be appointed as counsel in delinquency proceedings. These training hours may be counted toward the minimum continuing legal education hours required by the State Bar of California. California lawyers are already required to complete (and pay for) 25 hours of continuing legal education every three years with four of those hours being in ethics, one on substance abuse and one on the elimination of bias.

Author(s):

Carol Liu's Office

Date:

2/2013

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

SB-166-Training-for-Juvenile-Deliquency-Attorneys.pdf

AB 12, AB 12 Probation

What Caregivers Need to Know about AB 12 for Probation Involved Youth: Getting & Staying Eligible – A Power Point Presentation

This power point covers planning issues caregivers need to consider before the...

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This power point covers planning issues caregivers need to consider before the youth’s 18th birthday including permanency options (guardianship, adoption, permanent planned living arrangements) and the impact of those options on extended supports under AB 12(extended foster care, Kin-GAP, AAP) and other benefits. Special issues relative caretakers face regarding placement orders and the impact of those orders on eligibility are also covered.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

2/2013

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

Final-Getting-Staying-Eligible-022012Session-2.pdf

AB 12, AB 12 Probation

What Caregivers Need to Know about AB 12 for Probation Involved Youth: Placements – Options, Limitations & Regulations – A Power Point Presentation

This power point covers the new foster family licensing regulations and placement...

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This power point covers the new foster family licensing regulations and placement options for youth 18 and older. It also covers the impact of SILPS (Supervised Independent Living Settings), Transitional Housing Programs, limitations on group home placements and other AB 12 placement provisions on youth and their kinship or foster family caregivers.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

2/2013

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

FINAL-Placements-Options-022713.pdf

AB 12, AB 12 Probation

What Caregivers Need to Know about AB 12 for Probation Involved Youth: Transitioning to Independence – Supports and Other Benefits – A Power Point Presentation

This power point covers the supports and other benefits available to help...

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This power point covers the supports and other benefits available to help foster youth working or participating in post-secondary education or training programs as they transition to independence. Post-secondary financial aid issues, Chafee grants, SSI and planning for youth with disabilities are also covered.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

3/2013

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

Final-Transition-Supports-Benefits-030613-Session-4.pdf

AB 12, AB 12 Probation

What Caregivers Need to Know about AB 12 for Probation Involved Youth: An Overview – A Power Point Presentation

This powerpoint provides an overview of AB 12 including eligibility, benefits, living...

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This powerpoint provides an overview of AB 12 including eligibility, benefits, living settings, exit and reentry options as well as probation sanction-free jurisdictional alternatives for probation involved youth. It also includes information on how to overcome the common pitfalls and obstacles that probation-involved youth encounter in trying to access benefits under AB 12.

Author(s):

Youth Law Center

Date:

2/2013

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

2What-Caregivers-Need-to-Know-Session-1-021212.pdf

A.B. 490/foster care education

Letter Opposing Eliminating Foster Youth Services

This is the letter we faxed to the Senate Budget Committee in...

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This is the letter we faxed to the Senate Budget Committee in February 2013. The Governor’s current budget proposal would basically block grant Foster Youth Services, thereby essentially eliminating it.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

2/2013

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Foster-Youth-Services-Letter-to-Senate-Budget-Com-.pdf

Access to care/EPSDT

Letter to HHS re Proposed Regulations for Ensuring Medicaid to age 26

The Youth Law Center was one of 46 national organizations and...

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The Youth Law Center was one of 46 national organizations and 23 state and local organizations that signed on to these joint comments submitted to the Centers for the proposed regulations for ensuring Medicaid to age 26 for eligible former foster youth.

Author(s):

National and State and Local Organizations

Date:

2/2013

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Medicaid_to_26_for_Foster_Care_Youth_Proposed-Regs-SIGN-ON-2-21-13.pdf

Access to care/EPSDT

Letter to HHS re Extension of Medicaid to Former Foster Youth

YLC submitted comments on proposed rules to implement the extension of Medicaid...

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YLC submitted comments on proposed rules to implement the extension of Medicaid to former foster youth up to the age of 26 under the Affordable Care Act (ACA.) The ACA provides Medicaid to former foster youth who are in foster care when they emancipate from foster care (at age 18 or older at state option) and were enrolled in Medicaid while in foster care. YLC’s comments, submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on February 21, were generally supportive of the proposed rules but expressed concern about a proposed limitation on eligibility for children placed across state lines and a requirement that youth be enrolled in foster care on their 18th birthday (or other emancipation date.)

Author(s):

Alice Bussiere

Date:

2/2013

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

YLC-Comment-ACA-Rules-022113.pdf

Legal Rights/Placement

Principles for Children in Immigration Reform

Two page document advocating the following: - A direct, clear, and reasonable pathway...

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Two page document advocating the following: - A direct, clear, and reasonable pathway to citizenship. Any pathway to citizenship must be open, affordable, safe, and accessible to children in need of status, including beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), undocumented children under the age of 21, and unaccompanied immigrant children. - Protection and promotion of children’s fundamental rights. Our immigration system must uphold children’s constitutional rights and ensure equal access to critical public services, programs, and economic supports for children and their families. The protection of fundamental rights also includes ensuring all children receive legal representation before all immigration authorities and, for all unaccompanied children, the appointment of an independent child advocate from the moment of detention throughout the course of any immigration or other related court proceedings. - Ensure that enforcement efforts have appropriate protections for children. In all enforcement actions, including those along the border, the best interests of the child should be a primary consideration and children must be given the benefit of the doubt during any investigation, inquiry or detention. There should be appropriate and accountable training policies and protocols for interacting with and screening children that reflects a humanitarian and protection-oriented approach, prohibits the use of force with children, and creates reasonable and safe conditions for children while in or released from the custody of all arms of the federal government. - Keep families together. All policies regarding admissibility, enforcement, detention, and deportation of children and their parents must duly consider the best interests of children, including enabling immigration judges to exercise discretion in admission and removal decisions based on the hardship to U.S. citizen and lawful permanent resident children. The immigration system must be updated by resolving current backlogs and ensuring family-based immigration channels are adequate for future migration without lengthy family separation.

Author(s):

First Focus Campaign for Children

Date:

2/2013

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Principles-for-Children-in-Immigration-Reform-and-Organizations-FINAL.pdf

Legal Rights/Placement

200+ Advocates Offer Principles for Immigration Reform that Works for Children Press Release

This press release is about more than 200 organizations representing children, immigrants,...

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This press release is about more than 200 organizations representing children, immigrants, academia, faith traditions, and civil rights who released on February 5th a set of principles for immigration reform legislation that meets the needs of children. The bipartisan children’s advocacy organization First Focus and the Women’s Refugee Commission led the effort to develop these principles, which have also been endorsed by the National Latino Children’s Institute, Southern Poverty Law Center, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, MomsRising, the National Immigration Law Center, and a total of 205 organizations. The First Focus Campaign for Children urged U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee members to take these concerns into consideration during today’s immigration policy hearing.

Author(s):

First Focus Campaign for Children

Date:

2/2013

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Childrens-Principles-Press-Release-Final-2.pdf

Babies/young children

Institutional Care for Young Children: Review of Literature and Policy Implications

By Mary Dozier, Charles H. Zeanah, Allison R. Wallin, and Carole Shauffer...

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By Mary Dozier, Charles H. Zeanah, Allison R. Wallin, and Carole Shauffer Social Issues and Policy Review Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 1–25, March 2012 Millions of infants and toddlers are in institutional care around the world, care that is poorly suited to meet young children's developmental needs. In this article, the authors briefly review the history of institutional care and surrogate care, then discuss why institutional care is at odds with children's needs, and review the empirical evidence regarding the effects of institutional care on young children's development. Finally, they discuss alternatives to institutional care, and make recommendations for changes.

Author(s):

Dozier, Zeanah, Wallin and Shauffer

Date:

3/2012

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

Institutional-Care-for-Young-Children-Review-of-Literature-and-Policy-Implications.pdf

Adolescence

Parenting During Adolescence – Power point Presentation

Power point presentation that accompanies the video, "Parenting During Adolescence."

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Power point presentation that accompanies the video, "Parenting During Adolescence."

Author(s):

Judi Smetana, Ph.D.

Date:

8/2012

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

judipresentation.pdf

Nutrition

PILP Letter with FNS re FNS’ Proposed Regulations to Implement the Fleeing Felon Provisions

Public Interest Law Project's comments on USDA's proposed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...

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Public Interest Law Project's comments on USDA's proposed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) regulation which would implement eligibility requirements for the fleeing felon provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill.

Author(s):

Patti Prunhuber

Date:

10/2011

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

PILP-Comments-to-FNS-Proposed-Fleeing-Felon-Rules.pdf

Nutrition

NSCLC Letter to FNS re Proposed Rule: Clarification of Eligibility of Fleeing Felons

Comments of the National Senior Citizens Law Center and the Western Center...

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Comments of the National Senior Citizens Law Center and the Western Center on Law and Poverty on proposed United States Department of Agriculture rules that deny Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamps) to individuals categorized as “fleeing felons.” Final rules have not yet been issued.

Author(s):

Gerald McIntyre and Antionette Dozier

Date:

10/2012

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

NSCLC-WCLP-Comments-SNAP-Regs-111018.pdf

Nutrition

LSNC Letter to FNS re Comments, Fleeing Felon Proposed Regulations

This letter contains LSNC's comments to the proposed regulations to Clarify the...

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This letter contains LSNC's comments to the proposed regulations to Clarify the Eligibility of Fleeing Felons.

Author(s):

Jody Berger

Date:

12/2012

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

LSNC-fleeing-felon-final.pdf

Nutrition

YLC Letter to FNS Re YLC Comments on Proposed FNS Rule re Eligibility of Fleeing Felons

YLC writes to support the effort to clarify the SNAP eligibility criteria...

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YLC writes to support the effort to clarify the SNAP eligibility criteria and to make eligibility determinations more uniform but strongly recommend that FNS adopt the criteria established in Martinez v. Astrue and Clark v. Astrue.

Author(s):

Alice Bussiere

Date:

10/2011

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Letter-to-Angela-Kline-re-FNS-Proposed-Rule-10.17.11.pdf

Discipline/truancy

Letter to Governor Brown in Support of SB 1088

Letter to Governor Brown in support of SB 1088, a bill YLC...

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Letter to Governor Brown in support of SB 1088, a bill YLC co-wrote.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

8/2012

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

Support-SB-1088-Governor-Brown.pdf

Discipline/truancy

Letter to Governor Brown in Support of SB 1088

Letter to Governor Brown in support of SB 1088, a bill YLC...

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Letter to Governor Brown in support of SB 1088, a bill YLC co-wrote.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

8/2012

Document Type:

Legislative Materials

Document:

Support-SB-1088-Governor-Brown.pdf

Discipline/truancy

SB 1088 Fact Sheet – Fix School

This fact sheet on SB 1088 explains what SB 1088 will do...

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This fact sheet on SB 1088 explains what SB 1088 will do and how it will help students.

Author(s):

Deborah Escobedo

Date:

11/2012

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

SB-1088-Fact-Sheet-Implementation-3.pdf

Practice standards/guides

Public Records and Freedom of Information Act Requests – Power Point Presentation

Power point presentation on how public records and Freedom of Information Act...

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Power point presentation on how public records and Freedom of Information Act requests can be used as tools for change.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

10/2011

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

Public-Records-and-Freedom-of-Information-Act-Request-NJDC-Summit-2011.ppt

Mental Health Services Act

Letter to CDMH and MHSOAC re MHSA

Letter requesting that the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission broaden...

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Letter requesting that the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission broaden the recommended language with respect to juvenile justice youth in the forthcoming Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) guidelines by removing the language limiting juvenile justice youth to those who are "at first point of contact" with the justice system.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

3/2007

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Letter-to-Mayberg-Steinberg-re-MHSA-Early-Intervention-Guidelines.pdf

Mental Health Services Act

Letter to CDMH re Comments on Proposed PEI Draft Guidelines

These comments are directed at one small, but important area - the...

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These comments are directed at one small, but important area - the language with respect to children at risk of or in juvenile justice. There are several places in the proposed guidelines where a few words would vastly improve the guidance and clarify the intentions of the Mental Health Services Act.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

8/2007

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

MHSA-PEI-Comments-Youth-Law-Center-August-3-2007.pdf

Mental health needs, Mental Health Services Act, Racial Justice/DMC

Youth of Color and MHSA Prevention and Early Intervention

Article about why it is critical that the Prevention and Early Intervention...

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Article about why it is critical that the Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Guidelines be written flexibly enough to permit the use of funds for youth who may be past the front door of juvenile justice. Youth of color are particularly at risk of entering juvenile justice for mental health related behavior that is not immediately recognized.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

5/2007

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

MHSA-PEI-Racial-Issues-in-Early-Intervention.pdf

Detention, Legal/policy issues

ACLU Sues Over Center’s “Cruel” Conditions

Rocky Mountain News article about the filing of E.R. v. McDonnell, a...

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Rocky Mountain News article about the filing of E.R. v. McDonnell, a juvenile detention center conditions case, in which the Youth Law Center co-counseled.

Author(s):

Guy Kelly

Date:

12/1994

Document Type:

YLC Quotes/Mentions

Document:

Rocky-Mountain-News.-12.10.94.ACLU-Files-Suit-Over-Youth-Center.pdf

Detention, Legal/policy issues

State Settles Gilliam Lawsuit

Rocky Mountain News article about the settlement in E. R. v. McDonnell,...

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Rocky Mountain News article about the settlement in E. R. v. McDonnell, a lawsuit in which the Youth Law Center co-counseled.

Author(s):

Bill Scanlon

Date:

5/1995

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

Rocky-Mountain-News-5.19.95.-State-Settles-Gilliam-Lawsuit.pdf

Detention, Legal/policy issues

Judge Limits O.C.’s Use of Restraints on Youths

Orange County Register article about the results of the trial in Hollingsworth...

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Orange County Register article about the results of the trial in Hollingsworth v. Orange County, a case in which the Youth Law Center co-counseled.

Author(s):

Pat Brennan

Date:

6/1990

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

Orange-County-Register-6.14.90.Judge-Limits-OCs-Use-of-Restraints.pdf

Legal Rights/Placement

Prop. 187 Violates our Beliefs about Caring for Children

Op ed piece about Prop. 187, which would only allow services for...

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Op ed piece about Prop. 187, which would only allow services for children who can demonstrate that they are citizens, permanent residents, or lawfully admitted temporary residents

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

10/1994

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

Oakland-Tribune-10.28.94.-Prop-197-Violates-Our-Beliefs-About-Caring-for-Children.pdf

Mental health needs, Practice standards/guides

What Defenders Can Do to Reduce Placement Delay/Placement Failure

National Juvenile Defender Summit handout focusing on youth with serious mental health...

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National Juvenile Defender Summit handout focusing on youth with serious mental health needs.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

10/2005

Document Type:

Training Materials

Document:

National-Juvenile-Defender-Summit-defender-handout-2005.pdf

LWOP/extremely long sentences

Life Term Unconstitutional for Juvenile, State High Court Rules

LA Times article about the decision in Caballero for which Sue Burrell...

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LA Times article about the decision in Caballero for which Sue Burrell wrote an amicus.

Author(s):

Victoria Kim

Date:

8/2012

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

Life-term-for-juvenile-unconstitutional-LA-Times-8-17-12.pdf

Detention, Legal/policy issues

Judge Orders Reform at O.C. Juvenile Hall

LA Times article about the conclusion of the trial in our case,...

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LA Times article about the conclusion of the trial in our case, Hollingsworth v. Orange County.

Author(s):

Catherine Gewertz

Date:

6/1990

Document Type:

Articles/Monographs

Document:

LA-Times.6.14.90.Judge-Orders-Reforms-at-OC-Juvenile-Hall..pdf

SSI/Social Security

Children with Disabilities Aren’t Cheaters

Op ed piece about the Supplemental Security Income Legislation introduced by Republicans...

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Op ed piece about the Supplemental Security Income Legislation introduced by Republicans that would change the current system to one where vouchers would be used to only pay medical care.

Author(s):

Sue Burrell

Date:

1/1995

Document Type:

Advocacy Materials

Document:

LA-Times.-1.13.95.-Children-With-Disabilities-Arent-Cheaters.pdf

Division of Juvenile Facilities, Specific services/programs

Youth Prison System Sued Over Health Care

LA Times article ab