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Moving Away from Unlicensed Care and Emergency Placements in Sacramento County: Daniels v. County of Sacramento Progress...

This report reflects on the first year since the closure of the Warren E. Thornton...

Categories: Child Welfare, Congregate care, Foster care, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Health, Legal/policy issues, Mental Health, Placement/Confinement, Relatives/kinship care, Standards/enforcement

CalFresh for Nonminor Dependents (NMDs) and Youth Exiting Foster Care: A Fact Sheet for Advocates

CalFresh--SNAP or Food Stamps-- can help young people meet their food needs and provide stability...

Categories: AB 12, Aging Out/Transition, Independent Living/Transition, Public Benefits/Funding

Flyer – Voting Rights of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System in CA

Categories: Juvenile Justice

Recent Amendments to Federal Regulation that Improve Access to Legal Representation in Child Welfare and Related Matters

This fact sheet provides a summary of recent amendments to federal regulations, 45 CFR 1356,...

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

10 Tips for Building Connections Between Legal Aid and Juvenile Court Counsel to Support Youth and Families

In California, outside of juvenile dependency and delinquency representation, there are few civil legal aid...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Foster care, Foster Care Benefits, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Legal Representation, Practice standards/guides, Public Benefits/Funding

Youth Law Center Housing Resources (2020-present)

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

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

Fact Sheet: Extended Foster Care Reentry in California

Extended Foster Care (EFC) is a statewide program that allows eligible young people to remain...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster Care Benefits, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Public Benefits/Funding

ALERT: Application Deadline and Eligibility Extended for CDSS’s Guaranteed Income (GI) Pilot Program for 354 Youth Agi...

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) oversees the Guaranteed Income (GI) Pilot Program and...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Foster Care Benefits, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Public Benefits/Funding

Complaint: Disability Rights Tennessee, Sanford Heisler Sharp, and the Youth Law Center File Lawsuit Against Tennessee f...

Attorneys from Disability Rights Tennessee, Sanford Heisler Sharp, and the Youth Law Center filed a...

Categories: Juvenile Justice

Sample Voting Policy for Juvenile Facilities (Elevating the Voting Rights of Youth Report, Appendix A)

This policy affirms the requirement to provide eligible youth the opportunity to register and to...

Categories: Juvenile Justice

List of FYI Resources for Advocates in California and Nationwide

This document is a list of all of the tools and resources Youth Law Center...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Independent Living/Transition

加州照顾寄养 儿童的休假 (Chinese)

勞工法律中心和青年法律中心撰寫的法普文章，簡介有關寄養父母放假并且領取部分薪資以照顧寄養孩子以及培養關係的權利法律。

Categories: Child Welfare, Foster care, Foster parents