Resource Library

Understanding the Educational Needs of English Learner & Migrant Foster Youth – Powerpoint Presentation

This powerpoint covers issues related to the eligibility of foster youth for programs designed to...

Categories: English learner/migrant/homeless, Foster care

Juvenile Court Schools: Addressing Equity In Discipline and Other Educational Policies Impacting Minorities and Student...

This power point focuses on issues related to youth enrolled in juvenile court schools.

Categories: Alternative education

Education Issues Impacting Youth in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems

This is a training outline that covers education issues impacting both juvenile justice and foster...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Alternative education, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry, Gang profiling, Law enforcement in school, No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education

SCHOOL DISCIPLINE – WEB RESOURCES

This lists links to various websites dealing with student discipline issues and was distributed at...

Categories: Discipline/truancy

School to Nowhere Enrollment and EL/FEP Data for Select Counties and Alternative Schools

This chart shows enrollment data for alternative schools located in the following California counties: Fresno,...

Categories: Alternative education

Alternative Schools (Introduction to School Discipline) – Powerpoint Presentation

This power point covers alternative school placement issues related to school discipline.

Categories: Alternative education, Discipline/truancy

Alternative Education Outline

This outline provides a brief summary of California Education Code provisions governing alternative education placements.

Categories: Alternative education

The Quality Parenting Initiative – Fostering in the 21st Century

The May/June 2012 issue of Fostering Families Today features an article on Youth Law Center's...

Categories: Foster care, Foster parents, Relatives/kinship care

Contracts for Appointed Counsel in Juvenile Delinquency Cases: Defining Expectations

In May 2012, the UC Davis Journal of Juvenile Law and Policy published Staff Attorney...

Categories: Right to Counsel

Creating California’s “No Wrong Door” for Health Coverage: Recommendations from Consumer Advocates

In an effort to ensure that children receive the health care they need, the Youth...

Categories: Access to care

Energy Efficient Strategies for Defenders to Improve Conditions for Clents in Custody

This is a short discussion of strategies defenders may use to address individual client situations...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Update: “Fostering Connections to Success: Extending a Social Safety Net for Youths Facing Homelessness and Poverty”

The Clearinghouse Review has published an update on The Fostering Connections Act written by YLC...

Categories: Adoption assistance, Foster care, Kinship/guardianship, Title IV-E funding