Child/Adolescent Development
California Bench Card: Ensuring Normalcy and Well-Being Through Participation in Enrichment Activities
Research has conclusively demonstrated that court-involved children and adolescents present with extremely high rates of...
Categories: Child Welfare, Child/Adolescent Development, Foster care, Juvenile Justice
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Rights of Pregnant and Parenting Foster Youth in California
Rights of Pregnant and Parenting Foster Youth in California - A Fact Sheet Prepared by...
Categories: Child Welfare, Foster care, Teen parenting
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Building on the Momentum: How Appropriate Implementation of Community Based Supports Can Help Youth with Complex Care Ne...
Categories: Child Welfare, Child/Adolescent Development, Health, Juvenile Justice, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Public Benefits/Funding
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Senate Sub Committee 3 – YLC Testimony
Categories: Child Welfare, Child/Adolescent Development, Health
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Closing the Extracurriculars Gap: Prioritizing Extracurricular Activities as a Key Intervention for Children and Youth i...
This Youth Law Center report describes the benefits of extracurricular participation for youth, families, and...
Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Child/Adolescent Development, Education Access, Mental Health
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Letter from Jennifer Rodriguez to Commissioner Sanders
Letter from Jennifer Rodriguez to Commissioner Sanders appearing as an appendix to final report of...
Categories: Access to care, Babies/young children, Early childhood, Foster care, Foster parents, Health care needs, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Specific services/programs
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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 Strategy to Eliminate...
Categories: Access to care, Babies/young children, Early childhood, Foster care, Foster parents, Health care needs, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Specific services/programs
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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.
Categories: Access to care, Babies/young children, Early childhood, Foster care, Foster parents, Health care needs, Specific services/programs
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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.
Categories: Access to care, Babies/young children, Early childhood, Foster care, Foster parents, Health care needs, Specific services/programs
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Just Beginning Issue Sheet
Sheet describing the need for the Just Beginning Program; the benefits the program provides both...
Categories: Teen parenting
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Delivering Services to Incarcerated Teen Fathers: A Pilot Intervention to Increase the Quality of Father-Infant Interact...
Article appearing in Psychological Services concerning analysis of a pilot intervention, the Baby Elmo or...
Categories: Teen parenting
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Educational Rights as a Pregnant or Parenting Teen
Fact sheet on educational rights of pregnant or parenting teens.
Categories: "Know your rights", A.B. 490/foster care education, Foster care, Teen parenting
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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 Post, on the...
Categories: Adolescence, Disposition/placement, LGBTQ, Trying juveniles as adults
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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 Force Initiative on...
Categories: Teen parenting
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KPCC Interview with Ben Richeda on Baby Elmo Program – article
This is an interview with Ben Richeda broadcast on KPCC, 89.3 on March 20, 2014...
Categories: Teen parenting
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KPCC Bably Elmo Interview
This is a short interview on Radio Station KPCC 89.3 in Los Angeles, broadcast March...
Categories: Teen parenting
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Developing an Effective Intervention for Incarcerated Teen Fathers – The Baby Elmo Program
The absence of a father figure has been linked to very poor developmental outcomes. The...
Categories: Teen parenting
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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, sustainable parenting and...
Categories: Teen parenting
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Juveniles in Custody Taught Parenting Skills
The Sacramento Press articie profiles the Baby Elmo Program that teaches parenting skills to incarcerated...
Categories: Teen parenting
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County’s Baby Elmo Program Reunites Incarcerated Teen Parents with Their Children
Noozhawk article highlights the success of the Baby Elmo Program in teaching parenting skills to...
Categories: Teen parenting
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Rehabilitative Program Strengthens Family Bonds
This Daily Nexus article discusses how the Bably Elmo Program is strengthening family bonds between...
Categories: Teen parenting
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Teen Dads Behind Bars Receive Parenting Skills with the Baby Elmo Program
An ABC local news station in Cleveland, Ohio highlights the success of our Baby Elmo...
Categories: Teen parenting
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Classes Turning Incarcerated Juvenile Fathers into Dads
The Chronicle of Social Change article features our Baby Elmo Program and its role in...
Categories: Teen parenting
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Parenting During Adolescence – Power point Presentation
Power point presentation that accompanies the video, "Parenting During Adolescence."
Categories: Adolescence
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Foster Care for Young Children, Why It Must Be Developmentally Informed
The Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry published this article entitled,...
Categories: Babies/young children, Early childhood
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Rights of Teen Parents in the Juvenile Justice System – YLC Fact Sheet
Youth who come in contact with the juvenile justice system may also be parents. ...
Categories: "Know your rights", Teen parenting
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