Independent Living/Transition

The Family Self Sufficiency Program (FSS) is a platform for economic self-sufficiency. The program provides...

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

Having a cell phone and access to the internet has never been more crucial for...

Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Education, Independent Living/Transition

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

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

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

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

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

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

This document provides a list of the key provisions of federal law to support advocacy...

Categories: AB 12, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition

This fact sheet describes how judges can help ensure that young people are connected with...

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

This fact sheet describes how advocates can assist young people in accessing an FYI or...

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

This fact sheet describes how young people can get assistance and access to FYI vouchers....

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

This fact sheet explains how landlords can work with stakeholders to provide housing units to...

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

This fact sheet details how the child welfare agency and juvenile probation department can partner...

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

This toolkit contains fact sheets for the following stakeholders: young people, public housing authorities, public...

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

This fact sheet provides an update for child welfare agencies and juvenile probation departments about...

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

This template can be used by a young person to ask that the child welfare...

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

This template can be used to request information from a child welfare agency that has...

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

This template can be used by an advocate or attorney to ask that the child...

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

This fact sheet describes how members of the City Council can support the development of...

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

This fact sheet describes how members of the Board of Supervisors can support the development...

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

This fact sheet describes how Public Housing Authorities in California can partner with child welfare...

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

This fact sheet describes how judges can help ensure that young people are connected with...

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

This fact sheet describes how advocates in California can assist young people in accessing an...

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

This fact sheet describes how young people can get assistance and access FYI vouchers.

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

This fact sheet explains how landlords in California can work with stakeholders to provide housing...

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

This fact sheet details how the child welfare agency and juvenile probation department can partner...

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

A general fact sheet about the FYI/FUP Programs for young people nationwide.

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

A document to provide judges with questions and guidelines to help them make decisions to...

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

The court plays a central role in ensuring that young people have an adequate transition...

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

This is a resource that has been developed by the Youth Law Center to respond...

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

The purpose of this document is to provide insight to stakeholders in California on successful...

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

Youth Law Center’s TAY Practice Exchange is a free practice support network for civil legal...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12, Access to care, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Equity Issues, Foster care, Foster Care Benefits, Girls, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, LGBTQ, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Mental health needs, Public Benefits/Funding, Specific services/programs, SSI/Social Security

This toolkit contains fact sheets for the following stakeholders in California: young people, public housing...

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

The Foster Care Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Assistance Program (created by AB 1633...

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

This resource contains template letters to request information and actions related to foster youth clients,...

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

Homelessness both during extended foster care and after leaving extended foster care are critical issues...

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

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

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

Homelessness both during extended foster care and after leaving extended foster care are critical issues...

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

This supplement to the Youth Law Center Presentation: Advocacy Strategies for Preventing Involuntary Exits from THP-NMD provides a...

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

This supplement to the Youth Law Center Presentation: Advocacy Strategies for Preventing Involuntary Exits from THP-NMD provides...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Homelessness both during extended foster care and after leaving extended foster care are critical issues...

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

The following template letters can be used as part of your advocacy to (1) request...

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

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

A general fact sheet about the FYI/FUP Programs for young people in California.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Independent Living/Transition

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

Categories: 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

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

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

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

Categories: Independent Living/Transition

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

Categories: Independent Living/Transition

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

Categories: "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

Power point presentation on the benefits available to youth who are transitioning out of the...

Categories: Independent Living/Transition

A foster care youth who is in foster care on his/her 18th birthday is entitled...

Categories: Access to care/EPSDT, Independent Living/Transition

California Foster Youth Education Task Force's policy brief on transition to postsecondary education and training...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Independent Living/Transition

This BASSC Monograph examines the current needs of youth aging out of the foster care...

Categories: Foster care, Independent Living/Transition

Older adolescents leaving foster care still face tremendous obstacles as they make the transition to...

Categories: Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Permanency planning