Placement/Confinement
Community Care Licensing (CCL) Complaints: An Overview for Advocates
The Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) of the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is...
Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Child Welfare, Congregate care, Foster care, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Inspection/assessment material, Juvenile Justice, Placement/Confinement, Standards/enforcement
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Template Community Care Licensing Complaint
The Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) of the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is...
Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Child Welfare, Congregate care, Foster care, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Inspection/assessment material, Juvenile Justice, Placement/Confinement, Standards/enforcement
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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 available to county...
Categories: Child Welfare, Congregate care, Foster care, Health, Mental Health
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Families Not Facilities: Workable Solutions to Protect the Vulnerable Youth in the Department of Children’s Services...
Categories: Child Welfare, Detention, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Juvenile Justice Reform, Placement/Confinement, Secure Juvenile Facilities
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Calling Out the Harms of Incarceration: Using Research to Fight Confinement of Youth
Categories: Detention, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice Reform, Placement/Confinement
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FFPSA: Advocacy and Enforcement Template Letters
A host of new “Complex Care” supports and forms of assistance have been put into...
Categories: Child Welfare, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Legal Representation, Placement/Confinement
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Designed to Fail: A Report on Wilder Youth Development Center, a Department of Children’s Services Facility
Categories: Child Welfare, Crossover Youth, Detention, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Juvenile Justice Reform, Placement/Confinement, Secure Juvenile Facilities
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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 AB 153 (2021),...
Categories: Placement/Confinement
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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 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
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Guide to Online Information on California Licensed and Out of State Facilities
Guide to Online Information on California Licensed and Out of State Facilities
Categories: Standards/enforcement
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Emergency Planning Toolkit for Youth in Congregate Care
Youth Law Center has developed an emergency planning resource to support attorneys and advocates working...
Categories: Congregate care
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Ensuring Accountability and Transparency for Out-of-State Facilities
Ensuring Accountability and Transparency for Out-of-State Facilities
Categories: Standards/enforcement
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Youth Arrests in Group Homes and Shelters
Youth Arrests in Group Homes and Shelters Handout
Categories: Legal/policy issues
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AB 2813 Fact Sheet – Equitable Standards for Foster Youth
This fact sheet describing AB 2813, a bill that would protect children and youth in...
Categories: Congregate care, Foster care, Legal/policy issues
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AB 2813 – Letter to Gov. Brown – request for signature
Letter to Governor Brown requesting signature on AB 2813, a bill to protect children and...
Categories: Congregate care, Foster care, Legal/policy issues
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SB 1143 Support Letter – Request for Signature
Letter to Governor Brown requesting his signature; a bill limiting use of solitary confinement for...
Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement, Legal/policy issues
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AB 2005 Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet on AB 2005; a bill that will put restrictions on out of state...
Categories: Congregate care, Legal/policy issues
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AB 2005 – Request for Signature
Letter to Governor Brown Requesting Signature on AB 2005, a bill which will ensure that...
Categories: Congregate care, Legal/policy issues
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Press Release
Press release: Robin Goldfaden and Javier Stauring Join YLC
Categories: Legal/policy issues
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State Policies on Non-Family Foster Care Settings
This paper surveys state policies that restrict congregate care for children and youth in the...
Categories: Congregate care
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Request for Signature – AB 403
Letter to Governor Brown requesting signature on AB 403 (congregate care reform bill).
Categories: Congregate care
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Letter to Santa Clara Board of Supervisors
Letter from YLC to Santa Clara Board of Supervisors opposing use of pepper spray in...
Categories: Detention, Juvenile justice legal issues, Standards/enforcement
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Investigations of CA Group Homes Marked By Delays and Uncertainty
ProPublica article about California Department of Social Services' failure to timely and conclusively investigate hundreds...
Categories: Congregate care, Inspection/assessment material, Standards/enforcement
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Public Comments from Youth Advocates on DHHS ORR PREA Commnets
Public Comments from Youth Advocates on Department of Health and Human Services' Interim Final Rule...
Categories: Legal Rights/Placement, Standards/enforcement
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Senate panel examines why California foster system addicted to psychiatric drugs
Article about February 24, 2015 hearing before the Human Services Committee about the over-use of...
Categories: Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Standards/enforcement
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San Diego City Beat “Legislation seeks to end isolation in juvenile facilities”
Article in San Diego City Beat on SB 124 (Leno), a in the California legislature...
Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement, Standards/enforcement
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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 children than group...
Categories: Congregate care, Foster care
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AB 388: What Group Home Staff Need to Know
Fact Sheet on AB 388: What Group Home Staff Need to Know. AB...
Categories: Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement
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AB 388: What Youth Advocates Need to Know
Fact Sheet on AB 388: What Youth Advocates Need to Know. AB 388,...
Categories: Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement
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AB 388: New Protections for Youth In Group Homes
Fact Sheet on AB 388, a new law taking effect January 1, 2015, designed to...
Categories: Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement
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AB 388: What Social Workers Need to Know
Fact sheet for social workers on AB 388: a new law taking effect January 1,...
Categories: Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement
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Legal Rights of Teens in Out of Home Care (2014)
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
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Letter from YLC sponsoring AB 388
Letter to Assembly Member Wesley Chesbro co-sponsoring SB 388
Categories: Congregate care, Dual jurisdiction, Foster care
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AB 388 Chaptered Text
Text of AB 388, bill requiring oversight on the use of law enforcement in group...
Categories: Congregate care, Dual jurisdiction, Foster care
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Consensus statement on group care for children and adolescents: A statement of policy of the American Orthopsychiatric A...
Abstract
Categories: Congregate care
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YLC Statement on Solitary Confinement
Statement of the Youth Law Center, Reassessing Solitary Confinemnet II: The Human Rights, Fiscal and...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement
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Protecting Youth in the PREA National Standards
These are public comments from youth advocates on proposed standards for the implementation of the...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement
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Joint Informational Hearing on the California Youth Authority, May 16, 2000
In response to recent disclosures concerning the California Youth Authority, on May 16, 2000, the Senate...
Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues
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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 California Youth Authority...
Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues
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California Juvenile Justice Reform in the 21st Century (So Far)
This 2006 presentation at the California Public Defender Association meeting in Monterey covers changes at...
Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues
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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 in Texas. ...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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Trauma and the Environment of Care in Juvenile Institutions
This article is about trauma and the environment of care – the way detention itself...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs
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ACLU Sues Over Center’s “Cruel” Conditions
Rocky Mountain News article about the filing of E.R. v. McDonnell, a juvenile detention center...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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State Settles Gilliam Lawsuit
Rocky Mountain News article about the settlement in E. R. v. McDonnell, a lawsuit in...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Judge Limits O.C.’s Use of Restraints on Youths
Orange County Register article about the results of the trial in Hollingsworth v. Orange County,...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Judge Orders Reform at O.C. Juvenile Hall
LA Times article about the conclusion of the trial in our case, Hollingsworth v. Orange...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Gilliam Changes Welcome, but Delay Was Unforgivable
Denver Post op ed piece about E.R v. McDonnell, a case in which the Youth...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Gilliam Youth Center Reform Plan Hailed
Denver Post article about the settlement reached in the case, E.R. v. McDonnell, where the...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Danny O. v. Bowman Judgment
Danny O. v. Bowman was a federal class action suit on behalf of all youth...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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Jones-Mason v. Anderson Stipulation to Stay Proceedings
Jones-Mason v. Anderson was filed in December 1996 against the State Department of Social Services...
Categories: Standards/enforcement
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Jones-Mason v. Anderson Stipulated Modification
Jones-Mason v. Anderson was filed in December 1996 against the State Department of Social Services...
Categories: Standards/enforcement
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Sacramento Valley Mirror’s Sex, Drugs and Violence in Tehama Juvenile Hall
YLC Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed for this four part Sacramento Valley Mirror series...
Categories: Detention, Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy issues
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YLC Letter to Commissioner Susan Hamilton re Congregate Care for Young Children
Since 2009, the Youth Law Center has been working with Connecticut advocates to reduce group...
Categories: Babies/young children, Congregate care
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Nick O. v. Terhune Stipulation and Order
Nick O. v. Terhune was a federal class action challenging the failure of the defendants...
Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Special education, Training school
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Willie M. v. Hunt Judgment and Order
Willie M. v. Hunt was a federal civil rights lawsuit that challenged the state's failure...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school
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Willie M. v. Hunt Complaint
Willie M. v. Hunt was a federal civil rights lawsuit that challenged the state's failure...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school
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Warren v. Saenz Peremptory Writ of Mandate
Warren v. Saenz was a taxpayer action alleging that the California Department of Social Services...
Categories: Foster care, Inspection/assessment material
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Warren v. Saenz Petition for Writ and Complaint
Warren v. Saenz was a taxpayer action alleging that the California Department of Social Services...
Categories: Foster care, Inspection/assessment material
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Tommy P.v. Board of County Commissioners Memorandum and Judgment
Tommy P. v. Board of County Commissioners was a state court action to insure that...
Categories: Detention, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues
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Tommy P. v. Board of Commissioners First Amended Complaint
Tommy P. v. Board of County Commissioners was a state court action to insure that...
Categories: Detention, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues
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Morris v. Harper (Wilber v. Cate) Peremptory Writ of Mandamus
This lawsuit was filed in May 2000, challenging the failure of the California Youth Authority...
Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school
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Morris v. Harper (Wilber v. Cate) Statement of Decision
This lawsuit was filed in May 2000, challenging the failure of the California Youth Authority...
Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school
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Morris v. Harper (Wilber v. Cate) Petition for Writ
This lawsuit was filed in May 2000, challenging the failure of the California Youth Authority...
Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school
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Steven L. v. Kern County Settlement Agreement
Steven L. v. Kern County challenged the policies at the Kern County Juvenile Hall and...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Steven L. v. Kern County First Amended Complaint
Steven L. v. Kern County challenged the policies at the Kern County Juvenile Hall and...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Shaw v. San Francisco Settlement Agreement
Shaw v. San Francisco challenged various illegal policies, practices and conditions of confinement at the...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Shaw v. San Francisco Complaint
Shaw v. San Francisco challenged various illegal policies, practices and conditions of confinement at the...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Robert K. v. Bell Consent Order
Robert K. v. Bell was a federal class action brought by nine children who were...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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S.H. v. Reed Stipulation, Injunction and Order re Use of Force
S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...
Categories: Girls, Legal/policy issues, Parole, Training school
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S.H. v. Reed Temporary Restraining Order
S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...
Categories: Girls, Legal/policy issues, Parole, Training school
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S.H. v. Reed Stipulation for Injunctive Relief
S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...
Categories: Girls, Legal/policy issues, Parole, Training school
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S.H. v. Reed Second Amended Complaint
S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...
Categories: Girls, Legal/policy issues, Parole, Training school
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Nick O. v. Terhune Complaint
Nick O. v. Terhune was a federal class action challenging the failure of the defendants...
Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Special education, Training school
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Milonas v. Williams Memorandum Opinion
In Milonas v. Williams, staff attorneys challenged conditions at a secure residential facility in Provo....
Categories: Legal/policy issues
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Milonas v. Williams Second Amended Complaint
In Milonas v. Williams, staff attorneys challenged conditions at a secure residential facility in Provo....
Categories: Legal/policy issues
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Jones-Mason v. Anderson Petition
Jones-Mason v. Anderson was filed in December 1996 against the State Department of Social Services...
Categories: Standards/enforcement
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Johnnie K. v. Crist Stipulation and Order
Johnnie K. v. Crist was a civil rights action brought by juveniles confined in the...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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Johnnie K. v. Crist Complaint
Johnnie K. v. Crist was a civil rights action brought by juveniles confined in the...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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Jane G. v. Solano County Settlement Agreement and Order
Jane G. v. Solano County was filed on behalf of a 17-year-old girl who was...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Jane G. v. Solano County Complaint
Jane G. v. Solano County was filed on behalf of a 17-year-old girl who was...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Hollingsworth v. Orange County Statement of Decision and Judgment
Hollingsworth v. Orange County was a conditions of confinement case filed in state court. The...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues, Right to Counsel
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Hollingsworth v. Orange County Third Amended Complaint
Hollingsworth v. Orange County was a conditions of confinement case filed in state court. The...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues, Right to Counsel
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Gary H. v. Hegstrom Final Decree and Judgement
Gary H. v. Hegstrom challenged the conditions of confinement and adequacy of treatment programs for...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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Gary H. v. Hegstrom Second Amended Complaint
Gary H. v. Hegstrom challenged the conditions of confinement and adequacy of treatment programs for...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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G.C. v. Coler Settlement Agreement
G.C. v. Coler was a federal, class action lawsuit brought on behalf of children confined...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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G.C. v. Coler Second Amended Complaint
G.C. v. Coler was a federal, class action lawsuit brought on behalf of children confined...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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E.R. v. McDonnell Settlement Agreement and Order
E.R. v. McDonnell, was filed in December 1995, on behalf of two children confined in...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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E.R. v. McDonnell First Amended Complaint
E.R. v. McDonnell, was filed in December 1995, on behalf of two children confined in...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Doe v. Younger Settlement Agreement
Doe v. Younger challenged the conditions of confinement for juveniles at the Kenton County Detention...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Doe v. Younger Amended Complaint
Doe v. Younger challenged the conditions of confinement for juveniles at the Kenton County Detention...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Doe v. Foti Consent Decree
Doe v. Foti was a civil rights class action challenging conditions of confinement for juveniles...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Doe v. Foti Complaint
Doe v. Foti was a civil rights class action challenging conditions of confinement for juveniles...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Danny O. v. Bowman Complaint
Danny O. v. Bowman was a federal class action suit on behalf of all youth...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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D.J.R. v. Christean Consent Decree
D.J.R. v. Christean was a federal civil rights class action which challenged the use of...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement
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Clarence M. v. Yakima Parital Consent Judgment
Clarence M. v. Yakima was a civil rights action for declaratory judgment, permanent injunction, damages...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Clarence M. v. Yakima Amended Complaint
Clarence M. v. Yakima was a civil rights action for declaratory judgment, permanent injunction, damages...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Christina A. v. Bloomberg Settlement Agreement
Christina A. v. Bloomberg challenged the conditions of confinement at the South Dakota State Training...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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Christina A. v. Bloomberg Complaint
Christina A. v. Bloomberg challenged the conditions of confinement at the South Dakota State Training...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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Booraem v. Orange County Settlement Agreement
Booraem v. Orange County, filed in August 1998, challenged the detention of abused and neglected...
Categories: Congregate care, Foster care, Legal/policy issues
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Booraem v. Orange County Complaint and Petition for Writ of Mandate
Booraem v. Orange County, filed in August 1998, challenged the detention of abused and neglected...
Categories: Congregate care, Foster care, Legal/policy issues
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Bohler v. Anderson Order Granting Writ of Mandate
Bohler v. Anderson was filed in June 1997 over the failure of the Department of...
Categories: Foster care, Inspection/assessment material
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Bohler v. Anderson Petition for Writ of Mandate
Bohler v. Anderson was filed in June 1997 over the failure of the Department of...
Categories: Foster care, Inspection/assessment material
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Bobby M. v. Martinez Consent Decreee
Bobby M. v. Martinez, a federal class action, was brought on behalf of the 1,000...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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Bobby M. v. Martinez Second Amended Complaint
Bobby M. v. Martinez, a federal class action, was brought on behalf of the 1,000...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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ACLU-NM v. New Mexico CYFD The Court’s Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order Regarding September 8, 2011 ...
Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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ACLU-NM v. New Mexico CYFD 2010 Complaint
Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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ACLU-NM v. New Mexico CYFD Final Agreement
Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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ACLU-NM v. New Mexico CYFD Settlement Press Release 2009
Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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ACLU-NM v. New Mexico CYFD Appendix to 2006 Agreement
Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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ACLU-NM v. New Mexico CYFD 2006 Agreement
Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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Anthony C. v. Pima County Stipulation and Agreement
Anthony C. v. Pima County was filed in 1982 to challenge a number of practices...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Recommendations on Children in Foster Care – California Working Families Policy Summit
The Youth Law Center was co-sponsor of the 2009 California Working Families Policy Summit, held...
Categories: Access to care/EPSDT, Congregate care, Foster care
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Working Together: Building Local Monitoring Capacity for Juvenile Detention Centers
This report describes a project undertaken when the California Legislature defunded state inspections of juvenile...
Categories: Detention, Inspection / assessment material, Legal/policy issues
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Anthony C. v. Pima County Complaint
Anthony C. v. Pima County was filed in 1982 to challenge a number of practices...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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Aguilar v. Mitchell Complaint
Aguilar v. Mitchell was a federal court action involving conditions of confinement of children in...
Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues
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ACLU NM v. NMCYFD 2007 Complaint
Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...
Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school
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The Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards – Comments from Youth Advocates on Minimum Staffing Ratios in Juvenile F...
Youth Law Center joined other advocacy organizations in submitting formal comments to Attorney General Eric...
Categories: Standards/enforcement
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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
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Moving Away From Hardware: The JDAI Standards on Fixed Restaints
This is the first in a series of papers on conditions of confinement issues for...
Categories: Legal/policy issues
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Improving Educational Opportunities for Youth in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems: The Fresno First Year ...
First year report and strategic plan.
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues
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Getting Out of the Red Zone – Youth from the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems Speak Out about the Obstac...
This publication describes the process the Youth Law Center underwent to conduct a series of...
Categories: Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues, Special education
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The Human Impact of Crowding in Juvenile Detention
This article explores the human impact of crowding as actually observed in detention centers around...
Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement, Legal/policy issues
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Institutions vs. Foster Homes: The Empirical Base for a Century of Action
This is an important report on recent research comparing the advantages and disadvantages of institutional...
Categories: Congregate care
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