Category: Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

May 15, 2024

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

STATEMENT BY YOUTH LAW CENTER AND CALIFORNIA YOUTH CONNECTION In Support of Trailer Bill Language in...

May 6, 2024

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI), Success & Impact

As we observe National Foster Care Month throughout May, we will share updates on our...

February 21, 2024

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

"For too many youth in foster care, the path from foster care only leads to...

February 9, 2024

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

"Then, there are the bigger dreams: [The On the Threshold of Change Report] imagines giving #foster...

February 2, 2024

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

On the Threshold of Change: Virtual Conversation   Thank you to everyone who joined us for the...

January 24, 2024

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Read the New Report: On the Threshold of Change As youth grapple with so many new...

January 23, 2024

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Success & Impact

"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle."...

January 19, 2024

Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Uncategorized

Join Our Webinar on Wednesday, January 31, at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET As...

December 19, 2023

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Success & Impact

Saluting Our Unsung Heroes Continuing our Loren Warboys Unsung Hero Awards series, we’re proud to uplift...

December 15, 2023

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

Saluting Our Unsung Heroes At the Youth Law Center, we are dedicated to making a difference...

December 7, 2023

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

We’ve had a full week here at Youth Law Center and are grateful to you...

September 6, 2023

Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Please join us on Tuesday, September 19th at noon PT for an engaging discussion focused...

September 5, 2023

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI), Success & Impact

Now in our fifth decade of fighting for justice systems-involved children and youth, we have...

July 6, 2023

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

The National Association of Counsel For Children (NACC) recently released the 4th edition of its Child...

June 22, 2023

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Success & Impact

Youth Law Center and its partners are celebrating a major victory for Medicaid beneficiaries in the Supreme Court...

June 15, 2023

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

In a victory for Native youth, families and Tribal Nations, the Supreme Court today upheld...

March 21, 2023

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Success & Impact

One of the most popular provisions of the Affordable Care Act—allowing young adults to stay...

February 3, 2023

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Uncategorized

We are so proud of YLC’s Policy Director, Jenny Pokempner, on being named the American...

January 16, 2023

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

On January 13th, YLC submitted comments to the CA Department of Health Care Service’s proposal...

August 25, 2022

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

Last week, the Youth Law Center joined 30 other groups in submitting an amicus brief to the...

May 19, 2022

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Three years ago the Youth Law Center first issued the publication "Closing the Extracurriculars Gap:...

May 10, 2022

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Success & Impact

May is National Foster Care Month, a time to recognize and highlight the experiences of...

April 5, 2022

Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)

The Youth Law Center's Quality Parenting Initiative invites your participation in the 2022 QPI Virtual...

January 20, 2022

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC has created a new resource, THP-NMD: An Advocacy Guide to Preventing Involuntary Exits, developed...

October 18, 2021

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Success & Impact

YLC joins other advocates in celebrating Governor Newsom’s signing of Assemblymember Robert Rivas’ Assembly Bill...

September 21, 2021

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

In less than ten days, thousands of young people across the nation are at risk...

September 9, 2021

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

“The pandemic has intensified every inequity for youth exiting foster care to crisis levels --...

September 1, 2021

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

YLC's Policy Director, Jenny Pokempner, recently authored a piece for the American Bar Association outlining...

July 28, 2021

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Youth Law Center has recently developed a series of resources related to the various economic benefits...

June 24, 2021

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

YLC is proud to be part of the #CheckForUs campaign, aiming to inform thousands of...

April 9, 2021

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC is proud to co-sponsor Assembly Bill 1140, authored by Assemblymember Robert Rivas, which would...

March 31, 2021

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

YLC's Executive Director Jennifer Rodriguez spoke with Emil Ekvardt of Great.com for part of their...

March 30, 2021

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

YLC recently submitted comments to the CDSS on the initial print version of the proposed budget...

March 9, 2021

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

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

March 3, 2021

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

  At any given time, there are approximately 42,823 children housed in institutions and other group...

January 6, 2021

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

Congress has passed legislation that will greatly simplify the financial aid application process by 2023,...

December 11, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Press Releases & Announcements

Months of Youth Law Center advocacy with the Young Women’s Freedom Center demanding that the...

December 4, 2020

Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Please join us and our co-hosts Bay Area Legal Aid and Public Counsel for the webinar "Advocacy Strategies for...

November 10, 2020

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Youth Law Center has created a new resource that we hope will be useful to...

August 26, 2020

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

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

August 24, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)

YLC is proud to sign on to an amicus brief in Fulton v. City of...

July 14, 2020

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center is proud to share a new policy brief, A New Deal for...

June 29, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Senate Bill 912, co-sponsored by YLC and authored by Senator Jim Beall, is continuing to...

June 29, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Advocacy from YLC and other advocate partners to create a lifeline for youth in foster care who were imminently facing...

June 5, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

The world is finally listening to the powerful calls from Black leaders for justice and...

June 2, 2020

Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC, John Burton Advocates for Youth and Bay Area Legal Aid  provided virtual training to California agencies...

May 5, 2020

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

**NOTE: This resource has been updated and can now be found here and here. (August...

May 2, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

May is #NationalFosterCareMonth. Every day, but in particular during the 31 days in May, we...

April 29, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC, along with a coalition of national advocacy groups, has launched the #UpChafee Campaign to...

April 28, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)

We are thrilled to share that the 2020 National QPI Conference will move forward -...

April 27, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC sent a letter to California lawmakers this week outlining key policy recommendations necessary to...

April 24, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

Youth Law Center has partnered with fellow statewide advocacy organizations to create policy recommendations and...

April 16, 2020

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)

Last month, YLC's Quality Parenting Initiative launched a new resource series, COVID-19: The New Normal, providing...

April 3, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC (April 3, 2020)  -- Child welfare advocates, policy partners, and young...

April 1, 2020

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

Youth Law Center has developed an emergency planning resource to support attorneys and advocates working...

April 1, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Child Welfare Courts During a Public Health Crisis: Access to Justice and Advocacy are Critical...

March 24, 2020

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)

We're happy to announce the launch of our QPI resource series, COVID-19: The New Normal. Our first...

March 24, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

Overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live. For children and youth in...

March 23, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

Dear friends, Overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live. For children and youth...

March 23, 2020

Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

We understand that the daily changes and constantly updated information on the COVID-19 crisis can...

March 21, 2020

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC has created an emergency planning resource to support attorneys and advocates working with transition...

February 21, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

We are thrilled to announce that we have welcomed two new staff members to the...

February 15, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our Unsung Heroes celebration last week on...

January 22, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

We are so excited to share that Re-Envisioning Foster Care in America Movement: Treehouse Foundation has honored Jennifer...

January 18, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

YLC is excited to welcome our newest staff member: Sabrina Forte! Sabrina Forte is a staff...

December 21, 2019

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

YLC is thrilled to have participated in the 2019 Beyond the Bench conference. This statewide...

December 18, 2019

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Click here to reserve your tickets today! Sponsorship opportunities are still available! Click here to learn more or...

December 1, 2019

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

As 2019 is coming to a close, we want to take a moment to say thank...

November 18, 2019

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Important update: we've changed the date for our 20th Annual Unsung Heroes Awards! Please join...

March 28, 2019

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Juvenile Justice

Extracurricular activities provide meaningful educational, social, and developmental advantages for youth in the foster care...

January 31, 2019

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

The Youth Law Center is proud to share a policy brief exploring the critical role...

January 23, 2019

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

The Youth Law Center is pleased to announce the hiring of our newest staff members:...

December 18, 2018

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

YLC is proud to announce that our Executive Director, Jennifer Rodriguez, has been awarded the...

October 29, 2018

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Please join the Youth Law Center at our 40th Anniversary & Unsung Heroes Celebration on...

October 27, 2018

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

YLC is thrilled to announce that the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)...

October 3, 2018

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

On Sunday evening, September 30, 2018, Governor Brown signed Youth Law Center-sponsored Assembly Bill 2448 authored...

July 6, 2018

Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Maria Ramiu, Youth Law Center's Senior Staff Attorney, will be a featured panelist presenting on Youth...

July 5, 2018

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

June is the only month many child welfare systems formally celebrate reunification, but this is...

June 23, 2018

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Youth Law Center (YLC) Statement on Separation and Detention of Immigrant Families The federal government has...

December 22, 2017

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Youth Law Center recently updated fact sheets for legal services and other advocates. Please click...

November 21, 2017

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

"We must create a child welfare system together that is laser-focused on strengthening existing supportive...

November 16, 2017

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Join us on December 4th, 2017 for our 18th Annual Loren Warboys Unsung Heroes reception!...

June 22, 2017

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC is excited about the launch of CHAMPS, a national communications and policy campaign focused...

November 28, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

The Youth Law Center successfully advocated for the issuance of clarifying guidance by the California...

November 10, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Each year the Youth Law Center recognizes people who have made a difference in the...

October 5, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

The Youth Law Center is pleased that Governor Brown has signed AB 2813 by Assemblymember...

October 5, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

On September 25, Governor Brown signed into law AB 1849 by Assemblymember Mike Gipson.  This...

October 1, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Governor Brown dealt a serious set-back to children in foster care in vetoing SB 1466,...

September 23, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

YLC was of counsel on a recent motion to enforce the settlement agreement in Flores...

September 23, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Childhood trauma is the leading public health issue of our time and one that disproportionately...

July 26, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

YLC filed a request with the California Supreme Court to depublish In re Ivan N, a recently...

July 13, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The federal government recently extended the time for foster youth to apply for SSI from...

April 21, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center, along with ChildrenNOW and NHeLP, has been working to ensure implementation...

March 31, 2016

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

The Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF)  has released its final recommendations for...

February 27, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The California Department of Social Services has just named Rochelle Trochtenberg to be the new California...

January 13, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Staff attorney Alice Bussiere participated in Foster Youth in Action’s first public hot topics webinar:...

December 17, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

DHCS has launched a web page on Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth.  This site is...

November 24, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Each year the Youth Law Center recognizes people who have made a difference in the...

November 10, 2015

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

At the Youth Law Center we are continuing our work to ensure that children and...

October 13, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

YLC celebrates Governor Brown's signing of AB 403, a landmark bill that will move child...

September 22, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Tell Governor Brown Children in Foster Care Deserve Families, Not Institutions --Now is the time...

May 1, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Recognizing that “Children are best raised in families, not institutions,” President Barak Obama on April...

April 20, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Juvenile Justice

An investigation by ProPublica has found that the California Department of Social Services fails to...

April 17, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The California Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved  SB 12 on April 14, 2015.  SB 12 is...

April 16, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Youth Law Center and the Alliance for Children Rights have co-sponsored SB 12, a bill...

March 28, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

YLC is partnering with foster families, foster youth and other advocates to support new Florida...

March 3, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC and the Center for Children’s Law and Policy (CCLP) have submitted comments on Prison...

February 26, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF), a federal advisory committee established...

February 26, 2015

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

YLC Executive Director Jennifer Rodriguez testified before the California Senate Human Services Committee on February...

February 20, 2015

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Youth Law Center recently joined with nationally renowned researchers on research that demonstrates that foster...

November 26, 2014

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Each year the Youth Law Center recognizes people who have made a difference in the...

October 27, 2014

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law AB 388 (Chesbro) requiring oversight on the use...

October 21, 2014

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

On September 29, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1111 (Lara), a comprehensive bill that...

June 6, 2014

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

A Consensus Statement on Group Care for Children and Adolescents has been published in the...

April 16, 2014

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC joined over 110 organizations to support the President’s proposed five-year collaborative demonstration, which is...

February 21, 2014

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC has joined a long list of national and state organizations to support federal legislation...

December 4, 2013

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

The Youth Law Center provided training on Tribal Youth in Transition in collaboration with the Yurok...

November 1, 2013

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center has launched a project to ensure that former foster youth are...

October 17, 2013

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Success & Impact

The Youth Law Center is proud to announce that President Obama has appointed Jennifer Rodriguez,...

June 11, 2013

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

We would like to take a moment to say goodbye to our dear friend and...

June 8, 2013

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center has received Federal Title IV-B grant funding to pilot the program,...

April 26, 2013

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center has endorsed the SSI Restoration Act, H.R. 1601, introduced by Representative...

April 4, 2013

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

On April 2, 2013, YLC Staff attorney Sue Burrell testified in California’s Senate Public Safety...

March 27, 2013

Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Jennifer Rodriguez participated in the American Bar Association Section of Litigation Children’s Rights Litigation Committee...

February 22, 2013

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

  The Youth Law Center submitted comments on proposed rules to implement the extension of Medicaid to...

February 22, 2013

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

The Youth Law Center has joined over 200 child, immigration, religious, academic, and civil rights...

February 8, 2013

Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

The Youth Law Center is hosting a four-part series of webinars on AB 12, California’s...

February 6, 2013

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC) has just released the first ever set of National...

January 25, 2013

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

The Youth Law Center and Bay Area Legal Aid provided training on public benefits for children...

January 25, 2013

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center and the Annie E. Casey Foundation hosted a meeting for representatives of...

December 19, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 14, 2012 CONTACT: Rebecca Vallas, Staff Attorney/Policy Advocate Community Legal Services E-mail:  rvallas@clsphila.org Phone: 215-981-3797 NO TIME FOR...

December 19, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

The Youth Law Center joined advocates across the country to respond to a New York...

December 11, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Success & Impact

Every year, juvenile court judges from around California convene for a two-day training put on...

November 8, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

by KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press When Angela Austin-Knight's teenage son and daughter were placed in foster...

October 18, 2012

Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center, the Alliance for Children’s Rights, and Bay Area Legal Aid will...

September 27, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Success & Impact

Alice Bussiere, Youth Law Center Staff Attorney, Brian Blalock, Bay Area Legal Aid,  and Rebecca...

September 12, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

On September 11th, Jennifer Rodriguez, YLC Executive Director, presented at the American Public Humane Association's...

September 7, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

On September 6th, Youth Law Center staff participated in the first meeting of the CDSS...

August 29, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

On August 28th, the Youth Law Center and California Department of Social Services co-hosted a...

August 16, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

On August 9th and 10th, the Youth Law Center and the Annie E. Casey Foundation...

May 17, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)

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

April 17, 2012

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center joined with Brian Blalock at Bay Area Legal Aid to provide...

March 29, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center, the Alliance for Children’s Rights, and Bay Area Legal Aid provided...

March 16, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Carole Shauffer is one of the authors of the article Institutional Care for Young Children:...

February 24, 2012

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center, the Alliance for Children’s Rights, and Bay Area Legal Aid provided...

February 20, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

By Kelli Kennedy  |  AP  — MIAMI (AP) - For decades, it was common for officials around the country...

February 7, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care will be removed from the list...

January 25, 2012

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 25, 2012 OUTGOING DIRECTOR CAROLE SHAUFFER WILL CONTINUE TO SPEARHEAD YLC’S STRATEGIC...

December 31, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)

By Kelli Kennedy  |  The Miami Herald  — For decades, it was common for officials around the country to...

December 21, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Youth Law Center attorneys Alice Bussiere, Jennifer Rodriguez and Sue Burrell spoke at the statewide...

December 5, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

San Francisco, California -- The Youth Law Center announced today that it will give its...

December 2, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

The Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry has just published an...

November 21, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Each year, the Youth Law Center presents the Loren Warboys Unsung Hero award to individuals...

October 25, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

The Huffington Post published an article today called “Who’s rescuing foster kids, runaways, and high...

October 24, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

On October 21, 2011, Youth Law Center Staff Attorney Sue Burrell co-presented “An Underutilized Tool...

October 20, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Governor Brown signed a number of bills this month that we supported and will help...

August 23, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

The Youth Law Center was recently identified as 1 of 9 high-impact nonprofits working with...

August 23, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

"Adoption Assistance: An Introduction" by Alice Bussiere has been published in the July-August 2011 issue...

August 10, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Since 2009, the Youth Law Center has been working with Connecticut advocates to reduce group...

August 8, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Kendall Taggart  |  California Watch  — More than a dozen civil rights and education organizations are contending that...

July 12, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

By Garrett Therolf  |  Los Angeles Times  — Supervising Social Worker Lincoln Saul says Department of Children and Family...

July 11, 2011

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

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

July 8, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

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

March 24, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

By Cara Buckley and Mosi Secret  |  The New York Times  — The faces looked commanding, soulful and, above...

March 19, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Juvenile Justice

Unclear Oversight Yields Repeated Violations at Home for Troubled Youth By Trey Bundy  |  The New York Times  — In...

March 9, 2011

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC has launched a foster care benefits listserv in collaboration with the Alliance for Children’s...

February 23, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC provided training on benefits for children in foster care to foster and adoptive parents...

February 8, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Nebraska Sen. Mark Christensen introduced a bill in the state legislature on January 19, 2011,...

January 20, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Carole Shauffer is quoted in an article about Rhode Island's children shelters. Here is the...

January 16, 2011

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

By Lynn Arditi, Journal Staff Writer  |  The Providence Journal  — He arrived at the Washington Park Children’s Shelter...

December 19, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

The Times-Standard in Eureka published an article about one of the 2010 Loren Warboys Unsung...

December 19, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

By Donna Tam  |  The Times-Standard  — When Rochelle Trochtenberg criticized the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human...

December 15, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Juvenile Justice

Carole Shauffer, YLC Executive Director, was quoted in an article in the Los Angeles Times...

December 14, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Garrett Therolf  |  Los Angeles Times  — Trish Ploehn, the embattled director of Los Angeles County's Department of...

November 23, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Each year, the Youth Law Center presents the Loren Warboys Unsung Hero award to individuals...

October 19, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Juvenile Justice

Deaths from Abuse and Neglect Increase among Children under L.A. County Oversight By Garrett Therolf  |  Los Angeles...

September 30, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Thursday, September 30, 2010 Contact: Aaron McLear Rachel Arrezola 916-445-4571 Gov. Schwarzenegger Takes...

September 27, 2010

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

New reports show that place matters when it comes to the health of young men...

September 3, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

The Connecticut Mirror printed an article today about a new report by the Connecticut Voices...

September 3, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

By Jacqueline Rabe  |  The Connecticutt Mirror  — Despite efforts to reverse the trend, hundreds of foster children continue...

September 1, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

On August 25, YLC Staff Attorney Jennifer Rodriguez delivered the keynote address for the 12th...

August 10, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

Tuesday Morning  — Effective October 1, 2010, county probation departments will be able to have access to...

August 5, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Staff Attorney Corene Kendrick and Board Member Michael Dale were among the speakers participating in...

July 19, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The California Court of Appeal (1st DCA) has scheduled oral argument in Leonard v. Wagner...

July 9, 2010

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Locked Up and Out - Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual, & Transgender - Youth in Louisiana's Juvenile Justice System...

June 18, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (which included Justice Souter sitting...

May 13, 2010

Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC staff Attorney Jennifer Rodriguez presented on California's policy efforts to improve education outcomes for...

May 10, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

By Chronicle Editorial  |  San Francisco Chronicle  — The last two years have brought a tremendous amount of pain...

April 30, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

The Youth Law Center is pleased to announce that Gerald Singleton has joined our board....

April 23, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC staff attorney Jennifer Rodriguez testified on a panel at the April 22, 2010, California...

April 19, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

On April 19th, Jennifer Rodriguez, YLC Staff Attorney, facilitated a discussion with Northern California Foster...

April 14, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

On April 14th, Jennifer Rodriguez, YLC Staff Attorney and Damon King, YLC Skadden Fellow presented...

April 5, 2010

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Press Releases & Announcements

In an effort to strengthen philanthropic investments among its membership, the Youth Transition Funders Group...

March 30, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was an invited speaker at the Forensic Mental Health Association...

February 28, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

By Michael J. Dale and Louis M. Reidenberg  |  Sun Sentinel  —  It is truly a sad day for...

February 22, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was among the invited guests at the Department ...

February 12, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

By Jennifer Rodriguez  | YLC Staff Attorney Jennifer Rodriguez will be facilitating a webinar on Improving Outcomes...

January 15, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Sue Burrell  |  Daily Journal  — The first part of this article explored the special skills and training...

January 13, 2010

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

A report assessing Nebraska's system of child representation was released on January 9, 2010. The...

January 8, 2010

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The California Department of Social Services has issued an All County Letter (ACL) 09-86 concerning...

December 26, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

By Joan Kaufman, Mary Dozier and Carole Shauffer  |  New York Times  — To the Editor: Re “Study Suggests Orphanages...

December 7, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Each year, the Youth Law Center presents the Loren Warboys Unsung Hero award to individuals...

November 17, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

YLC participated in the Traveling Training for legal services advocates sponsored by the Legal Aid...

November 10, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

YLC provided training on benefits available for children in out-of-home care on November 6 in...

October 21, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

YLC is working with consultants from the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) to conduct a...

October 16, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

The Youth Law Center is pleased to announe that Corene Kendrick is the 2009 Miles...

October 2, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center joined with over 35 national child welfare and mental organizations to...

September 29, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

The Youth Law Center, along with other legal advocates, have filed a lawsuit challenging California...

August 26, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

By Alice Bussiere, Jennifer Pokempner, Jennifer Rodriguez  | YLC staff attorneys Jennifer Rodriguez and Alice Bussiere co-authored...

August 21, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center joined fourteen other children's advocacy organizations in an amicus brief filed...

August 19, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC Staff Attorney Corene Kendrick is working with Madelyn Freundlich, Senior Child Welfare Consultant at...

August 14, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Damon King, our Skadden Fellow, will begin work here on September 14th.  His project is...

July 29, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

The Youth Law Center is happy to announce that Nicole M. Lewis has just joined...

June 11, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Lawsuit Filed to Protect Programs for Homeless, Neglected, Migrant, English Learners and Other "At Risk"...

June 9, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

 In December 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued rules that would...

June 5, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Peter Busch ruled on June 4th that California state foster...

May 8, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Corene Kendrick will be on “Beyond the Headlines” at 10:00 a.m. this Sunday, May 10th,...

April 10, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Additional child welfare bills that the Youth Law Center is supporting are AB 154 that will inform...

April 9, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC is supporting AB 938, which provides for early identification and notification of relatives of...

April 9, 2009

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC is co-sponsoring AB 12, which will extend foster care benefits to youth after the...

March 26, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Karen de Sa  |  Mercury News  — One of the youngest children ever to be locked up in...

March 16, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

In his March 9, 2009, press conference, Governor Schwarzenegger issued a statement of support for...

March 12, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

The John and Marcia Goldman Foundation has awarded the Youth Law Center and the Santa...

February 6, 2009

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center assisted Santa Cruz County in hosting an event on February 4th to...

January 9, 2009

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center is co-sponsor of the 2009 California Working Families Policy Summit to...

October 2, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

This week, Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law S.B. 1147 - Medi-Cal for Juveniles.  As a...

September 22, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

As part of our project to improve the recruitment and retention of Florida foster families,...

August 7, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

On Monday, August 4, 2008, Corene Kendrick, YLC Staff Attorney, took part in a panel...

July 30, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

An Overdue Settlement - The State Rightfully Agrees to Pay $ 1.7 Million to Families...

July 29, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

By Karen McCowan  |  Register-Guard  — The state of Oregon has agreed to pay a combined $1.7 million to...

July 28, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center has settled A.S.W. v. Oregon (aka A.S.W. v. Mink), an Adoption...

June 21, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

By Ari B. Bllomekatz  |  Los Angeles Times  —  Friends and family say they suspected that Starkeisha Brown beat...

June 12, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Corene Kendrick will be one of the panelists on the Commonwealth Club's panel, "Fostering California's Future:  Mental...

May 5, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

The Youth Law Center is one of the grantees profiled in the final Haigh-Scatena Foundation...

April 4, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Fresno is the third site to partner with the Youth Law Center to work toward...

February 29, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

San Francisco and Fresno Counties join Detroit, Michigan to ensure that child welfare serves young...

February 1, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Miami Herald  — A headline in the Jan. 19 Metro Section -- Report: Abuse workers in Miami...

January 19, 2008

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

By CAROL MARBIN MILLER  |  Miami Herald  — A new report on Miami-Dade's troubled child welfare program finds child...

November 30, 2007

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Each year, the Youth Law Center presents the Loren Warboys Unsung Hero Award to individuals...

September 23, 2007

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

By Jocelyn Wiener  |  Sacramento Bee  — Three years ago, Christopher Rambadt was stabbed to death along the American...

August 10, 2007

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 18th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book is now available. The...

August 2, 2007

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

San Francisco Chronicle  — JOSHUA LEONARD, executive director of an East Bay nonprofit agency that serves foster...

July 27, 2007

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

By Alexa Hyland  |  Daily Journal  — Three nonprofit advocacy groups are claiming the California Department of Social Services'...

July 25, 2007

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Suit Demands California Stop Forcing Children with Disabilities Out of Foster Care at Age 18 (San...

July 25, 2007

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Legal action taken against the California Department of Social Services by three nonprofit advocacy groups. (San Francisco,...

May 30, 2007

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Outlook Improves for Child Welfare System Overload in Child Welfare Has a Brutal Backlash. By Lisa Kim...

December 4, 2006

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Each year, the Youth Law Center presents the Loren Warboys Unsung Hero award to individuals...

November 9, 2006

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

State Judge Rules Against Florida Department of Children and Families and in Favor of Foster...

October 23, 2006

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The United States Supreme Court has denied Oregon's Petition for Certiorari to overturn the Youth...

August 9, 2006

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Youth Law Center announces the partial settlement of Susan C. et al. v. Department of...

April 13, 2006

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Contact: Paolo Annino, 850-644-9930Carole Shauffer, 415-320-2147 Michael Dale, 954-262-6159 State Judge Grants Temporary Injunction Ordering...

April 4, 2006

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Legal Action Taken Against the Florida Department of Children and Family Services and Private Contractor...

April 4, 2006

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Legal action taken against  the Florida Department of Children and Family Services and private contractor Big...

December 14, 2005

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Profiles of the new staff attorneys: Corene Kendrick Corene Kendrick joined the Youth Law Center...

December 14, 2005

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

The Youth Law Center has won its appeal of a district court's dismissal of our...

December 14, 2005

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Each year, the Youth Law Center presents the Loren Warboys Unsung Hero award to individuals...