Category: In the News

March 8, 2024

In the News, Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)

  About Youth Law Center’s Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) Children who enter the foster care system have...

February 23, 2024

In the News, Juvenile Justice

"The measures detailed by the report would shrink the footprint of the juvenile justice system...

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...

September 6, 2023

In the News, Juvenile Justice

"When we first started advocating against punitive juvenile justice legislation in Tennessee, we were told...

September 1, 2023

In the News, Juvenile Justice

As advocates for youth in the youth justice system, we are disturbed to see the...

July 12, 2023

In the News, Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

The Youth Law Center’s advocacy resulted in the new 2023-2024 California State budget requirement that all county...

July 11, 2023

In the News, Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

Four months ago the Youth Law Center, representing the California Alliance for Youth and Community...

April 7, 2023

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC's recent lawsuit against a newly formed organization in California called the County Probation Consortium...

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...

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 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...

June 30, 2021

In the News, Juvenile Justice

"The new approach is a troubling replication of state lockups at the local level, said...

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...

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...

September 11, 2019

In the News, Juvenile Justice

“But as we know, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a...

September 4, 2019

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City and County of San...

July 15, 2019

In the News, Juvenile Justice

We are so grateful to KQED and reporter Vanessa Rancaño for featuring YLC's efforts to increase post-secondary opportunities...

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 5, 2017

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Youth Law Center is proud to have recognized Tung Nguyen in 2013 as one of...

April 26, 2016

In the News, Juvenile Justice

New America Media recently posted an article about the failure of California’s juvenile court schools...

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:...

August 26, 2015

In the News, Juvenile Justice

On August 24, YLC demanded an end to indiscriminate shackling of juveniles being transported to...

July 2, 2015

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed for a story appearing in the June 29,...

June 2, 2015

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell’s article, “Collateral  Consequences of Juvenile Court: Boulders on the Road...

May 22, 2015

In the News, Juvenile Justice

The Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF), established by the Protect Our Kids Act...

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...

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...

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 24, 2015

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed by San Diego CityBeat in relation to legislation...

December 16, 2014

In the News, Juvenile Justice

In a Sacramento Bee Op Ed piece, Youth Law Center Staff Attorney Sue Burrell weighed...

October 23, 2014

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC weighed in on the sentencing of Richard Thomas, who was tried in adult court...

September 23, 2014

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell, wrote an op ed piece for the CT Mirror, Incarcerating...

August 6, 2014

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell has published an article on the Huffington Post that details...

July 1, 2014

In the News, Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

Youth Law Center's Incarcerated Teen Parenting Program, the Baby Elmo Program, was mentioned in the...

June 26, 2014

In the News, Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

After intensive efforts by a broad group of agencies and organizations, the provisions of S.B....

June 23, 2014

In the News, Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

The San Jose Mercury News interviewed YLC  Staff Attorney Sue Burrell about S.B. 838, a...

April 9, 2014

In the News, Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was invited to write a guest blog for the National...

April 4, 2014

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Radio Station KPCC 89.3 in Southern California featured Youth Law Center's Incarcerated Teen Parenting Program...

April 2, 2014

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed in connection with an investigative article on the...

December 14, 2013

In the News, Success & Impact

The Youth Law Center held its annual Loren Warboys Unsung Heroes Reception on December 9,...

August 17, 2013

In the News, Success & Impact

Jennifer Rodriguez was profiled in the cover article of the California Health Report (Summer 2013)....

August 17, 2013

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed by the Friends Committee on Legislation of California...

July 30, 2013

In the News, Juvenile Justice

California Rolling Back Lengthy Prison Sentences for Some Juvenile Offenders Judge Cheryl Chun Meegan has dealt...

June 18, 2013

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YOUTUBE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhxkx7SVp-I Ohio juvenile detention offers dad program By: Dave Arnold, newsnet5.com HIGHLAND HILLS, Ohio - Ashley Taylor...

May 14, 2013

In the News, Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)

The role of Carole Shauffer and QPI are highlighted in the following article about normalcy in...

April 1, 2013

In the News, Juvenile Justice

On March 25, 2013, Youth Radio broadcast its interview with YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell...

March 8, 2013

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed for a Reuters story on sentencing for a...

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...

September 19, 2012

In the News, Juvenile Justice

On September 12th, Jennifer Rodriguez, YLC Executive Director, presented on a National Center for Youth...

July 23, 2012

In the News, Juvenile Justice

In an article about camp alternatives to juvenile hall that appeared in the Sunday San...

July 22, 2012

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Marisa Lagos  |  The San Francisco Chronicle  — Redwood trees line the road to Log Cabin Ranch, a...

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...

May 15, 2012

In the News, Juvenile Justice

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

February 28, 2012

In the News, Juvenile Justice

The New York Times published a Bay Citizen report in which YLC Staff Attorney Sue...

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 17, 2012

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Report: State Should Shut Down Youth Prison System - Governor's plan gains new support, but...

February 17, 2012

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed by the Daily Journal and Bay Citizen newspapers...

February 12, 2012

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Trey Bundy  |  The New York Times and the Bay Citizen  — How many adults does it take...

January 20, 2012

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Vanessa Angiuli  |  Daily Nexus  — Several Santa Barbara County juvenile detention facilities have joined the “Baby Elmo”...

January 13, 2012

In the News, Juvenile Justice

County’s Baby Elmo Program Reunites Incarcerated Teen Parents with Their Children By Lara Cooper  |  Noozhawk  — Baby Elmo programs...

January 10, 2012

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed for a KPIX CBS (Channel 5) news story...

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 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 14, 2011

In the News

On November 11, 2011, Fatima Goss Graves, Vice President for Education and Employment at the...

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...

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 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...

August 5, 2011

In the News, Juvenile Justice

The article, The Baby Elmo Program: Improving Teen Father–Child Interactions within Juvenile Justice Facilities, written...

July 13, 2011

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Trey Bundy  |  The Bay Citizen  — Defense attorneys are furious about a plan to require juvenile criminal...

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 9, 2011

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Trey Bundy  |  New York Times  — By Trey Bundy In April 2010, three boys, ages 12, 12 and...

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...

June 14, 2011

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Danny Robbins, Associated Press  |  San Francisco Chronicle  — Dallas -- Texas is close to enacting a law...

June 10, 2011

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Kate Moser  |  The Recorder  — After it was all said and done, Richard Power's legal work might...

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...

February 28, 2011

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Isaac Gonzalez  |  The Sacramento Press  — The Sacramento County Probation Department recently passed the one-year anniversary of...

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 21, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Sue Burrell was invited by the Daily Journal to write an end of the year...

December 21, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Sue Burrell, YLC Staff Attorney  |  Los Angeles Daily Journal  — It wasn't a bad year for juvenile...

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 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 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...

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 28, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

COLUMN ONE:  With Son Behind Bars, Mother Wages Battles For His Education By Victoria Kim, Los...

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...

June 14, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske  |  Los Angeles Times  — Travell Lincome was a 15-year-old special education student when he was...

June 14, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Youth Law Center was quoted in a Los Angeles Times story examining the representation by...

June 9, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

For Their Own Good - Harris County Juveniles Certified as Adults Are Jailed in Isolation...

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...

March 2, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed for the latest in a series of articles...

February 28, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Santa Clara County Commission Calls for End to Jailing of the Very Young By Karen de...

February 10, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Sue Burrell and Corene Kendrick's letter to the editor was printed in the New York...

February 7, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Sue Burrell and Corene Kendrick  |  New York Times  — To the Editor: Nicholas D. Kristof compares the rape...

January 25, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Kristina Davis  |  San Diego Union Tribune  — OTAY MESA — County probation officials are reviewing how they...

January 15, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

The Daily Journal (California's daily legal newspaper) published a two-part article written by YLC Staff...

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 14, 2010

In the News, Juvenile Justice

PERSPECTIVE:  Juvenile Delinquency:  The Case for Specialty Training By Sue Burrell  |  Daily Journal  — Each year, more than 100,000...

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...

October 8, 2009

In the News, Juvenile Justice

YLC Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed for a Sacramento Valley Mirror series exposed alleged sexual...

August 28, 2009

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Michael Rothfeld  |  Los Angeles Times  — Reporting from Sacramento – The state is closing California's largest youth...

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...

June 15, 2009

In the News, Juvenile Justice

California's Locked-Up Children Languish without Mental Health Services By Karen de Sá  |  Mercury News  — The lengthy detention of...

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 17, 2009

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Closure of Youth Jails Proposed in Cash-Strapped Sacramento County By Andy Furillo  |  Sacramento Bee  — Sacramento County probation officials...

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...

December 22, 2008

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske  |  L.A. Times  — In a move to improve mental healthcare in the troubled juvenile justice...

December 17, 2008

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Sue Burrell, Corene Kendrick & Brian Blalock  |  Stanford Law & Policy Review  — Sue Burrell, Corene Kendrick...

September 18, 2008

In the News, Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

By Sue Burrell  |  Daily Journal  — FORUM COLUMN On this November's crowded initiative ballot, voters will encounter a reassuringly...

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...

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 6, 2008

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Lawsuit Gives Paroled Youths New Set of Rules - Arrested Juvenile to Get Hearing in...

June 5, 2008

In the News, Juvenile Justice

State OKs Changes for Juvenile Parole Violators -Settlement Promises Attorneys and Timely Hearings for Youths By...

June 5, 2008

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Karen de Sa  |  Mercury News  — A significant legal settlement announced Wednesday grants thousands of juvenile parolees...

May 23, 2008

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Carole Shauffer was on NPR's Nation - "A Closer Look: Kids in Court" May 23,...

May 12, 2008

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Jennifer Gentile  |  The Reporter  — Amanda Bell's life as a young adult was on a downward spiral....

April 28, 2008

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Court System for Juveniles in Disarray:  Study Says State Has Too Many Cases, Not Enough...

March 2, 2008

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By HOLBROOK MOHR, Associated Press Writer  |  AP National Story  — COLUMBIA, Miss. - The Columbia Training School -...

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 31, 2008

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Linda Rapattoni  |  Daily Journal  — SACRAMENTO - Attorneys for 3,000 juvenile offenders who sued the state for...

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...

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...

September 20, 2007

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Linda Rapattoni  |  Daily Journal  — SACRAMENTO - A federal judge ruled Wednesday the state's parole revocation system...

August 22, 2007

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Susannah Rosenblatt  |  The Los Angeles Times  — On a typical Sunday morning in an industrial patch of...

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...

March 12, 2007

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Susan McRae  |  The San Francisco Daily Journal  — LOS ANGELES - Despite federal monitoring of Los Angeles...

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...

June 21, 2006

In the News, Juvenile Justice

(Sacramento, CA – June 21, 2006) – A class action lawsuit filed today in federal...

April 26, 2006

In the News, Juvenile Justice

By Sue Burrell and Jonathan Laba  |  SF Daily Journal - Forum Column  — Beginning in 2000, the California...

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...