Youth Law Center News and Events

August 16, 2016

Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)

Help the Louisiana QPI Community Hit by Flooding

Last Wednesday foster parents, youth, birth parents, social workers, judges, administrators and community partners from...

July 26, 2016

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

YLC asks Court to Depublish Opinion in Ivan N.

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

July 26, 2016

Juvenile Justice, Success & Impact

YLC Writes Amicus Letter to Support Right to Quality Education

YLC filed a letter in support of the Petition for Review in two cases that...

July 22, 2016

Juvenile Justice

Fulfilling the Promise of Gault

Youth Law Center is proud to be a co-sponsor of a conference "celebrating" the 50th...

July 13, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Expanded SSI Application Window for Foster Kids

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

July 9, 2016

Events, Juvenile Justice

Youth Law Center Co-Sponsors Court School Forum

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016, Youth Law Center is co-sponsoring a forum on education for...

May 3, 2016

Juvenile Justice

Groups Demand Due Process for Immigrant Youth

YLC signed on to a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, urging the Attorney...

April 26, 2016

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Schools in Juvenile Justice Get an “F”

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

April 21, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth – Progress!

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

March 31, 2016

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Juvenile Justice, Press Releases & Announcements

YLC Releases Report on Failure of CA’s Juvenile Court Schools

This week Youth Law Center released a study, funded by the California Wellness Foundation, on...

March 31, 2016

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

CECANF Releases Final Report

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

February 27, 2016

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC Unsung Hero Appointed as CA Foster Care Ombudsman

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