Youth Law Center News

By Susannah Rosenblatt  |  The Los Angeles Times  — On a typical Sunday morning in an industrial patch of the northern San Fernando […]

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

By EMILIE RAGUSO  |  Sacramento Bee  — Stanislaus and neighboring counties will keep more youthful offenders closer to home if a monumental change […]

San Francisco Chronicle  — JOSHUA LEONARD, executive director of an East Bay nonprofit agency that serves foster children, has filed a […]

By Alexa Hyland  |  Daily Journal  — Three nonprofit advocacy groups are claiming the California Department of Social Services’ policy requiring foster children […]

Suit Demands California Stop Forcing Children with Disabilities Out of Foster Care at Age 18 (San Francisco, CA – July […]

Legal action taken against the California Department of Social Services by three nonprofit advocacy groups. (San Francisco, CA – July […]

Outlook Improves for Child Welfare System Overload in Child Welfare Has a Brutal Backlash. By Lisa Kim Bach  |  Las Vegas Review-Journal  — […]

California Juvenile Reentry Partnership Aims To Improve Outcomes For Youth FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2007 Contact: Laurie Kappe i.e. […]

At the San Francisco Public Defender’s 4th Annual Juvenile Justice Summit, “Youth Justice: School, Gangs & Leadership”, Sue Burrell received […]

Unprecedented Collaborative Effort Provides Data on County & State Programs The Juvenile Justice Data Project (JJDP) today released the results […]

By Susan McRae  |  The San Francisco Daily Journal  — LOS ANGELES – Despite federal monitoring of Los Angeles County’s three juvenile halls, […]