Youth Law Center News and Events

May 12, 2020

Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)

YLC welcomes new team member!

Youth Law Center is thrilled to welcome the newest addition to our team: Cecilia Rivas! Cecilia...

May 5, 2020

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

Six Immediate Steps for THP-Plus Stability

**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 National Foster Care Month

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

April 29, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Support the #UpChafee campaign to meet urgent needs of transition aged youth in  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)

Virtual 2020 QPI National Conference

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

April 27, 2020

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

YLC urges California lawmakers to create a new social safety net for transition-aged foster youth

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

YLC joins coalition advocating for vulnerable students during COVID-19 and beyond

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)

QPI’s COVID-19 webcasts posted online

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

Advocacy groups launch #UpChafee campaign urging Congress to take action for youth in foster care

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