Youth Law Center News and Events

June 2, 2020

Events, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

Webinar for Six Immediate Steps for THP-Plus Stability

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

June 2, 2020

Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)

Over 1,000 Join YLC for First Ever National Virtual QPI Conference

At the end of May, YLC hosted it’s first ever virtual Quality Parenting Initiative National...

May 20, 2020

Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)

YLC Welcomes New Team Member: Carol Edwards, MSW, LCSW

Carol Campbell Edwards, MSW, LCSW, first joined the Youth Law Center as a consultant in 2016 after...

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...