Youth Law Center News and Events

September 20, 2007

In the News, Juvenile Justice

Federal Judge Favors Juvenile Parolees in Due Process Suit

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

Visitors to Juvenile Hall Feel Stuck Too

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

August 10, 2007

Advocacy Reports & Resources, Foster Care & Extended Foster Care

2007 KIDS COUNT Data Book Now Available

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

August 10, 2007

Juvenile Justice

Young Offender Camp a Possibility for Area

By EMILIE RAGUSO  |  Sacramento Bee  — Stanislaus and neighboring counties will keep more youthful offenders closer to home...

August 2, 2007

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

The Incompletion Rule

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

Foster Care Policy Unfair, Groups Say

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

California Foster Children with Disabilities Lawsuit

Legal action taken against the California Department of Social Services by three nonprofit advocacy groups. (San Francisco,...

July 25, 2007

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Article re Leonard v. Wagner

Suit Demands California Stop Forcing Children with Disabilities Out of Foster Care at Age 18 (San...

May 30, 2007

Foster Care & Extended Foster Care, In the News

Article re Clark County Child Welfare System

Outlook Improves for Child Welfare System Overload in Child Welfare Has a Brutal Backlash. By Lisa Kim...