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May 15, 2024
Statement Supporting Trailer Bill Language in 2025 CA State Budget
STATEMENT BY YOUTH LAW CENTER AND CALIFORNIA YOUTH CONNECTION In Support of Trailer Bill Language in the 2025 State Budget […]
May 6, 2024
The Youth Law Center Brief: May is National Foster Care Month
As we observe National Foster Care Month throughout May, we will share updates on our ongoing legal advocacy to transform […]
April 18, 2024
Youth Law Center Brief: Ensuring Access to Voting Rights for California Youth Confined in County Juvenile Facilities
In this edition of the Youth Law Center Brief, we introduce our newly published report, Elevating the Voting Rights of […]
April 17, 2024
New Report Issues Call To Action to Ensure Voting Access for Youth Confined in County Juvenile Facilities
For Release: April 18, 2024 New Report Issues Call To Action to Ensure Voting Access for Youth Confined in County […]
April 2, 2024
Cast Your Vote Today for the Youth Law Center’s Proposal for SOCAP 2024
Vote for the Youth Law Center’s Proposal for SOCAP 2024 Our session proposal, “Advancing Climate Justice and Equity for Systems-Impacted […]
March 8, 2024
Youth Law Center Brief: Pursuing Systems Transformation in Foster Care Through National Advocacy
About Youth Law Center’s Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI): Children who enter the foster care system have had traumatic experiences far […]
February 23, 2024
The Commercial Appeal 2/21/24: After reports of problems in TN juvenile justice facilities, new report outlines solutions
“The measures detailed by the report would shrink the footprint of the juvenile justice system but expand community and family […]
February 21, 2024
National Press Foundation 2/12/24: Policies Steer Foster Care Youth Toward a Traumatic Future, Youth Law Center Director Says
“For too many youth in foster care, the path from foster care only leads to another traumatic destination: the juvenile […]
February 15, 2024
New Report is an Urgent Call to Action for Improving Tennessee’s Juvenile Justice System
For Release: February 15, 2024 New Report is an Urgent Call to Action for Improving Tennessee’s Juvenile Justice System Actions […]
February 15, 2024
Youth Law Center 2023 Advocacy for Impact: Part 2. Juvenile Justice Systems in California and Nationwide
The Youth Law Center’s advocacy work to change systems through impact litigation, movement lawyering, policy reform, collaboration, public education and […]
February 9, 2024
Washington Post 2/8/2024: Opinion | When Foster Care Ends, 18-Year-Olds Still Need Support
“Then, there are the bigger dreams: [The On the Threshold of Change Report] imagines giving foster graduates the option to […]
February 2, 2024
On the Threshold of Change: Virtual Conversation Recording Now Available
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the riveting virtual conversation yesterday about the new On the Threshold of […]