Resource Library

Our searchable online resource library is an important component of our designation by the State Bar of California as a legal aid Support Center that provides legal training, legal technical assistance, and advocacy support without charge to the legal community, and specifically to California’s qualified legal services programs. Our resource library includes Youth Law Center publications, including fact sheets, legal guides, litigation materials, and other reference materials supporting legal advocacy in a variety of different areas for children and youth in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.

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Protecting Youth in the PREA National Standards

These are public comments from youth advocates on proposed standards for the implementation of the...

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Juvenile Justice Reform: Realigning Responsibilities

Realizing the state could not afford to comply with the Farrell consent decree, in 2007,...

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Joint Informational Hearing on the California Youth Authority, May 16, 2000

In response to recent disclosures concerning the California Youth Authority, on May 16, 2000, the Senate...

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Violence-Prone Youth Authority Still Fails Its Children, Its Taxpayers – Daily Journal Forum Column

Article in the Daily Journal Forum Column about efforts to reform the California Youth Authority...

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California Juvenile Justice Reform in the 21st Century (So Far)

This 2006 presentation at the California Public Defender Association meeting in Monterey covers changes at...

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Letter to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department re Proposed Changes to Pepper Spray Regulations

This letter expresses YLC concerns regarding proposed changes to pepper spray regulations in Texas. ...

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Transition Planning and Support for Tribal Youth – Powerpoint Presentation

This powerpoint presentation was presented during the training on Tribal Youth in Transition in collaboration...

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DHCS Responses to Advocates’ Questions

In a question and answer format, the California Department of Health Care Services Medi-Cal Eligibility...

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Overview of S.B. 260 (Hancock) Sentencing Review for Juveniles Tried as Adults in California

Factsheet on SB 260 that decribes the problem, S.B. 260 and how S.B. 260 is...

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Letter Urging Senate to Pass Children Immigration Reform S. 744

This letter urges the senate to: -Protect S.744’s pathway to citizenship for the 11 million,...

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Amendments to S. 744 That Affect Children and Families

The First Focus Campaign for Children (FFCC) is committed to advocating for passage of immigration...

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California Affordable Care Act Amendment re Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth

Section 14005.28 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code. This section shall become operative...

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