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AB 47 Fact Sheet

Assembly Bill 47 will adjust a tax credit that is currently available to offset the...

Categories: Adoption assistance

AB 154 Fact Sheet

AB 154 would increase the incentives of to promote the adoption of children in foster...

Categories: Adoption, Adoption assistance

AB 12 Fact Sheet

AB 12, the California Fostering Connections to Success Act, is co-sponsored by the Youth Law...

Categories: Foster care

Youth Law Center Analysis of DJJ Parole Realignment to the Counties

On October 19, 2010, the Public Safety budget trailer bill, A.B. 1628, was signed into...

Categories: Parole, Realignment of resources

The Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards – Comments from Youth Advocates on Minimum Staffing Ratios in Juvenile F...

Youth Law Center joined other advocacy organizations in submitting formal comments to Attorney General Eric...

Categories: Standards/enforcement

Step 6 – Children in the Child Welfare System – Tools for Promoting Educational Success and Reducing Delinquency

According to the National Center on Education, Disability and Juvenile Justice, the Tools for Success,...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Enrollment/re-entry, Special education

Understanding the Educational Needs of English Learner & Migrant Foster Youth – Powerpoint Presentation

This powerpoint covers issues related to the eligibility of foster youth for programs designed to...

Categories: English learner/migrant/homeless, Foster care

Juvenile Court Schools: Addressing Equity In Discipline and Other Educational Policies Impacting Minorities and Student...

This power point focuses on issues related to youth enrolled in juvenile court schools.

Categories: Alternative education

Education Issues Impacting Youth in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems

This is a training outline that covers education issues impacting both juvenile justice and foster...

Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Alternative education, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry, Gang profiling, Law enforcement in school, No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education

SCHOOL DISCIPLINE – WEB RESOURCES

This lists links to various websites dealing with student discipline issues and was distributed at...

Categories: Discipline/truancy

School to Nowhere Enrollment and EL/FEP Data for Select Counties and Alternative Schools

This chart shows enrollment data for alternative schools located in the following California counties: Fresno,...

Categories: Alternative education

Alternative Schools (Introduction to School Discipline) – Powerpoint Presentation

This power point covers alternative school placement issues related to school discipline.

Categories: Alternative education, Discipline/truancy