Mental Health

Moving Away from Unlicensed Care and Emergency Placements in Sacramento County: Daniels v. County of Sacramento Progress...

This report reflects on the first year since the closure of the Warren E. Thornton...

Categories: Child Welfare, Congregate care, Foster care, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Health, Legal/policy issues, Mental Health, Placement/Confinement, Relatives/kinship care, Standards/enforcement

CalAIM Behavioral Health Services for Systems-Involved Youth

Through California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), the Department of Health Care Services is reforming...

Categories: Access to care, Access to care/EPSDT, Child Welfare, Health, Inmate Exclusion, Juvenile Justice, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Public Benefits/Funding, Specific Services, Specific services/programs, Specific services/programs

Medi-Cal Due Process for Mental Health Services

This set of resources provides an overview of Medi-Cal beneficiaries' due process rights for accessing...

Categories: Access to care, Access to care/EPSDT, Grievances/appeals, Health, Legal Representation, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Public Benefits/Funding

Wraparound Services for Children and Families Receiving Adoption Assistance Program Benefits

This resource walks through several frequently asked questions common among families who have adopted children out of...

Categories: Adoption, Adoption assistance, Child Welfare, Mental Health, Public Benefits/Funding, Specific services/programs

Trainings and Workshops from Youth Law Center’s Transition-Aged Youth (TAY) Civil Legal Practice Exchange (Fall 2020 &...

Youth Law Center’s TAY Practice Exchange is a free practice support network for civil legal...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12, Access to care, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Equity Issues, Foster care, Foster Care Benefits, Girls, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, LGBTQ, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Mental health needs, Public Benefits/Funding, Specific services/programs, SSI/Social Security

ALERT: Examples of How AB 153 Funding and Medicaid Can be Used to Support Family Based Settings

This publication provides an update on funding that the state has made available to county...

Categories: Child Welfare, Congregate care, Foster care, Health, Mental Health

Youth Returning to the Community from Juvenile Justice Facilities: A Guide for Advocates

No child should remain in custody due to the lack of a reentry plan. Now...

Categories: Access to care, Aging Out/Transition, Detention, Disposition/placement, Education, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, Placement/Confinement, Public Benefits/Funding, Reducing Incarceration, Secure Juvenile Facilities

Closing the Extracurriculars Gap: Prioritizing Extracurricular Activities as a Key Intervention for Children and Youth i...

This Youth Law Center report describes the benefits of extracurricular participation for youth, families, and...

Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Child/Adolescent Development, Education Access, Mental Health

Letter from Jennifer Rodriguez to Commissioner Sanders

Letter from Jennifer Rodriguez to Commissioner Sanders appearing as an appendix to final report of...

Categories: Access to care, Babies/young children, Early childhood, Foster care, Foster parents, Health care needs, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Specific services/programs

Fact Sheet: Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Key Findings and Recommendations of the report: Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate...

Categories: Access to care, Babies/young children, Early childhood, Foster care, Foster parents, Health care needs, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Specific services/programs

Senate panel examines why California foster system addicted to psychiatric drugs

Article about February 24, 2015 hearing before the Human Services Committee about the over-use of...

Categories: Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Standards/enforcement

Trauma and the Environment of Care in Juvenile Institutions

This article is about trauma and the environment of care – the way detention itself...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs

Youth of Color and MHSA Prevention and Early Intervention

Article about why it is critical that the Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Guidelines be...

Categories: Mental health needs, Mental Health Services Act, Racial Justice/DMC

What Defenders Can Do to Reduce Placement Delay/Placement Failure

National Juvenile Defender Summit handout focusing on youth with serious mental health needs.

Categories: Mental health needs, Practice standards/guides

Youth Prison System Sued Over Health Care

LA Times article about the filing of Morris v. Harper, a lawsuit against the California...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Specific services/programs

Improvements Ordered in State Youth Prison Clinics

LA Times article about the Youth Law Center case, Wilber v. Warner (previously Morris v....

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Specific services/programs

Senator Debbie Stabenow’s Amendment re TFC

The Youth Law Center joined with over 35 national child welfare and mental organizations to...

Categories: Foster care, Health care needs, Mental health needs, Specific Services

Thank You Letter to Senator Debbie Stabenow Re Medicaid Coverage Amendment

The Youth Law Center joined with over 35 national child welfare and mental organizations to...

Categories: Foster care, Health care needs, Mental health needs, Specific Services

Mental Health Issues in California’s Juvenile Justice System

Youth Law Center's work on placement delay was cited in this Berkeley Center on Criminal...

Categories: Mental health needs, Placement delay

Willie M. v. Hunt Judgment and Order

Willie M. v. Hunt was a federal civil rights lawsuit that challenged the state's failure...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school

Willie M. v. Hunt Complaint

Willie M. v. Hunt was a federal civil rights lawsuit that challenged the state's failure...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school

Morris v. Harper (Wilber v. Cate) Peremptory Writ of Mandamus

This lawsuit was filed in May 2000, challenging the failure of the California Youth Authority...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school

Morris v. Harper (Wilber v. Cate) Statement of Decision

This lawsuit was filed in May 2000, challenging the failure of the California Youth Authority...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school

Morris v. Harper (Wilber v. Cate) Petition for Writ

This lawsuit was filed in May 2000, challenging the failure of the California Youth Authority...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school

Incompetent Youth in California Juvenile Justice

This article offers a vehicle for discussion of California juvenile incompetence to stand trial.  It...

Categories: Competence to stand trial, Mental health needs

Improving Access to Medi-Cal for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

This is the final report for a multi-year effort, funded by The California Endowment, to...

Categories: Access to care, Mental health needs

Difficult to Place: Youth with Mental Health Needs in California Juvenile Justice

This report presents the findings of Youth Law Center's research into placement issues for juvenile...

Categories: Disposition/placement, Mental health needs, Placement delay

Mental Health Issues Facing Adolescents in the Juvenile Justice System: Part I – The Lack of Mental Health Resourc...

Part I explores the lack of mental health resources and services for youth in the...

Categories: Mental health needs, Trying juveniles as adults

January 12, 2010, Letter to Nancy Pelosi Re: Suspending Rather than Terminating Medicaid

YLC has signed on with other state and national organizations to urge House Speaker Nancy...

Categories: Access to care, Access to care/EPSDT, Inmate Exclusion, Mental health needs