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California

4/1/2024

Foster Care Panic in Minnesota? Not So Fast

Richard Wexler argues that a stronger presence of family and legal advocates has steeled Minnesota against foster care panics

I Spoke Up But Social Services Refused to Listen

3/27/2024

I Spoke Up, But Social Services Refused to Listen

Begging my teachers, counselors, and social workers to do something and help me became a daily chore, writes Tyler Peters.

When They First Started Happening

3/26/2024

When They First Started Happening

When they continued happening, they made me feel like I was experiencing everything for the first time, writes Cheyenne Cobb.

3/25/2024

Congressional Candidate Wants to Create a Place for Young Women ‘To Dream, To Fight and To Just Be’  

California Congressional candidate Lateefah Simon with her daughter, Aminah. Provided photo.
Before she became a leading candidate for a seat in the U.S. Congress representing Northern California communities, Lateefah Simon was “every teacher’s nightmare.”

Barry Krisberg, Lifelong Crusader for Youth Behind Bars, is Mourned Nationwide ​​

3/18/2024

Barry Krisberg, Lifelong Crusader for Youth Behind Bars, is Mourned Nationwide

Longtime advocate for incarcerated youth Barry Krisberg died last month, but his work to overhaul juvenile justice continues to inform systemic reforms nationwide.

3/13/2024

NY Law Would Scale Back Practice of Billing Parents for Foster Care

A New York bill would limit the state’s practice of charging parents child support for children in foster care.

    2/29/2024

    California Voters Begin Mailing in Ballots from Libraries, Senior Centers, and, Increasingly, from Juvenile Halls

    Voting drives are visible across California, but less seen are the state's ramped-up efforts to reach eligible voters in juvenile halls.

    2/27/2024

    Most States Now Access Federal Funds for Family Court Lawyers

    Since a 2018 policy change, 31 states have tapped into hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds for attorneys in family court cases.

    2/15/2024

    L.A.’s Incarceration of Youth Again Falls Short of Humane Standards, State Regulator Calls Two More Juvenile Facilities ‘Unsuitable’

    Months after a state regulator shut down its juvenile halls, LA County is again being slammed for housing youth in substandard conditions.