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Analysis · Featured · Juvenile Justice
L.A. Supervisors Demand Plan to Help “Crossover Kids,” Young People Failed by Two Juvenile Systems
We know that, statistically speaking, kids who spend time in Los Angeles County’s foster care system — or any foster care system, for that matter — have worse outcomes when…
New UCLA Research Center Will Focus on Preventing Entries into Foster Care, Needs of Foster Youth
Thanks to a $10 million philanthropic donation, the University of California, Los Angeles will establish a new research center dedicated to addressing the complex needs of children in foster care,…
Featured · Los Angeles · News
Sheila Kuehl Charts Path for Nation’s Largest Child Welfare System
As the current chair of Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors, Sheila Kuehl is in a prominent position to shape child welfare policy that will not only have an impact…
Featured · Juvenile Justice · News
Bryan Stevenson: Defeating Mass Incarceration Starts with Keeping Kids Out of Adult Facilities
Making sure that children don’t enter the adult jails and prisons should be a critical part of how the country thinks about ending mass incarceration, according to leading criminal-defense lawyer…
Advocates Eager to Find Youth Development Funds in California’s Forecasted Cannabis Boom
With high rates of poverty among youth in Los Angeles, a new report prepared by civil rights advocacy group Advancement Project California called on the city to ramp up youth…
Featured · Juvenile Justice · Subscriber Content
Q&A: Liberty Hill President Shane Goldsmith Talks Juvenile Justice and Alternatives to Incarceration
This month, Liberty Hill Foundation President Shane Goldsmith was awarded a $100,000 fellowship from the Durfee Foundation to focus on youth justice issues in the county. Goldsmith said she will…
Child Welfare · Featured · Youth Voice
Five Great 2017 Columns from Current, Former Foster Youth
Each year, The Chronicle of Social Change publishes opinion columns and personal reflections contributed by current or former foster youth. These pieces represent a perspective on the current child welfare…
