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Flores Counsel Takes Action to Address the Harm Children are Experiencing at Open Air Detention Sites

Children are being denied shelter, adequate food and water, and access to medical care. National Center for Youth Law, Center for Human Rights and...
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Governor signs AB 665 into law, increasing mental health care access for low-income youth

No young person should ever be denied access to mental health care due to their income level. Thanks to California Gov. Gavin Newsom signing Assembly...
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Landmark report tracks, highlights key health outcomes for youth in foster care

New first-of-its-kind report focuses on reproductive and maternal health outcomes for young people in California's foster care system

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Advocates for Children with Disabilities and Oregon Dep’t of Education Reach Interim Agreement

September 14, 2021
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A Know-Your-Rights Guide for Parents and Guardians is Now Available

August 10, 2021
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Federal filing aims to enforce protections for children in immigration custody, improve care at temporary holding sites

August 9, 2021
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Disability Rights Organizations Submit Overwhelming Evidence of DC’s Broken Children’s Mental Health System; Seek Certification of Class of Hundreds of Needlessly Institutionalized Children with Mental Health Disabilities

July 26, 2021
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Sacramento and Children's Receiving Home Sued for Wrongful Death of Foster Child

July 6, 2021
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Judge Orders Washington State to End Car and Hotel Stays for Foster Youth

June 29, 2021
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5 Questions with Chris Wu, NCYL Alumni and Vice President of NCYL’s Board of Directors

June 15, 2021
Alumni Updates

5 Questions with NCYL Alumni Fanna Gamal, Binder Clinical Teaching Fellow, UCLA Law and 2015 NCYL Law Clerk

June 15, 2021