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Sept. 4, 2008 - The most extensive single-state survey of foster youth anywhere in the country has been released by Washington State officials as part of the state’s efforts to reform its foster care system. It is one of the only surveys of foster youth in which they were questioned directly about their experiences. Read More ____________________________________________________________
August 26, 2008 - NCYL has been actively working with the Arkansas Division of Youth Services (DYS) to reform Arkansas’ juvenile justice system. NCYL Senior Attorney Pat Arthur, in collaboration with DYS, has co-authored a report that provides a framework for reform. See Report
Judge Says County Must Produce Thousands of Files, Orders Sanctions
August 2008 - A federal judge last week gave Clark County Child Welfare Officials until Oct. 3 to turn over 1,100 child abuse files to the National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) and has also ordered they pay NCYL’s legal fees for the court fight to get the files.
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June 30 , 2008- A Superior Court Judge in Washington State has ruled that the state’s Department of Social and Health Services must keep the promises it made four years ago to dramatically improve the care and protection of the state’s 10,000 foster children.
Media Coverage: Has WA done enough to turn its troubled child welfare system around?
March 28, 2008 - The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) and co-counsel have renewed their motion for class certification in Clark K. v. Willden, a lawsuit seeking broad reform of the child welfare system in Clark County (Las Vegas), Nevada.
January 2008 - The first year of the new Alameda County Juvenile Collaborative Court was a great success. The purpose of the Court is to divert youth with mental health issues from the juvenile justice system.
December 13, 2007 - The state’s largest and most influential groups advocating for homeless individuals with mental illness have sued Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to restore a highly effective program they say is vital to their clients’ safety and well-being.
Court Commends Parties for Their Success
June 29, 2007 - The federal District Court in Utah yesterday approved an agreement between the National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) and Utah officials to end a longstanding suit to reform Utah’s child welfare system.
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This website is designed to help CA adolescent health care providers understand the many laws that affect their work, with a focus on reproductive health.
- One in five children in this country lives in poverty.
- Children are two times more likely to be poor than the elderly.
- More than 5 million children live in families with less than half the income that officially qualifies a family as "poor."
The National Center for Youth Law works to help these children, whose needs are too often ignored by our society. We provide them with a voice in the decisions that so dramatically affect their lives. learn more
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