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April 7, 2010 - Attorneys from the law firm of Perkins Coie, with NCYL’s assistance, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in California’s Court of Appeal seeking the release of Sara Kruzan. Ms. Kruzan is serving a life without parole sentence for shooting her then 36-year-old pimp when she was 16. The pimp had sexually abused Sara since age 11 and began trafficking her as a prostitute when she was 13.
April 28, 2010 - Foster Ed Connect is an on-line community for everyone working to help children and youth in California’s foster care system succeed in school. Read more
April 14, 2010 - The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) filed a lawsuit against state and county child welfare officials today, charging them with violating state and federal law and showing "deliberate indifference to the health and safety of the children [they are] obligated to protect." The suit seeks unspecified damages for 13 children named in the lawsuit, as well as system improvements for several classes of children that comprise more than half of the 3,600 children in foster care. Read more
November 21, 2008 - Earlier today a Superior Court Judge in Oakland issued a temporary restraining order delaying a high school football playoff game in a case brought by the National Center for Youth Law on behalf of a foster youth seeking to enforce his right to participate in school sports on the same terms as other students.
October 9, 2008 - The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to hear an appeal by the National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) of a recent U.S. District Court ruling denying its motion for class certification in Clark K. v. Willden.
September 22, 2008 - Federal Judge A. Howard Matz ordered the parties in Katie A. v. Bonta to meet promptly and report back to the Court by October 29 on how “wraparound” services can be covered by Medi-Cal and properly billed—thereby ensuring that mental health care providers will be reimbursed for delivering these critical services to children in foster care.
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.
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.
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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