Check out recent media coverage of NCYL and its work.
Following is coverage of NCYL’s federal lawsuit in Las Vegas, Nevada to reform that county’s foster care system. The suit seeks unspecified money damages for 13 name plaintiffs as well as overall system improvements.
NPR, “State of Nevada”
Interview with NCYL attorney Bryn Martyna
(18 minutes)
April 19, 2010
TV (NBC) interview with NCYL Senior Attorney Bill Grimm:
"Face to Face with Jon Ralston”
April 19, 2010
8 News Now (CBS)
Lawsuit Against County Claims Inadequate Foster Child Care
April 14, 2010
A young woman who says she suffered in foster care is speaking out. Linda, not her real name, is one of 13 children pursuing a class action lawsuit against the Clark County child welfare system.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Lawsuit Claims Inadequate Care of Foster Children by Welfare Agencies
April 14, 2010
By Brian Haynes
Las Vegas Sun
Federal Class Action Suit Filed Against County Child Welfare System
April 14, 2010
13 Action News (ABC)
Federal Lawsuit Filed Against County Child Welfare System
April 14, 2010
My News 3 (NBC)
Shocking Allegations Against Clark County’s Child Welfare System
April 15, 2010
Fox 5 News
Lawsuit Claims Abuse Within Foster System
April 14, 2010
KDWN Las Vegas News Radio
Child Welfare Suit Filed
April 14, 2010
KXNT News Radio Las Vegas
Lawsuit Filed Over County Foster Care
April 14, 2010
NCYL Senior Attorney Bill Grimm is interviewed about new CA limits on the number of children in a foster home, designed to prevent overcrowding and improve living conditions for foster children.
Sacramento Bee
State Limits Foster Homes to 6 Children
March 30, 2010
By any parent's standards, Tracy Dossman had a full house.
When 4 1/2-year-old Amariana Crenshaw died in her care in January 2008, the single foster mother had nine children, ages 4 to 19 living in her North Natomas home – plus an assortment of young adults and other kids drifting in and out.
The Sacramento Bee launched an investigation into the death of foster child Amariana Crenshaw, bringing to light failures of the county and private foster agencies and raising new questions about the child’s life and death in her foster home.
Visit Bee Investigation: Who Killed Amariana? to read the coverage.
NCYL Senior Attorney Bill Grimm is interviewed about access to case records of children who have died of abuse or neglect.
Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader
Judge: Dead Boy’s Records Should be Open
Toddler Drank Drain Cleaner While in Foster Care
May 5, 2010
LA Times
L.A. County Welfare Agency Refuses to Release Files on Children's Deaths
Feb. 13, 2010
By Garrett Therolf
The LA Times has extensively covered recent child deaths in Los Angeles County and the county’s refusal to allow access to information that should made public in accordance with Senate Bill 39, which NCYL co-sponsored. Visit Innocents Betrayed: A Times Investigation to read the coverage.
NCYL and the private firm of Perkins Coie filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on Jan. 29, 2010 in Riverside County Superior Court to vacate the conviction of Sara Kruzan. Kruzan is serving a sentence of life without parole for a fatal shooting she committed in 1994 when she was 16 years old. The Court denied that petition and Sara’s counsel re-filed it in the Court of Appeals, where it is now pending.
The Press-Enterprise
New Murder Trial Denied for Riverside Woman Supported by Demi Moore
Feb. 16, 2010
Thanks in part to funding from the Public Welfare Foundation, NCYL is working to reduce the state’s dependence on incarceration and increase the number of community based alternatives for youth in the juvenile justice system. NCYL’s work is featured on the Foundation’s website.
Public Welfare Foundation
Transforming Juvenile Justice in Arkansas
Feb. 2010
