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December, 2009 – NCYL Attorney and Skadden Fellow Jesse Hahnel has been chosen as one of two fellows by The Mind Trust, a national non-profit supporting education innovation and entrepreneurship, based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jesse was chosen from a field of 405 applicants from 20 counties. He will receive two years’ salary ($90,000/year) with full benefits, a start-up stipend, and ongoing support from The Mind Trust Board and staff, enabling him "to develop, build, and launch" his project in Indianapolis and nationwide. Read More
Unable to Access Services, Kids Harmed From Hospitalization, incarceration
NCYL, Disability Rights WA and other advocacy organizations have filed suit against Washington State for failing to provide intensive, community-based, mental health services to children and youth. The 10 plaintiffs, all younger than 21, charge that children and youth with serious mental illness are not being provided adequate care. They are being cycled in and out of institutions and psychiatric hospitals and jails. They are homeless or end up in foster care and have families in crisis. They are dropping out of school. Read more.
Related Media Coverage
NCYL Senior Attorney Bill Grimm is interviewed in the LA Times about the effectiveness of CA's Child Death Disclosure law (SB39) almost two years after its enactment in 2008. NCYL co-sponsored the legislation with the Child Advocacy Institute in San Diego.
California falls short in examining deaths of children
Nov. 5, 2009 - A law designed to allow public scrutiny of fatal abuse and neglect is unevenly enforced and leaves many unaccounted for. Read more.
NCYL is working to improve access to mental health services for California's "out-of-county" foster children: children placed in foster care outside the county where they lived. Due to the structure of mental health care delivery and funding, out-of-county children experience frequent and lengthy delays in getting mental health services, or do not receive them at all. Read NCYL's recent Open Forum piece in the San Francisco Chronicle: Foster Youth Need Access to Mental Health Care
New Initiative Seeks to Ensure Foster Youth Receive the Educational Advocacy and Opportunities They Need to Succeed
Foster children are taken from their families because they have experienced abuse or neglect. Bounced from home to home and school to school, their educational outcomes are tragically poor. Without an educational advocate, they often do not receive the educational opportunities they are entitled to. NCYL works to ensure that foster youth receive the educational advocacy and opportunities they need to succeed in school and in life. Learn more.
The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) is working to reform the juvenile justice systems in Arkansas and Wyoming, partnering with advocates, the government, and other stakeholders. cont'd...
Above: NCYL Staff Attorney Bryn Martyna (left), Dalton Dyer (middle), and NCYL Director John O'Toole (right) |
NCYL just won a major case in California, securing fair and equal treatment of foster youth who play high school sports. This victory could potentially affect thousands of foster youth in the state. To read more, please click here.
The Federal District Court in Utah dismissed David C. v. Huntsman on Dec. 30, after a final review to ensure that the state continued to be on track with its transformation of the child welfare system. cont'd...
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NCYL seeks both an Attorney and a Policy Advocate for its Juvenile Justice Reform Project. The Project aims to reduce this nation's over reliance on incarceration and to expand non-custodial supports for youth in trouble with the law.
Dalton Dyer, a foster youth and Placer High School (CA) football player, made national headlines when he defended his right – and the right of all California foster youth – to play high school sports and participate in other extracurricular activities without having to meet burdensome requirements simply because he is in foster care. Dalton has become a high-profile advocate for foster youth across California, speaking at conferences and doing media interviews. Read more
The Rudy Award winner, chosen from hundreds of high school football players across the country, is honored for his “character, courage, contribution, and commitment” and will receive a $10,000 college scholarship.
Please take a few seconds to vote for Dalton to become the next Rudy Award Winner!
Check out the latest issue:
VOL. XXVIII NO. 3
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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