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Reporters may contact us here to speak to a National Center for Youth Law expert on a range of children and youth-rights issues. See below for recent press releases and for reporter resources, including explainers about complicated advocacy issues and guides to help reporters write fairly and equitably about youth impacted by government agencies and public systems.

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Court strengthens protections for children in immigration custody

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Colorado Bill Aims to 'Raise the Floor' on Minimum Age for Arrest, Detainment

New Guide Helps Mental Health Professionals Serve Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

Lawsuit Against Riverside County Seeks Reimbursement for Families Illegally Charged with Juvenile Justice Fees

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

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California Supreme Court Upholds Law Protecting 14–15-Year-Olds from Transfer to Adult Court

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Newsom’s call: Governor’s final say on the top 21 bills of ’21

October 12, 2021

Cal Matters

CA signs bills allowing students access to mental health education, support at schools

October 11, 2021

ABC 7 News

Governor Signs Portantino’s Mental Health Education Bills Into Law

October 8, 2021

Pasadena Now

Changes to California's youth prison system prove difficult to implement

October 7, 2021

EdSource

OCR opens discrimination investigation into Texas ban on school mask mandates

September 21, 2021

K-12 Dive

Why California teens need mental illness education

September 15, 2021

San Francisco Examiner