Press Room
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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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Mental Health Education Bill Authored by Senator Portantino Approved by Legislature, Heads to Governor’s Desk
September 3, 2021
Pasadena Now
Mental Health Education Bill Authored by Senator Portantino Approved by Legislature, Heads to Governor’s Desk
September 3, 2021
Pasadena Now
Migrant children spend weeks at US shelters as more arrive
August 26, 2021
Associated Press
Kansas to pay $2.2M in legal costs in child welfare lawsuit
August 19, 2021
Associated Press
Biden administration faces lawsuit over ‘shockingly deplorable’ child migrant conditions in Texas
August 14, 2021
Fox News
Why is the Biden administration still keeping migrant kids locked up? The saga of Title 42
August 13, 2021
Salon