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ODE Seeks Dismissal Of Lawsuit In Support Of Students With Disabilities - KLLC radio (Eugene, OR)

July 11, 2019

“The overall goal is for the state to support school districts in meeting the needs of these students. To make sure every student, as they’re entitled to, gets a chance to learn and isn’t excluded just because they have disabilities,” said National Center for Youth…

Progress report: Keeping tabs on meds for foster-care kids - Searchlight, New Mexico

July 11, 2019

“Every state needs this work done,” said Anna Johnson, senior policy associate for the National Center for Youth Law and a specialist in the issue of psychotropic prescribing to foster children. “No state has the answer. There’s no national model out there.”…

HERE’S THE REAL REASON KIDS ARE BEING KEPT IN FILTHY BORDER PATROL HOLDING CELLS FOR WEEKS - Vice News

June 28, 2019

“The government is either unwilling or unable to act,” the National Center for Youth law said in a statement. “Only immediate judicial intervention will end this health and welfare crisis and prevent more child deaths at the border.”…

Facing Protests, Company That Runs Homestead Migrant Youth Shelter Invites Congress To Visit - Forbes

June 27, 2019

“It’s really disconcerting that a company is profiting off of the detention of children,” Neha Desai, director of immigration at the National Center For Youth Law, told Forbes in April. “But again, there are problems throughout the [federal migrant shelter] network.”…

Children Inside Texas Detention Centers Describe Squalid Conditions - Rolling Stone

June 27, 2019

“We want an immediate inspection of all CBP facilities by a public health expert with the authority to mandate changes,” Leecia Welch, a lawyer with the National Center for Youth Law, told Rolling Stone. “We are concerned that without this immediate relief, more children…

Feds Had 500 Beds Open As Migrant Children Languish At Texas Facility - Associated Press

June 27, 2019

“I can only hope that the public outcry from hearing about sick babies and toddlers deprived of soap, food and blankets — and children being denied emergency medical attention after getting sick from squalid conditions — will force change,” said Leecia Welch, senior director of…

Lawsuit says diversion program meant to keep troubled kids out of the criminal justice system violates their constitutional rights - ABA Journal

May 1, 2019

The lawsuit, filed last year and currently pending in federal court for the Central District of California, alleges that the Riverside County Probation Department violates youths’ due process rights, their Fourth Amendment right to be free from unlawful searches and seizures and their First Amendment…

Title X Rule Change Could Lead to More Unplanned Pregnancy, Disease Transmission, and Sex Trafficking for Foster Youth - Chronicle of Social Change

April 29, 2019

A federal rule change around family planning clinics being sought by the Trump administration could have a disproportionate effect on current and former foster youth. Advocates believe that the new rules could have a chilling effect on the likelihood for these young people to access…

Juvenile hall costs skyrocket - San Francisco Chronicle

April 26, 2019

Counties haven’t reduced expenses as the number of youths in juvenile halls has plummeted. As pressure grows to trim spending, officials say it won’t be easy.…

Despite education reforms, foster students in California lag far behind on multiple measures - EdSource

April 26, 2019

Seven years ago, two education researchers in California did something that had never been done before. They sat for months in San Francisco in a secure, private room and matched confidential information on children in the child welfare system — those who had been removed…