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Panel rules soap, sleep essential to migrant kids’ safety - Associated Press

August 15, 2019

Leecia Welch, senior director of legal advocacy and child welfare at the National Center for Youth Law, said the panel’s ruling wasn’t surprising. “It should shock the conscience of all Americans to know that our government argued children do not need these bare essentials,” she…

N.C. shut down a group home last year. The US just gave it a contract to house migrant children - Los Angeles Daily News

August 9, 2019

State oversight ensures that children receive “a minimum threshold of protection,” such as schooling and being cared for by trained staff, said Neha Desai, director of immigration for the National Center for Youth Law. “While there is no way to ensure that a contractor will…

Here’s how a Valley Indian tribe and the city of San Fernando are partnering to keep at-risk teens out of jail - Los Angeles Daily News

August 9, 2019

According to the National Center for Youth Law policy associate Reymundo Armendariz, approximately 62,000 youth were arrested in 2016. He explains that “69% of those youth were arrested for misdemeanor and status offenses like petty theft, school fights, smoking marijuana, running away, violating curfew.” He…

Lawsuit claiming Missouri officials overused psychotropic drugs on foster children has been settled - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

August 9, 2019

“Children in foster care across the country are being administered dangerous dosages and combinations of psychotropic medications instead of receiving appropriate mental health services to address complex trauma,” said Leecia Welch, senior director of Child Welfare and Legal Advocacy at the National Center for Youth…

Shortened school day case faces motion to dismiss - East Oregonian

August 9, 2019

“We were really pleased that the court was taking seriously the plight of the kids of Oregon who aren’t getting full school days,” Galanter said. “We’re certainly very optimistic.”…

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…