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Kids who cross the border meet with therapists and social workers. What they say can be used against them. - Vox

June 18, 2018

Undocumented kids in custody at the border think they’re getting help when they talk with a social worker or clinical psychologist, but what they say is often used to keep them in detention longer or even deport them, lawyers who work with these children say.…

Why Do LA’s Foster Care Facilities Keep Calling The Cops On Traumatized Kids? - Witness LA

June 4, 2018

On March 21, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed an important motion that instructed the Director of the Office of Child Protection, Michael Nash, former presiding judge of Los Angeles County’s Juvenile Court, to find out why so many of LA County’s foster…

Did Betsy DeVos just suggest that schools roll back students’ civil rights? - The Hechinger Report

May 29, 2018

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ testimony during Congress’ first oversight hearing in nearly a year and a half of her tenure confirmed the crisis moment at which the nation now teeters with respect to civil rights in education.…

$100 Million Diversion Effort Aims to Keep California Youth Avoid Lock Up - Chronicle For Social Change

May 9, 2018

Advocates in California are lobbying Gov. Jerry Brown (D) to set aside $100 million for an effort to steer young people away from involvement in the juvenile justice system across the state.…

Latino lawyer, advocate awarded prestigious prize for work in juvenile justice - Al Dia

May 9, 2018

Frankie Guzman, juvenile justice attorney at the National Center for Youth Law in California, is receiving the Leadership Award from the Juvenile Law Center in recognition for his work in advocating for and enacting reforms of the juvenile justice system.…

CA Lawmaker, Partners Introduce Budget Request For $100 Million “Down Payment” On Juvenile Diversion - Witness LA

May 8, 2018

On Monday, California Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-South Los Angeles) officially requested $100 million in budgetary dollars to launch a “Youth Reinvestment Fund” aimed at improving outcomes for juvenile justice system-involved youth through trauma-informed diversion and community-based services.…

Teen pregnancy rates in LA County’s foster care system are shockingly high. Here’s what’s being done - KPCC - FM

May 1, 2018

Teen pregnancies have been declining in recent decades, but that’s not the case for all young women; 58 percent of L.A.’s female foster youths have experienced at least one pregnancy by the age of 19.…

Unplanned Pregnancies More Likely With Foster Kids, Study Shows - KFI - AM

May 1, 2018

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Teens in foster care are 2 1/2 times more likely to become pregnant than their non-foster care peers, Los Angeles County officials said today, highlighting the efforts of a private-public partnership to change those statistics.…

Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Kids Suspended Far More Often - Honululu Civil Beat

April 27, 2018

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students are far more likely to be suspended and expelled in Hawaii than students of other ethnicities, causing them to miss more school days overall, according to newly released federal data.…

Might new civil rights data influence DeVos on discipline? - Politico

April 25, 2018

Conservatives hoping Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will soon scrap Obama-era school discipline guidance have a new complication to worry about: A flood of civil rights data the Education Department released Tuesday makes clear that big disparities remain in the way students are treated in the…