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For unaccompanied minors, countdown to 18th birthday is filled with fear and dread - CNN

March 28, 2019

On your 18th birthday, immigration officials will come for you, a lawyer explained. You will be shackled, you will be placed in an orange jumpsuit, and you will be taken to jail. “But I need you to know you are not a criminal.” …

State agency blasts San Jose foster care provider Unity Care for failures with high-risk youth - The Mercury News

March 24, 2019

Within four months, the state of California — in a rare move — took action to revoke the licenses of Unity Care’s five San Jose foster homes that were part of a new program serving the highest-risk foster youths.…

Want to rent a two-bedroom home in Salinas? Be prepared to pay double the national average - The Californian

March 23, 2019

Renting a two-bedroom apartment in Salinas costs nearly double the national average, says a new study.…

Brain tumor doesn’t stop Vallejo lawyer from helping youth - Times-Herald

March 22, 2019

Fighting social injustice became Grimm’s destiny — and as a pioneer attorney in fighting for children’s rights, his legacy.…

LA County Probation Moves to Aid Young Sex-Trafficking Victims - SCV News

March 22, 2019

The Los Angeles County Probation Department, along with several of its county collaborative agencies, has officially rolled out a new protocol designed to provide specialized services to detained youth who are identified as victims of sex-trafficking.…

State probed abuse claims at child migrant shelter - News Service of Florida

March 20, 2019

Florida’s child-welfare agency has investigated six cases of alleged child sexual abuse at a federal migrant shelter in South Florida in less than year, including allegations involving caregivers.…

Bill Grimm, Veteran Child Welfare Litigator, Honored by American Bar Association - Chronicle for Social Change

March 15, 2019

Bill Grimm, who has helped lead reform-prompting litigation against several state and county child welfare systems, has been awarded the Mark Hardin Award by the American Bar Association Center on Children and The Law…

Critican centro con 1.600 niños migrantes detenidos en Estados Unidos - El Universo

March 13, 2019

En una visita al refugio temporal para niños migrantes no acompañados en Homestead, en Florida, dos congresistas estadounidenses pudieron observar cómo unos 1.600 niños y adolescentes de entre 13 y 18 años permanecen “hacinados, extremadamente vigilados y con reglas muy estrictas”, de acuerdo con activistas…

Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration Must Enforce Special-Education Policy - Wall Street Journal

March 7, 2019

A federal court in Washington ruled Thursday that an Obama administration policy seeking to address the high proportion of black and Hispanic children in special-education classes must go into effect.…

Tampa Conference Spotlights Kids’ Behavioral Health - Public News Service

March 1, 2019

NCYL’s Frankie Guzman is interviewed before his keynote address to the Annual Research and Policy Conference and Child, Adolescent and Young Adult Behavior Health.…