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No more waiting - Sacramento News and Review

September 19, 2019

More than two years after an independent audit raised alarm bells about special-ed classes, youth advocacy groups don’t see change coming without legal action…

Don’t blame Flores Agreement for migration wave, attorneys and experts tell court - CBS News

September 13, 2019

Attorneys on Friday struck back against a claim long made by the U.S. government that a landmark 1997 court settlement about the care of migrant children in custody has caused kids and families to flow north from Central America.…

Lawsuit alleges discrimination against disabled, black students at Sacramento City Unified - The Fresno Bee

September 6, 2019

A coalition of nonprofit advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court against the Sacramento City Unified School District, alleging that the district discriminates against students with disabilities, especially black students.…

Government: Let’s end agreement for migrant kid detention - Associated Press

September 5, 2019

“The basic human rights of children should never be commodities in the battle for political capital,” said attorney Neha Desai, who works for the National Center for Youth Law, one of the groups involved in the litigation. “Over the past two years this administration has…

What’s in New Trump Immigration Rule Overriding Flores Agreement? 3 Key Changes - KQED

September 5, 2019

“This administration has dramatically and dangerously misrepresented what the Flores Settlement Agreement is and does,” said Neha Desai, immigration director for the National Center for Youth Law in Oakland. “It’s nothing more or less than a set of bedrock child welfare principles that protect vulnerable…

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.”…