Collaborations & Partnerships

Creating meaningful, long-lasting change and comprehensive solutions to improve the lives of children and youth requires thoughtful collaboration and inclusion of a broad-spectrum of voices and experiences.

Our Collaborative Initiatives

The National Center for Youth Law engages with community-based organizations, state and national advocacy organizations, government agencies, school districts, and more to advance youth-centered policies and implement practices that support children and youth well-being.

Advancing Reproductive Health Equity, Promoting Healthy Sexual and Reproductive Health Journeys for Youth

Our Reproductive Health Equity Project — also known as RHEP — for foster youth engages an array of youth and supportive adult partners to normalize, support, and promote the bodily autonomy and healthy sexual development of youth in foster care. Our team is working with youth to uplift youth voices and support policy changes that lead to healthy sexual development.

Assembling Survivors and Experts to End the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

The National Center for Youth Law lead and staff the California Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Action Team - or CSEC Action Team - composed of leaders from across the state dedicated to turning knowledge into action to better meet the needs of youth and their families impacted by commercial sexual exploitation.

Champions for System-Involved Students

The Compassionate Education and FosterEd programs at the National Center for Youth Law work in local communities to create a future in which the vast majority of students involved in juvenile justice or foster care systems graduate high school, are not blocked from opportunities to fulfills their dreams, and have access to resources and supportive adults to who can help them build the futures they want for themselves.

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Convening a National Alliance to Ensure Education Equity, Inclusion and Civil Rights for Students

Our Education Civil Rights Alliance is a diverse and experienced group of organizers, educator organizations, community groups, professional associations, civil rights organizations, and government agencies committed to ensuring equitable education opportunities to all children and youth.

Ending Court Fees and Fines for all Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

Working with a dynamic national network of partners, our DebtFree Justice initiative organizes and supports state and local campaigns to help raise awareness about the injustice of fees and fines charged to youth and their families who come into contact with juvenile justice systems, coordinate policy efforts to end the harmful practice, and fight for restitution.