Health
Health
We work to ensure that all children have equitable access to whole-health care and support that meets their physical, emotional and psycho-social needs. We aim to dismantle the barriers to care that children and youth experience, including involvement in foster care or juvenile justice systems, implicit bias in the health system, and housing or economic instability.
Center Youth
NCYL convenes a Youth Advisory Board made up of current and former foster youth who lead strategies to ensure all young people in foster care receive appropriate sexual and reproductive health information and support. Additionally, our policy work engages youth through community-based partners, and we work directly with youth to file litigation.
Legal Advocacy & Impact Litigation
Laws & Policy
Press Coverage
NCYL Leader Jesse Hahnel Steps Down
The Imprint
No, a California law does not allow doctors to perform gender-affirming surgeries without parental consent
VerifyThis
Will laws requiring California doctors to report abuse put out-of-state abortion patients at risk? Here’s what we know
San Francisco Chronicle
The GOP Could Stop Abortions for Child Migrants Who Are Victims of Rape
Vice News
New law on mental health curriculum goes into effect with start of the new year
EdSource
Newsom’s call: Governor’s final say on the top 21 bills of ’21
Cal Matters
Related Resources
Ensuring California Youth in Foster Care Receive Gender Affirming and Reproductive Health Care
A Young Person's Guide to Accessing Affordable Mental Health Services Under Medi-Cal
Judicial Bench Guide: Supporting the Mental Health of Children & Youth in Family Court
Fostering Parenthood the Podcast
Judicial Bench Guide: Supporting the Mental Health of Children & Youth in Probate Guardianship Proceedings
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