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The National Center for Youth Law shares its learning and experience to assist people in our efforts to support and empower youth. Browse our research and resources.

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Antelope Valley Community Resource Guide

The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) has compiled a Community Resource Guide of available programming and services for young people in the Antelope Valley region of Los Angeles County.

Santa Clara Community Resource Guide

Crisis on the Coast: The Bay Coastal Foster Youth and Homeless Student Populations

This report produced in partnership with Pivot Learning highlights the impact homelessness has on students in Monterey County and the efforts our two organizations are making to address these academic challenges.

Trauma-Informed Legal Advocacy: A Resource for Juvenile Defense Attorneys

This resource is intended to provide juvenile defense attorneys with an increased understanding of what trauma-informed legal advocacy entails, how trauma impacts child development, the attorney-client relationship, family and caregivers, and attorneys themselves.

Promoting Permanency for Teens: A 50 State Review of Law and Policy

Over the last 20 years the number of children in foster care has decreased significantly. Yet during this same period, the number of teenagers aging out of foster care without finding a permanent family has increased from 19,000 to more than 23,000 annually.

Drug Company Payments to Physicians Tied to Harmful Prescriptions for Foster Youth

This policy brief examines the connections between pharmaceutical company payments to physicians and harmful prescribing practices for children and youth in foster care.

Addressing the Over-Medication of Foster Youth

Curbing the High Rates of Psychotropic Medication Prescriptions Among Children and Youth in Foster Care

This brief analyzes conditions contributing to the over-prescription of psych meds in foster care systems, identify promising interventions, present case studies of state interventions, and offer policy strategies ranked by potential impact and ease of implementation.