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Youth provide insights to help build healthier schools

Preventing and mitigating youth trauma, family separations: California’s SB 578

Every child and young person needs and deserves to be unconditionally healthy, safe, and thriving in all the complexity of their humanity. As they grow and build toward the future they envision for themselves, children and youth must be free from state surveillance, policing, and coercive control. They must be able to seek the support they believe they, their families, and/or their communities need without fear of punishment or further harm.

California’s AB 665: Equitable access to mental health services

Every child deserves safe spaces and opportunities to connect with supportive people as they grow, learn about themselves and the world around them, and develop the skills they'll need to navigate the many challenges of life.

Ensuring California Youth in Foster Care Receive Gender Affirming and Reproductive Health Care

All youth deserve the right to healthy relationships, healthy sexual development, and bodily autonomy to ensure they can lead thriving lives and create the futures they envision for themselves.

A Young Person’s Guide to Accessing Affordable Mental Health Services Under Medi-Cal

Judicial Bench Guide: Supporting the Mental Health of Children and Youth in Family Court

Judicial Bench Guide: Supporting the Mental Health of Children & Youth in Probate Guardianship Proceedings

Courts have a specific but enormously impactful role to play in the lives of court-involved children and families. Experiences like family separation or loss of a family member alter family structure, home environments, and routines, impacting youth’s sense of stability and control and negatively impacting their mental health.