Resources
YOUTH LAW NEWS
VOL. 4 NO. 1
In This Issue: Oregon fails to ensure that all children can attend a full day of school, Healthy sexual development to Improve outcomes for youth in foster care, and leading educators criticize DeVos.
CURRENT RESOURCES
All Hands on Deck: Identifying and Supporting Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
This report details Los Angeles County Probation Department’s efforts over the past eight years to better identify and serve youth
Los Angeles County Detention Interagency Identification and Response Protocol for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children and Youth
This new innovative model for serving commercially sexually exploited (CSE) youth identified through probation detention facilities is the result of
Research to Action Brief: Translating Research to Policy and Practice to Support Youth Impacted by Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
The CSE Research to Action Brief: Translating Research to Policy and Practice to Support Youth Impacted by Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Supporting the Mental Health of Youth in Juvenile Court (California) - Resource Guide and Bench Cards
Up to 80 percent of youth in foster care have significant mental health issues as compared to approximately 22 percent
Webinar: A Trauma-Informed Approach for Newcomer Immigrant Youth
This webinar presents a trauma-informed approach to judicial decision-making so that all professionals involved in the system may better understand
Child Welfare & Unaccompanied Children in Federal Immigration Custody - A Data and Research Based Guide for Federal Policy Makers
This congressional report summarizes new data analysis, child welfare research, and two decades of lessons learned from implementing the Flores
Benchcard for Juvenile Court Judges - A TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACH TO JUDICIAL DECISION-MAKING FOR NEWCOMER IMMIGRANT YOUTH IN JUVENILE JUSTICE PROCEEDINGS
This benchcard for juvenile court judges presents a trauma-informed approach to judicial decision-making for newcomer immigrant youth in juvenile justice
Senate Bill 439 (2018) Implementation Guide - An implementation guide co-authored by the National Center for Youth Law
In 2018, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 439 (Senator Holly J. Mitchell) into law. SB 439 established a minimum age
