Youth Law Center

Welcome the Youth Law Center's newest team member, litigation consultant Stuart Seaborn. With more than 25 years of practicing public interest law, Stuart's work has focused most closely on systemic civil rights litigation on behalf of groups of people with disabilities. He has secured national precedents in the areas of voting rights, access to transportation, and access to public facilities, among several others. Learn more about Stuart here: https://lnkd.in/e8Z6qxT3

This has already been a challenging year for our children and youth- full of anxiety, displacement, loss, and threats of danger and harm. We strongly believe that when times are hard, we need to focus even more on the places where we find the sparks of change and hope for our youth - they are in the collective community of advocates, including youth, families, lawyers, agency leaders and staff, working to prioritize love and opportunity for children and youth across the country. https://lnkd.in/ggfC8PvS

The Youth Law Center was mentioned in a New York Times Magazine feature article, "What Happened When America Emptied Its Youth Prisons: Lessons from a radical 20-year experiment and a quiet triumph of public policy." The mention included in the New York Times Magazine is from a 2004 Los Angeles Times article, "Youth Authority to Review Use of Cages," featuring the Youth Law Center's legal advocacy work.

The Youth Law Center is committed to ending the criminalization, institutionalization, and dehumanization of children through advocacy that ensures the young people and families most affected have the power, opportunities, and resources to create a different future. As 2024 comes to a close, we invite you to make a donation to support our work transforming foster care and juvenile justice systems to ensure that experiences in these systems are a moment in time, rather than a life sentence, for children, and creating a world where the odds are stacked for them, not against them: https://lnkd.in/ePPT5crz

Happy Holidays from the Youth Law Center!?

Check out Youth Law Center's 2024 in Review in Pictures:?https://lnkd.in/edkjd85Y

Read the amended complaint in class action lawsuit against the State of Tennessee: https://lnkd.in/gvq64XFz Disability Rights Tennessee Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP

Meet Quality Parenting Initiative Elevate and Celebrate honoree Patrick Rose of Fresno, CA: https://lnkd.in/efQXCvMQ #fostercare #fostercareadvocate

In October, the Quality Parenting Initiative hosted a multi-generational group including youth who had experienced #fostercare as teenagers, along with foster parents, birth parents, and relatives who have parented teens in foster care to offer valuable, practical guidance on how foster care systems can apply research findings to improve policies and practices. Learn more about their recommendations: https://lnkd.in/gkj5jbXf

Learn more about Quality Parenting Initiative's upcoming work with the Andrus Family Fund, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, The Mayerson Company (Manuel D. & Rhoda Mayerson Foundation), and the May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust to drive new advocacy efforts focused on improving the lives of teenagers in #fostercare: https://lnkd.in/gkj5jbXf