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What State Advocates Can Do: Policy Advocacy in Response to COVID-19 on Behalf of Older Youth in and Aging Out of the Child Welfare System

Jenny Pokempner,

Young people in and leaving the child welfare system have been hit hard by COVID-19. Many do not have a strong support system in place

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COVID-19: Juvenile Law Center’s Response to the Crisis

Sue Mangold,

(updated on an ongoing basis, as recently as May 15, 2020)

Unable to practice social distancing. Unsanitary conditions. Insufficient access to soap and water for

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Second Juvenile Justice Task Force Meeting Cancelled in Pennsylvania

Malik Pickett, Esq.,

Amid the COVID-19 public health crisis, the Pennsylvania Juvenile Justice Task Force meeting scheduled for April 8, 2020 is officially cancelled.  We remain committed to ensuring

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Remote Youth-led Advocacy

Cathy Moffa, MSS, MLSP and Marcía Hopkins, MSW,

Juvenile Law Center and its Youth Advocacy Program have been working remotely for over 3 weeks since the Philadelphia shutdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. We

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Need for Immediate Action to Protect Philadelphia's Youth in Confinement From COVID-19

Today, 34 organizations and individuals dedicated to the health and safety of Philadelphia’s youth signed onto a letter imploring Philadelphia Mayor James Kenney, Philadelphia City