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When I look back now on my family’s experiences, I realize that the child welfare system only saw our family’s trauma and hurt, our dysfunction

Juvenile Law Center works to bring young people in the child welfare and justice systems home from institutional placements, and to ensure that youth placed

#SafelyHomePhilly represents a commitment to providing every young person in Philadelphia the services to meet their individual needs in their community, in Philadelphia, rather than sending youth across the state to one-size-fits-all institutions that too often do more harm than good.

We’re thrilled to share the first article in Teen Vogue’s latest series, Fostered or Forgotten, which will be published throughout National Foster Care Month

“My mother thought going to a juvenile holding facility would be good for me,” she said. “She thought I would be safe. She didn’t realize I would be

Youth Advocate Mayes’ testimony was among many chilling accounts delivered at Thursday’s council hearing, which focused on conditions at youth placement facilities.