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In our last blog post about supporting disconnected youth as they navigate the path to a successful career, we highlighted the significant challenges youth face

In today's world, identification is needed to move around, to access services and benefits, and to take advantage of all opportunities for education and employment

Jessica Feierman, an attorney and associate director of the Juvenile Law Center, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit, said many communities nationwide have closed juvenile detention facilities with

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski took a brave stand when she voted against the health care bill earlier this summer that would harm Alaskans by slashing

Yesterday, The Root published a piece on our recently released national report on solitary confinement at juvenile facilities, including an interview with Staff Attorney Natane Eaddy. Our report offers strategies towards ending the abusive practice nationwide and continues Juvenile Law Center’s critical work to stop solitary confinement of kids.

Juvenile Law Center, the nation’s oldest public interest law firm focused on children’s rights, today denounces the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill in the U.S. Senate as uniquely harmful and damaging for young people in the child welfare system.

Recently, one of the oldest nonprofit, public interest law firms for children, Juvenile Law Center, released a critical report, “Unlocking Youth,” with key