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PA's Black Youth More Likely to Be in, Stay in Foster Care: Report

Ryanne Persinger, The Philadelphia Tribune •

The 2018 report “Fostering Youth Transitions Using Data to Drive Policy and Practice Decisions” collected data from all 50 states in 2016 — the most

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Raising Pennsylvania's Children Requires Support, Resources And Existing Family Relationships

Megan Harris, Kiley Koscinski, 90.5 WESA Pittsburgh •

As many as 15,000 children are in Pennsylvania's foster care system at any given time, and a disproportionate number are often African-American. How can existing family

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Large Numbers of Youth in Pennsylvania Foster Care Are Placed in Group Homes, Have Poor Educational and Employment Access, National Report Finds

Juvenile Law Center ,
The Fostering Youth Transitions data brief is the most comprehensive data set ever collected across all 50 states to assess how young people fare transitioning from foster care to adulthood.
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Institutions for Foster Kids Aren’t Doing Enough to Educate Them

Caroline Preston, The Hechinger Report •

Back when he still lived with his family, when school was across the street from his home in West Philadelphia, Johnathan Hamilton used to plow

In The News

Philly Should Reduce Reliance on Institutional Placements For Youth

Karen U. Lindell, Leola Hardy, philly.com •

October marked the second anniversary of the tragic death of 17-year-old David Hess, who was killed during an assault by staff in his bedroom at the

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#10YearsofYFC Project Spotlight: Aging Out of Foster Care

This blog is part of a series celebrating the tenth anniversary of Juvenile Law Center’s Youth Advocacy Program. Since 2008, our advocacy programs

In The News

Civil Rights Groups Show Solidarity with Victims of Hate in National Full-Page Ads

Shin Inouye, CivilRights.org •

The Leadership Conference Education Fund, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Communities Against Hate, Juvenile