The U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services released a new joint guidance about implementation of the foster care school stability provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Marsha Levick, Co-Founder, Deputy Director and Chief Counsel, Juvenile Law Center of Philadelphia was a finalist for the "Attorney of the Year" award by The Legal Intelligencer newspaper/American Lawyer Media June 21, 2016.
This year was another great year for our youth advocates. Both programs were passionate about improving access to higher education for youth in the child welfare and justice systems. Each group developed a unique project that tackled this issue from slightly different angles.