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Juvenile Law Center, Education Law Center, My Social Good News •

“We have heard repeatedly – including from our youth advocates in Juveniles for Justice and Youth Fostering Change, and from young people at Glen Mills –

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Andrea Sears, Public News Service •

A new law gives young people in Pennsylvania's foster-care system a real chance to get a college education.

Kids in foster care face obstacles to

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Laurie Mason Schroeder, The Morning Call •

The law brings Pennsylvania in line with 28 other states that allow foster kids to attend college tuition-free, said Nadia Mozaffar, an attorney with Juvenile

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John Kelly, The Chronicle of Social Change •

Second, Ciavarella’s earlier behavior was enough to get a challenge of the Juvenile Law Center (JLC) long before the feds came knocking with rackateering charge

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Jeffrey Selbin, Jessica Feierman, The Washington Post •

Almost every state authorizes courts and agencies to charge children and their parents and guardians for youth detention, supervision and electronic monitoring. Many jurisdictions even

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Matthew T. Mangino, Crestview News Bulletin •

The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association is alright with the death penalty. “If the death penalty is abolished, that would have a very real effect on

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Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal •

Several organizations, including Juvenile Law Center, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, and NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, as well as murder victims’ family members, and

Groups including the NAACP, the Juvenile Law Center, and the Innocence Network, among others, have issued amicus briefs in support of Cox and Marinelli, calling