The U.S. Constitution affords all defendants (juveniles and adults) the right to counsel - if they cannot afford an attorney, the court must appoint one
A report obtained by The Washington Post found that impoverished families are often required to pay for counsel even after a court deems them ‘too poor to pay.’
The Philadelphia Youth Network youth success program provided Shyara with some of the guidance that had been absent in her experience thus far. It was
The nation’s civil rights organizations, religious groups, and child welfare organizations are going to war over the Republican proposal to allow adoption agencies to discriminate against
According to Marsha Levick, deputy director and chief counsel for the non-profit public interest law firm Juvenile Law Center, there is less criminal stigma
Lysionek strongly believes that besides offering programs directed at foster youth, universities also need to identify some foster youth even before they get to college
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