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In the middle of the night, next to garbage cans overflowing with liquor and beer bottles, my sister and I sat alone in “time-out.” I

Extended family, parents, siblings – each of these relationships are important for a young person’s healthy development and growth. The latest article in Teen Vogue'

When I look back now on my family’s experiences, I realize that the child welfare system only saw our family’s trauma and hurt, our dysfunction

#SafelyHomePhilly represents a commitment to providing every young person in Philadelphia the services to meet their individual needs in their community, in Philadelphia, rather than sending youth across the state to one-size-fits-all institutions that too often do more harm than good.

Juvenile Law Center works to bring young people in the child welfare and justice systems home from institutional placements, and to ensure that youth placed