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Can a ten-year-old understand Miranda rights? Is a ten-year-old able to decide to give them up and speak to the police?

Last week, Juvenile Law Center, the Legal Center for Foster Care and Education, and 16 other national and state advocacy organizations submitted comments to improve FAFSA for current and former foster youth. Currently, less than 10% of foster youth graduate from college or university.

Tomorrow, October 22, supervising attorney Jennifer Pokempner will give testimony before the Nebraska state legislature at a public hearing on implementing the new federal law aimed at promoting normalcy for foster youth (Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, or SFA).

What's on our radar this week? Every Wednesday, Juvenile Law Center gathers the latest studies, reports, and headlines from around the country. Here's what we've been reading.