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Research shows how important permanency and family are to success, and how being disconnected from family puts youth as risk for poor outcomes such as homelessness.
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Paul McLeod, BuzzFeed news •
If a family can’t afford the fees, the child can end up trapped in indefinite parole. More parole can mean more supervision and court fees, pushing a resolution even further away.
There are about a hundred thousand college students enrolled in Pennsylvania's state system of higher education right now. However, for Jasmine Moore, Alexis Andino, and roughly five hundred PA foster youth each year, the opportunity to share in this rewarding and social experience often times feels like an unachievable dream.

Por su parte Katy Otto, vocera del Centro de Derecho Juvenil, considera que al ser muy flexible dicha legislación federal pudiera destrabar el controvertido asunto

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Ted Goldberg, KQED •

"We have repeatedly heard from numerous youth that Glen Mills staff would use the term 'physical restraint' to include punching, choking, body slamming, head butting

Elizabeth Calvin is a winner of the 2019 Leadership Prize and the senior advocate in the Children’s Rights Division and an attorney with experience in youth justice