Created by youth in Philadelphia with experience in the juvenile justice system to help other youth understand the system and the juvenile court process.
Set of tools to help educators and administrators understand the issues youth in the foster care system face, and to identify simple interventions that can make a difference helping youth in care succeed in school.
Outlines benefits that will be realized by acting on Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett's budget proposal to fully implement the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, which provides states with incentives to improve outcomes for foster youth and promote adoption and legal guardianship.
Recommendations from Juvenile Law Center for legislators to address broad reform goals within the juvenile justice system in the wake of the Luzerne County "kids-for-cash" scandal.
Shows that while legal representation of children in the child welfare system has seen improvement in recent years due to the enactment of Act 18, more work is needed for child legal advocates to be in compliance with state law.
