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National Center for Youth Law | Implicit Bias Archives - National Center for Youth Law
http://youthlaw.org/issues/special-projects/implicit-bias
National Center for Youth Law. Using the law to help children in need. Jobs & Volunteering. Health / Mental Health. NCYL in the news. We believe implicit bias is responsible for many of the persistent racial disparities in the juvenile justice system and can explain some of the persistent racial disparities in the systems that feed into the juvenile justice system. NCYL is working to address how implicit bias affects decision-making in the school-to-prison-pipeline and the juvenile justice system....
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National Center for Youth Law | Cases - National Center for Youth Law
http://youthlaw.org/cases
National Center for Youth Law. Using the law to help children in need. Jobs & Volunteering. Health / Mental Health. NCYL in the news. Planned Parenthood V. Promesa Behavioral Health. Alicia B. V. Dannel Malloy. This Superior Court lawsuit contends that the sub-standard alternative education offered to expelled children, who are disproportionately students of color, violates equal protection guarantees of both the state and U.S. Constitutions. Texas Education Agency Administrative Complaint. This agreemen...
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National Center for Youth Law | Health / Mental Health Archives - National Center for Youth Law
http://youthlaw.org/issues/health-mental-health
National Center for Youth Law. Using the law to help children in need. Jobs & Volunteering. Health / Mental Health. NCYL in the news. Health / Mental Health. Health / Mental Health. NCYL improves access to appropriate health and mental health services for low-income children, with a focus on the special problems faced by adolescents and at-risk youth. Planned Parenthood V. Promesa Behavioral Health. February 25, 2016. November 14, 2014. Katie A. v. Bontá. December 14, 2008. NCYL is co-counsel in the case...
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National Center for Youth Law | Texas Education Agency Administrative Complaint - National Center for Youth Law
http://youthlaw.org/case/texas-education-agency-administrative-complaint
National Center for Youth Law. Using the law to help children in need. Jobs & Volunteering. Health / Mental Health. NCYL in the news. Texas Education Agency Administrative Complaint. EPISD violating state truancy law, groups say. October 18, 2016. Two school districts accused of violating new truancy law. October 17, 2016. Advocates Urge Texas Education Agency to Strengthen Rules On Truancy Prevention Measures and Sanctions. Advocates Concerned Special-Needs Students Pushed Out Despite Truancy Reform.
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National Center for Youth Law | Foster-Ed Archives - National Center for Youth Law
http://youthlaw.org/issues/special-projects/foster
National Center for Youth Law. Using the law to help children in need. Jobs & Volunteering. Health / Mental Health. NCYL in the news. Local Control Funding Formula. February 18, 2015. February 18, 2015. Foster Youth Services (FYS) programs provide supplemental educational services and supports to foster children in California. Nearly two-thirds of the state’s foster children are ineligible for these services which are limited to foster students in institutional placements. NCYL is working o...Arizona stu...
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National Center for Youth Law | Publications - National Center for Youth Law
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National Center for Youth Law. Using the law to help children in need. Jobs & Volunteering. Health / Mental Health. NCYL in the news. NCYL News – Summer 2016. VOL 1 NO. 7. In This Issue: In California, There Is No Longer Such Thing As a Child Prostitute; California Commits To Ensuring Foster Youth Have Access To Sexual And Reproductive Health Care Services. California CSEC Policy Compendium. Since 2014, the California Legislature has been investing in the child welfare system’s capacity to identify and s...
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About Us | Equal Futures
http://www.equalfutures.org/about
Equal Futures is a collaboration between FosterEd. And the Education Equals Partnership. With a goal of providing tools and resources to support school districts, county offices of education, community based organizations and other agencies committed to improving educational outcomes for students from foster care. These tools are based on promising practices from across California, and nationally, that are in the process of being implemented, evaluated, and continuously improved. The Stuart Foundation is...
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Education in Arizona | Arizona's Vulnerable Populations
http://www.azvp.org/chapter/education
A dream derailed by poverty. At about 6:30 am one dark November day, Scottsdale Community College’s journalism director arrived on campus and recognized a car in the parking lot. It belonged to one of her most promising students. As she approached the vehicle, she saw the young man asleep in the front seat. His situation is not unique. While the overall percentage of poverty in the United States is 15.2 percent, the percentage of poverty level or below poverty level college students who live off camp...
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National Center for Youth Law | Policy - National Center for Youth Law
http://youthlaw.org/policy-page
National Center for Youth Law. Using the law to help children in need. Jobs & Volunteering. Health / Mental Health. NCYL in the news. California – Proposition 57 - THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND REHABILITATION ACT OF 2016. Treating Sex Trafficked Children as Victims. Reproductive and Sexual Health Access for Youth in Foster Care. California Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC) Program. The Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC) Program is administered by the California Department of Social Ser...
