Category: In the News

Governor Newsom signed the 2021-22 Budget, which includes critical investments in the child welfare system, including millions of dollars in pandemic relief for attorneys, youth, and providers.

Bringing More Teens Home: Raising the Age Without Expanding Secure Confinement in the Youth Justice System.

CLC’s Pre-Filing Representation Project is changing the trajectory for teen parents and their young children in foster care.

Every year on June 19, Black Americans celebrate Juneteenth because it is the day when many enslaved people in Texas finally received word that they had been freed. 

Immigration lawyers and groups have been visiting emergency shelters to help educate children who crossed the border without a parent.

To continue this year’s legislative momentum, the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) announces the public launch of its right to counsel campaign technical assistance program. Read the full press release below.