Welcome to the Commission on Youth at Risk
Features
NEW ABA POLICY: The Commission has successfully passed a series of 3 related education resolutions to help the nation secure the right of every child to a high quality education. The recommendations, co-sponsored by the ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty cover three aspects of that right (Right to a High Quality Education, Right to Remain in School and Right to Return to School) and were unanimously adopted by the American Bar Association during its Annual Meeting July 30th through August 5th in Chicago. To view the recommendations only, click here and to download the recommendations and reports, click here. |
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NEW BOOK: “Making a Connection and a Difference with America’s Youth” features pro bono and public service opportunities around the country for attorneys interested in working with youth. Free Download. |
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Background
Program Highlights
Resources
- Information on the DVD on Addressing the Needs of Status Offenders and their Families
- National Resource Center for Youth Services
- Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement
- Resources by State
- ABA Policies Concerning Youth
- White Papers, Fact Sheets
- U.S. Dept. of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention
- ABA Division of Public Education
- ABA Center on Children and the Law
- Teen Dating Violence Prevention Kit
- Dialogue on Youth and Justice
- Childrens Budget
Child Law Practice
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This Month's Topics:
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Fostering Connections National Summit: Charting a Better Future for Youth April 16, 2010
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This Just In...
The American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Young Lawyers Division, and Youth at Risk Commission presents a FREE on-line Audio Teleconference on Fostering Connection to Success Act: Moving from Act to Action
The Fostering Connections to Success Act, H.R. 6893, was signed into law on October 7, 2008 and will become effective over the course of the next two fiscal years. The Act puts into place some of the most sweeping federal foster care reforms in over a decade. This program will examine the sections of the Act that will impact the work of judges and lawyers for children. The new law will open the door to federal support for youth through the age of 21, ending the trend, in many states, to push youth out of foster care at the ill-prepared age of 18. Other provisions from the Act that will be outlined and discussed in this teleconference include the ability to:
- Find, approve, and support relative caregivers
- Increase efforts to preserve sibling ties
- Mandate coordination and improved oversight of education and health needs
- Encourage adoptions
- Provide federal assistance and protection to native American and Alaskan native children
- Preserve educational stability and enhance education support
- Support the training of lawyers and judges
Our Expert Faculty
- Howard Davidson, Director, ABA Center on Children and the Law, Washington, DC
- Marisol Garcia, Solo Practitioner, Law Office of Marisol Garcia, Lowell, MA
- Honorable Michael Nash, Presiding Judge, Los Angeles Juvenile Court, Los Angeles, CA
- Jenny Weisz (Moderator), Tuff University, Department of Child Development and Urban Policy Newton, MA
Success Stories
- Becky's Story Video | Real Media
- Foster Case Partnership Video | Real Media
- Youth Villages Video | Real Media
