Center for Children & Youth Justice

Municipal Action Guide to Help Cities Support Foster Youth Transitions : [Nation Cities Weekly] The YEF Institute, with support from Walter S. Johnson Foundation and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation,has published a new Municipal Action Guide on "Supporting Foster Youth Transitions to Adulthood." The guide highlights strategies for helping young people successfully transition from the foster care system and improving access to housing, education, employment, health, and other services. It also outlines key action stepslocal leaders can take to support youth in transition and highlights examples of successful programs from cities around the country.

Summer of service: Assisting foster youth : [Equal Justice Works]

Equal Justice Works chooses student as summer standout : [Seattle University School of Law] A Seattle University School of Law student is one of only 10 students in the country to be named an Equal Justice Works Summer Corps Standout Award Winner. Jeni Garber, 3L, was selected from more than 400 Summer Corps members for her work with the Center for Children and Youth Justice.

Budget Cuts Eroding Progress in Juvenile Justice : [The New York Times] Her first night inside the razor wire at the state juvenile prison came as a 14-year-old in the mid-1970s, when she was locked up for running away from home. Her next experience came the following decade, when she began work as a correctional officer.

Mental health problems growing for troops' kids : [Seattle Times] After nearly eight years of war, soldiers are not the only ones experiencing mental anguish. Their children are, too. Last year, children of U.S. troops sought outpatient mental health care 2 million times - double the number at the start of the Iraq war. There was also an alarming spike in the number of military kids actually hospitalized for mental health reasons.

A Street Kid Named Ruvin: From Tragedy to Triumph : [Seattle PI]

Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: : [National Academy of Sciences] The National Academy of Sciences released a report calling on federal, state and local governments to make prevention of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders in young people "a very high priority."

For mother and child at risk, care that includes a psychologist : [New York Times] A new effort by the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx to protect young children from psychological damage that can be common in poor families is a rare example of mental health services for children under 5.

A look at why state teens can get life without parole : [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

New Pro Bono Program Assists Vulnerable Youth : [King County Bar Association]