Youth Justice Archives - Children's Defense Fund

Virtual

American Youth Policy Forum, Powered by CDF

Join us on Nov 8 for the AYPF Forum, powered by CDF, exploring post-election youth policy impact and amplifying young voices.

November 8, 2024

National | Hybrid

Child Health

2024-2025 NY State Budget and Legislative Action Agenda

Bold action is required if our system of care for youth and families in crisis were to be truly transformed. We call for urgent attention to the following critical domains for policy-making and collective action that recognize the need for concrete support and resources across young people’s lives as they navigate their emerging adulthood after foster care.

Youth Justice

Community Based Safety in LAUSD Must be Implemented with Greater Urgency

The Police Free LAUSD Coalition aims to create holistically safer, welcoming, and affirming campuses for all students in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Charity

Celebration of Joy

CDF-MN's first annual Fundraising Social Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. at Fallon 500 N. 3rd Street in Minneapolis

April 25, 2024

Minnesota

Youth Justice

CDF-CA Youth Justice Director Milinda Kakani speaks to California Senate Subcommittee about the state of California's Juvenile Justice system

Children's Defense Fund-California Youth Justice Director Milinda Kakani recently provided a California Senate Subcommittee with testimony on her observations of Los Angeles County's juvenile justice system.

February 16, 2024 | California

Youth Justice

WEDS: CDF-CA Youth Justice Director to Share Testimony on CA’s Juvenile Justice System as State Questions Whether Two LA County Juvenile Facilities are Unsuitable to Confine Youth

Los Angeles, CA—On Wednesday, staff from Children’s Defense Fund-California and several other California youth advocacy organizations will provide lawmakers in Sacramento with their observations on the state of California’s juvenile justice system since the passing of Senate Bill 823 and the closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice.

February 13, 2024 | California

Child Welfare

Invest in What’s Right

Earlier this year, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange published a story with an encouraging headline: “Juvenile prison populations reach all-time lows”.

October 17, 2023 | National

Youth Justice

Policymakers, Non-Profit Organizations, and Community Members Will Gather to Discuss Best Practices to Dismantle School-to-Jail Track

Children’s Defense Fund-California has partnered with Art for Healing & Justice Network, the Collective for Liberatory Lawyering, and Youth Justice Coalition – collectively The StoryMapping Team – to stop California’s increasingly alarming school-to-jail track.

October 16, 2023 | California

Child Poverty

Centering Racial Equity in New York Policymaking: The New York City Racial Justice Ballot Proposals

There is clear and urgent need to take decisive action to end New York’s entrenched racial inequalities and promote equitable economic mobility.

July 12, 2023 | New York

Child Welfare

Project UNITE: Young People’s Platform for the Future of Housing in NYC | May 2023

UNITE is a partnership of the Coalition for Homeless Youth and YouthNPower: Transforming Care at the Children’s Defense Fund-NY.