A personal reflection by Anna Pickett, articling student, on the intersection of justice for persons with disabilities and youth access to justice. Since 2014, YLP, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Safe Harbor/No Wrong Door Network, has been providing comprehensive civil justice services to sexually exploited youth, with a focus on educating Indigenous and LGBTQ+ youth. Positive relationships with family are essential to a successful return to work. In visitation and child care cases, we represent young people who are parents themselves so that they and their children can maintain a loving presence in each other`s lives. In order to ensure that young parents can fulfil their financial responsibilities, we also represent them in maintenance procedures. The Texas Foster Youth Justice Project helps current and former foster children understand and protect their legal rights, such as the right to a safe home free from sexual, physical, or emotional abuse, medical and dental care, copies of their records, and make decisions about their own medical care. The project also helps young people deal with the various financial, housing and employment issues that arise when they leave the care system. To join the project, please call (877) 313-3688 or visit this website. Interdisciplinary teams of lawyers, social workers, paralegals and investigators amplified children`s voices in 70,000+ family court appearances. KIND provides free lawyers to represent children.
We referred more than 29,000 children in need of legal assistance. We have built a strong training network with more than 50,600 participants and more than 755 partner law firms, corporations, law schools and bar associations. No immigration experience is required. Our dedicated team trains and mentors our volunteers throughout their files with us. Our staff also represent these children and organize Know Your Rights presentations in the cities where we work to share important information with communities in need. Free legal advice and training for qualified young people in the following areas: domestic violence and restraining orders, custody/access and child support, parental rights, marriage and divorce. More than 15,000 child fingerprints have been destroyed since 2016, paving the way for young people to find jobs and other opportunities that can lead to the productive and rewarding future they deserve. The team continues to closely monitor the NYPD to ensure compliance and protect children in New York City from future violations. Our juvenile justice and criminal defense practices ensure that children and youth accused of crimes in New York City courts receive the strongest, most informed, and most effective defense.
Our interdisciplinary study teams and specialized units provide comprehensive and meaningful representation and support to our youngest clients at every stage of their case and beyond. Our strategies include individual representation, community building and organizing, and advocacy at the national level. From our offices in Charlottesville, Richmond and Petersburg, we provide free legal representation to low-income children with unmet educational, foster care and juvenile justice needs. We create popular educational materials for lawyers, parents and other service providers to help them become informed and qualified lawyers. The JustChildren program is the largest children`s rights program in Virginia. We rely on a number of strategies to ensure that the most vulnerable youth in the Commonwealth receive the services and supports they need to succeed in their communities. Si desea consultar con nuestro personal sobre un problema u obstáculo legal que enfrenta actualmente, llame a nuestra línea de admisión durante el horario de atención. The Legal Aid Society is New York`s leading youth advocate. We are committed to providing our clients with continuous, comprehensive and enthusiastic representation. In New York`s family and criminal courts, we counsel minors and families affected by juvenile justice, including preventing police interviews, arranging secure transfers, and avoiding court records through early involvement of legal support and intervention. Youth Law Project offers a wide range of civil law services As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to impact communities around the world, we want to assure you that our staff will continue to serve their clients diligently and provide services to those in need of legal advice or referrals. As directed by the World Health Organization and our national government, our office remains closed to the public, but we continue to provide telephone services.
KIND helps immigrant and refugee children who come to the United States without parents or guardians. Most are fleeing drug trafficking, human trafficking and gang violence in Central America – El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala – from which their governments are unable or unwilling to protect them. Others are fleeing serious abuses, including sexual and gender-based violence, including rape, sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, domestic violence, and forced or early marriage. Some have been abandoned or have lost their caregivers. The ages of children vary from toddlers to teenagers. The vast majority of children KIND cares for come from Central America, but KIND has been referred to children from 74 different countries. If you would like to consult with our staff about any legal issues or obstacles you are currently facing, please call our reception line during business hours. FREE legal advice for low-income children and youth. Appointment only. No walk-ins.
While everyone has the guarantee of a lawyer before the criminal court, some situations require special training for young people. Teens have difficulty scheduling court appointments and following judges` orders because fear, confusion and young people`s brain development can cloud their judgment. This is especially true if a young person has received a criminal subpoena or missed a court date or community service in the past and is scared or unsure what to do next. Our lawyers use both legal and youth development principles to achieve the best possible outcomes for our clients. TRLA`s juvenile justice team assists teens charged with a crime before a justice of the peace or district court, including Class C offenses such as truancy/non-attendance, assault, class disruption, and disorderly behavior. The team also works with students on issues such as sealing juvenile acts, emancipation and disbarment of sex offenders. If you need this type of legal services, you can call our hotline. TRLA admissions workers can help you with the application process. You can use our online selection form. First selection for legal aid for education/juvenile justice.
