youthlaw.org

# National Center for Youth Law: Every right defended\. Every voice heard\.

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## Pages
- [Commercial Sexual Exploitation](https://ncyl.local/focus-areas/commercial-sexual-exploitation/)
- [Ways to Give](https://ncyl.local/ways-to-give/)
- [Cy Pres Awards](https://ncyl.local/cy-pres/)
- [Resources Library](https://ncyl.local/resource-library/)
- [Work With Us](https://ncyl.local/about-us/work-with-us/)

## Cases
- [LGML v\. Noem](https://ncyl.local/cases/lgml-v-noem/): This lawsuit challenges the Trump administration’s unlawful plan to secretly remove unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the United States\. The National Center for Youth Law, National Immigration Law Center \(NILC\), and Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection \(ICAP\) serve together as co\-counsel\.
- [Flores v\. Reno](https://ncyl.local/cases/flores-v-reno/): NCYL and co\-counsel filed Flores v\. Reno in 1985 to address the egregious harms immigrant children in federal custody faced\. The case was settled in 1997 and remains under the supervision of U\.S\. District Judge Dolly M\. Gee in the Central District of California\.
- [Lucas R\. v\. Azar](https://ncyl.local/cases/lucas-r-v-azar/): In 2018, NCYL and co\-counsel filed Lucas R\. v\. Azar, which alleges violations of rights afforded to unaccompanied immigrant children under the U\.S\. Constitution, federal statutes, and the Flores Settlement Agreement\.
- [E\.L\. v\. Claps](https://ncyl.local/cases/el-v-claps/): The National Center for Youth Law joins with co\-counsel Public Justice, Civil Rights Corps, Maxted Law, Spero Justice Center, and Singleton Schreiber in representing children and families in the third case filed under the national Right 2 Hug project\. It seeks to end Adams County’s unlawful and profit\-driven visitation ban by restoring in\-person, contact visitation between children and their parents\.
- [Angelica S\. v\. HHS](https://ncyl.local/cases/angelica-s-v-hhs/): In May 2025, the National Center for Youth Law and co\-counsel Democracy Forward filed Angelica S\. v\. HHS, which challenges new U\.S\. Department of Health and Human Services \(HHS\) policies that have resulted in the separation of families and the prolonged detention of unaccompanied children in federal immigration custody\.

## Initiatives
- [Compassionate Education Systems, Antelope Valley](https://ncyl.local/initiatives/compassionate-education-systems-antelope-valley/)
- [Compassionate Education Systems in Monterey County](https://ncyl.local/initiatives/compassionate-education-systems-in-monterey-county/)
- [Building Compassionate Education Systems for System\-Involved Students](https://ncyl.local/initiatives/building-compassionate-education-systems-for-system-involved-students/)
- [Educate and Guide Systems That Serve Immigrant Children](https://ncyl.local/initiatives/educate-and-guide-systems-that-serve-immigrant-children/)
- [Uphold and Expand the Rights of Detained Immigrant Youth](https://ncyl.local/initiatives/uphold-and-expand-the-rights-of-detained-immigrant-youth/)

## Jobs
- [Managing Director, Culture \& Operations](https://ncyl.local/jobs/managing-director-culture-operations/)

## Laws \& Policy
- [Youth Reinvestment Grant \(2019\)](https://ncyl.local/laws-policy/youth-reinvestment-grant-2019/): California took meaningful action in 2018 to affirm the idea that youth need care, not cages by committing a one\-time expenditure of $37\.3 million dollars to create the Youth Reinvestment Grant distributed over a three\-year period to improve outcomes for youth accused of low\-level or status offenses by increasing the availability of trauma\-informed, and community and health\-based interventions in lieu of arrest and incarceration\.
- [Expanding Access to Diplomas for Highly Mobile Students \(2021 \& 2022\)](https://ncyl.local/laws-policy/expanding-access-to-diplomas-for-highly-mobile-students-2021-2022/): SB 532 builds bridges to a high school diploma and post\-secondary educational success for highly mobile students\.
- [California AB 1376: Ending Endless Probation](https://ncyl.local/laws-policy/california-ab-1376-ending-endless-probation/): California Assembly Bill 1376, titled Ending Endless Probation, will protect youth who have been sentenced to probation in the community by creating statutory guidelines ensuring that youth do not unnecessarily languish on probation\.
- [California AB 1230: Expulsion Rehabilitation Plan Reform \(2025\)](https://ncyl.local/laws-policy/california-ab-1230-expulsion-rehabilitation-plan-reform-2025/): California Assembly Bill 1230, titled Expulsion Rehabilitation Plan Reform, strengthens procedures and requirements to ensure that expelled students — some of California's most vulnerable — receive the support they need to successfully return to school\.
- [Protecting Miranda Rights for Youth \(2017\)](https://ncyl.local/laws-policy/protecting-miranda-rights-for-youth-2017/): This bill would require youth under 18 to consult with counsel prior to waiving their rights during a custodial interrogation\.

## Profiles
- [Maiya Werba](https://ncyl.local/profile/maiya-werba/)
- [Mishan Wroe](https://ncyl.local/profile/mishan-wroe/)
- [Becky Wolozin](https://ncyl.local/profile/becky-wolozin/)
- [Alyssa Wilson](https://ncyl.local/profile/alyssa-wilson/)
- [Kristen Weber](https://ncyl.local/profile/kristen-weber/)

## Resources
- [Federal Advocacy Toolkit for Parents and Caregivers](https://ncyl.local/resources/federal-advocacy-toolkit-parents-and-caregivers/): This non\-partisan toolkit is intended to help parents and caregivers to take their first steps, alongside their child\(ren\), to engage in federal advocacy in the United States, on issues that matter to them and their families\. 
- [Kit de Herramientas de Promoción Federal para Padres y Cuidadores](https://ncyl.local/resources/kit-de-herramientas-de-promocion-federal-para-padres-y-cuidadores/): Este kit de herramientas imparcial tiene como objetivo ayudar a los padres y cuidadores a dar sus primeros pasos, junto con sus hijos, para participar en la defensa de los temas que les importan a ellos y a sus familias a nivel federal en los Estados Unidos\.
- [Ending Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Call for Multi\-System Collaboration in California](https://ncyl.local/resources/ending-commercial-sexual-exploitation-of-children-a-call-for-multi-system-collaboration-in-california/): The National Center for Youth Law released a new report, "Ending Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Call for Multi\-System Collaboration in California\."
- [Improving California’s Multi\-System Response to Commercially Sexually Exploited Children: Resources for Counties](https://ncyl.local/resources/improving-californias-multi-system-response-to-commercially-sexually-exploited-children-resources-for-counties/): Toolkit contains the Executive Summary, Memorandum Summarizing the Available Screening Tools to Identify CSEC, and more\.
- [Curbing the High Rates of Psychotropic Medication Prescriptions Among Children and Youth in Foster Care](https://ncyl.local/resources/curbing-the-high-rates-of-psychotropic-medication-prescriptions-among-children-and-youth-in-foster-care/): This brief analyzes conditions contributing to the over\-prescription of psych meds in foster care systems, identify promising interventions, present case studies of state interventions, and offer policy strategies ranked by potential impact and ease of implementation\. 

## Audience
- [Lawyers and Advocates](https://ncyl.local/?audiences=lawyers-and-advocates)
- [Youth, Families, and Community](https://ncyl.local/?audiences=youth-families-and-community)
- [Policymakers](https://ncyl.local/?audiences=policymakers)
- [Judges and Court Officers](https://ncyl.local/?audiences=judges-and-court-officers)

## Focus Areas
- [Education](https://ncyl.local/?focus-areas=education)
- [Foster Care](https://ncyl.local/?focus-areas=foster-care)
- [Health](https://ncyl.local/?focus-areas=health)
- [Youth Justice](https://ncyl.local/?focus-areas=youth-justice)
- [Immigration](https://ncyl.local/?focus-areas=immigration)

## Team
- [Staff](https://ncyl.local/team/staff/)
- [Board](https://ncyl.local/team/board/)

## Optional
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