Listing of self-help materials and informational publications.
There are 5 resources
Educating Homeless Children and Youth
(Separate Website)
2005 Guide to their rights. Link to PDF file.
By: National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
Education of Homeless Children and Youth
A short fact sheet about the federal McKinney-Vento Act which protects the rights of children and youth in homeless situations to attend and succeed in school, including pre-school.
By: Columbia Legal Services
Foster Youth: New Law Promotes Your Right to Counsel
Effective June 10, 2010, foster youth must be informed of their right to REQUEST an attorney in dependency and termination proceedings.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Other Formats:
PDF File
Independence for Foster Youth
(Separate Website)
Lots of great information for foster youth on education, housing, employment, etc.
By: DSHS
Washington State Service Providers
(Separate Website)
Listing of Washington State service providers helping youth on a variety of issues.
By: QLaw
Adobe Acrobat Reader required. (If you are using a screen reader that does not support PDF format, copy the PDF link, and use the Access Adobe online form to convert this file to HMTL text.)
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