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University of Oregon Child Advocacy Conference

University of Oregon Child Advocacy Conference. Professor Michele Benedetto Golden Gate University School of Law. Youth Leaving Foster Care. 65% emancipate without a place to live. Less than 3% go to college. 51% are unemployed.

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University of Oregon Child Advocacy Conference

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  1. University of Oregon Child Advocacy Conference Professor Michele Benedetto Golden Gate University School of Law

  2. Youth Leaving Foster Care • 65% emancipate without a place to live. • Less than 3% go to college. • 51% are unemployed. • Emancipated females are 4 times more likely to receive public assistance than the general population. • In any given year, foster youth are less than 0.3% of the population, and yet 40% of persons living in homeless shelters are former foster children.

  3. The Youth Outreach Project • First program in the nation designed to provide civil outreach legal services to emancipating youth • Structure/Funding • Lessons Learned

  4. Legal Issues Facing Foster Youth • Individual Legal Issues • The Larger Legal Landscape • The Chafee Act generally • The Chafee Act in Oregon

  5. To Litigate or Not to Litigate? • Litigation vs. Legislative Advocacy • The Value of Litigation • Lessons from Braam vs. State of Washington

  6. Legislative Proposals • California: CAI’s proposed Transition Guardian Plan • Advantages • Disadvantages • Other Solutions?

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