Super proud of our former Zubrow Fellow and staff attorney!

So happy to honor the great work of a friend and former colleague.

A 2016 Juvenile Law Center report found that, in Indiana and at least 21 other states, families can 'pay their way out' of juvenile justice system. indystar.com/story/news/inv…

#NowReading ➡️: 'Sometimes, he said, a young person might have been getting good grades and working toward college or a career before factors beyond their control, such as homelessness, financial problems or family difficulties, threw them off course.'

Law Center statement on today's #JohnsonVGrantsPass hearing: Punishing people for sleeping outside when there's nowhere else to go is cruel and unusual. #HousingNotHandcuffs #HomelessnessIsSolvable

Read the full statement here: loom.ly/DfxFZl8

How to solve homelessness:

✅Create & preserve affordable housing
✅Fund rental & homelessness assistance programs
✅Accessible healthcare

“These things happened just a few years ago for the pandemic—our government made it happen. It is a choice.”

“Housing is safety for domestic and sexual violence survivors. […] Why should one have to make a choice to continue to be abused or to live outside?” - Dr. Wendy B. Mahoney NNEDV

#JohnsonVGrantsPass #HousingNotHandcuffs

“In St. Louis, our Black residents are 4x more likely to be unhoused than white residents. 20% of the children who attend Saint Louis Public Schools (~80% Black) experience housing insecurity.” - @aldersonnier

#JohnsonVGrantsPass #HousingNotHandcuffs

#NowReading ➡️: 'A child who can barely read needs treatment, not incarceration, and there are countless ways to address accountability and also get that child the necessary support to thrive and grow without involving a courtroom or prosecution.”

youthtoday.org/2024/04/the-pa…

We’re streaming live from the #HousingNotHandcuffs Rally!
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“If overturned, #JohnsonvGrantsPass will perpetuate health disparities and cause more unhoused people to suffer and die prematurely. It will make it harder for them to get the care and services they need.” - Bobby Watts NatlHCHCouncil

#HousingNotHandcuffs

“I have hope because the solutions to homelessness are possible when we welcome our neighbors inside. When we look around our community for spaces not being used and say ‘That could be someone’s home.’” - Amanda Misiko Andere She/Her Funders Together to End Homelessness
#HousingNotHandcuffs#JohnsonVGrantsPass

Great op-ed in Times New Leader from Hillary Transue about the dire need for PA to pass House Bill 1381! Take a look: timesleader.com/opinion/op-ed/…

🚨 URGENT: #SCOTUS will hear Johnson v. Grants Pass, a case that could reshape how cities address
homelessness. It's cruel to punish people for sleeping outside, esp when there's no safe shelter.
Prioritize housing, not arrests or fines! Learn more at bit.ly/jvgp224

We were proud to submit an amicus brief in this case with Lambda Legal and others specifically addressing how this could cause drastic harm to youth experiencing homelessness. All eyes on SCOTUS today. Read more: jlc.org/cases/city-gra…

We support this important rally as the Supreme Court hears the first case on homelessness in decades. We are proud to have submitted an amicus brief with Lambda Legal and hundreds of others specifically focused on youth.

We applaud our colleagues in Maryland calling on Governor Wes Moore to veto this harmful bill. wbaltv.com/article/youth-…

NOW | The Maryland Youth Justice Coalition is holding a rally in Annapolis. They’re calling on Governor Wes Moore to veto HB0814, otherwise known as the Juvenile Law Reform Act. Full story coming up on WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore at 10/11.