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MISSION

TeamChild upholds the rights of youth involved, or at risk of being involved, in the juvenile justice system to help them secure the education, healthcare, housing and other supports they need to achieve positive outcomes in their lives.

See our Vision and Values.

OUR LATEST COMMUNITY IMPACT REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE

TeamChild attorneys and staff continue to strive to advance justice with our clients and community. Because we know that young people are the experts on their own lived experience, we engage young people and their expertise every step of the way to create lasting change.

TEAMCHILD IMPACT

TeamChild breaks the cycle of arrest and detention for Washington state’s most vulnerable youth, providing young people with the support they need.

COURTS

TeamChild services cut future juvenile court involvement in half

TAXPAYERS

Taxpayers save a dollar for every dollar invested in TeamChild

SCHOOLS

75% of youth are back in school after TeamChild services

EDUCATION IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19

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SEAL YOUR JUVENILE RECORD

Create Opportunities for a Successful Future

ADVOCACY TOOLKITS AND RESOURCES

Stand With Youth and Advocate for their Rights

LEGAL SERVICES FOR YOUTH IN CRISIS

Help Youth Gain Access to Community Support

OUR LATEST

TeamChild 2024 Legislative Priorities

Holiday Message from Sara Zier

Personal Restraint Petitions – Helping Individuals Who Are Incarcerated Present Requests for Relief to the Court

TeamChild’s Youth Advisory Board seeks to find a systemic way to change the approach to bullying and harassment that can reduce the incidents that make some students unsafe, while increasing the services that can allow other students to stay in school without causing further harm.

An illustration from Molly Costello (for a Syracuse Cultural Workers poster) features a pink and yellow flower growing out of the ground. The plower has 2 stems that separate at the base of the plant and there are roots underground. Text reads: The Gender Binary Has Its Roots in Colonization.

Intersectional Pride

Intersectionality describes the cross sections of one’s identities – how multiple identities interact and form emergent realities. It looks at bigger systems of oppression such as racism, sexism, homophobia, and asks that we identify where and how they interact with each other. What does it do when you add to the identifiers of race and gender the identity of a young person, who has fewer rights than an adult in seeking their own health care, school placement, or living arrangement? 

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