Our Programs and Projects

• Child Abuse Project
• Girls Juvenile Justice Project
• Immigrants and Refugees New Arrivals Advocacy Project
• Medical-Legal Partnership Project
• TeamChild Juvenile Justice Project
• Teen Legal Advocacy Clinic
• Truancy Court Prevention Project

Systemic Legal Advocacy

• Class Actions
  • Emily J.
    Juvenile Detention and Access to Mental Health Care (complaint and court orders )
  • Sheff
    Access to educational opportunity and relief from racial and ethnic isolation for Hartford school children
• Administrative Advocacy
• Appeals
  

Legislative Advocacy

• Access to Mental Health Care for Children
• Alternatives to Incarceration for Juvenile Justice Youth
• Improvement of Legal Representation for poor children
• Foster Care and other Child Welfare Issues

KidsCounsel Training Program
A resource for lawyers and legal advocates dedicated to improving the quality of legal representation for children in Connecticut.

• KidsCounsel Newsletter
• Legal Resource Center
• Training Seminars
• Internship program in child advocacy for law students
• KidsCounsel ListServ
• Interdisciplinary Teams