TeamChild services cut future juvenile court involvement in half
Taxpayers save a dollar for every dollar invested in TeamChild
75% of youth are back in school after TeamChild services
TeamChild’s work is to uphold the rights of young people, secure the support they need, and transform punitive systems into more effective methods of addressing root causes and providing meaningful and appropriate support, opportunities, and healing to youth across Washington State. Our direct legal services......
25 July, 2022
Artwork by [email protected] This June, as Pride Month commemorates the 53rd anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, advocates again face a critical moment in the development of an equitable, safe, and more-inclusive society. As the national political landscape continues to inform local and statewide political attitudes,......
27 June, 2022
TeamChild continues to support Washington State Supreme Court’s rule changes that protect youth from a lifetime of exposure to their juvenile legal cases. These new rules passed in March and were scheduled to take effect in May. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court voted to delay implementation......
19 May, 2022
Any parent with school-aged children will tell you that school closures, remote online learning, and return to school with changing mask mandates, strict sick policies, and school staff shortages have dramatically impacted public education. For Black and brown students, students who have disabilities, and low-income......
26 April, 2022
As TeamChild moves into our second year of supporting a policy team, we have given a lot of thought to how we make policy decisions. We work to center our anti-racism principals in all of our decisions, especially policy decisions that are intended to improve......
25 April, 2022
The 2022 Washington State Legislative Session ended on March 10th. The Legislature passed bills and funded initiatives that will provide help and support to Washington’s young people. But the Legislature also did not act to move efforts forward in areas that TeamChild clients and communities......
29 March, 2022
TeamChild Board and Staff are excited to announce that we have selected Marcos Martinez as our new Executive Director! Marcos was selected following an extensive national and local search, using a collaborative hiring process led by Diversity Recruiters. The process involved two thirds of our staff, board members, community partners, legal partners, and......
14 February, 20223 days ago
Superintendent Reykdal Releases Plan for Work Experience in School to Contribute to Graduation
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OLYMPIA — August 4, 2022 — Nearly 30% (45,000–55,000) of Washington’s students are employed in high school. In a media briefing today...3 days ago
New report tracks which WA counties send the most people to prison
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It’s not just Washington's big cities contributing to mass incarceration.4 days ago
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