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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.

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TOGETHER WE ARE ADVANCING JUSTICE

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.

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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

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ADVOCACY TOOLKITS AND RESOURCES

Stand With Youth and Advocate for their Rights

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LEGAL SERVICES FOR YOUTH IN CRISIS

Help Youth Gain Access to Community Support

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OUR LATEST

Green Hill School is pictured with a concrete sculpture of a face in front of it. There is a yellow fire hydrant and a tree to the left. Black text in a green text box reads: Law Library Update, Green Hill School. TeamChild logo appears in lower right corner.

TeamChild Partners with Green Hill School to Begin Law Library for Youth

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TeamChild set out to build power and knowledge amongst incarcerated youth by working in partnership with young people at Green Hill School, to plan, develop, and begin building a law library at the Juvenile Rehabilitation facility.

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White text in a red thought bubble reads: "Court Costs Are Holding Me Back" - Debt Free Youth Justcie WA

Debt Free Youth Justice

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TeamChild has been working for over a decade with individual clients, and with systems as a whole, to eliminate the harms the juvenile legal system creates for young people, their families, and communities. Much of this work has focused on post-conviction relief, which means helping a young person who has been through the legal system reconnect to a productive, inclusive, and supportive environment after that contact with court and incarceration.

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Artwork, featuring an adult and a youth lying on a hillside in the moonlight, by Molly Costello with quotes by Miriame Kaba: Instead of trying to fix what we have, Abolition invites us to ask, "What can we imagine for ourselves and the world?" If we do this, "Boundless possibilities of a more just world await us."
Molly Costello

Gratitude – In Community

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At TeamChild, we are working to find new and creative ways to support each other across our statewide offices – and while I say “new,” in fact one of the most meaningful strategies is the most enduring one. It’s about making space for relationships and our own humanity.

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Electing Prosecuting Attorneys: Why You(th) Matter(s)

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There are two significant prosecuting attorney races happening in Washington state this November 8th, one in King County and one in Spokane County. For many voters, and especially young people, it may be difficult to meaningfully participate in this election because it’s hard to understand what the job of a prosecutor is all about.

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