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March 16th 2007 • Printer version  2007 Oregon Child Advocacy Project Conference
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Can we build a safety net for teens
transitioning out of state programs?
For information about cost, CLE, and registration, go to the conference website or call (541) 346-3835. Imagine what it would be like for you no family, no place to go.
Youre eighteen and the system says Bye. Youre on your own, said project director
Leslie Harris, a family law professor and expert on children and the law.
"Its
worse for teenagers coming out of corrections - some of them are even younger. The data on how many foster kids
end up homeless or in trouble is awful."
Speakers include experts on adult functioning of former foster youth,
special education and transition to adulthood, multicultural youth, and
girls in the juvenile justice system. The legal system tells you to work at the end of the spectrum
historically, Duncan Campbell said, Im trying to take it to the
earlier stages where they create rights for children and the community
gives them resources.
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