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Youth & Young Adults
Resources
Your Lawyer Works for You! What You Need to Know:
“Your Lawyer Works for You” is a two-part video series designed for youth to explain the attorney-client relationship. The videos are a collaboration between the Children’s Commission and the Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS) Young Adult Leadership Council (YALC) and features young adults formerly in foster care discussing their experiences with their attorneys, articulating basics about the attorney-client relationship, and helping youth understand how to resolve problems with their attorneys. The videos are available on the Children’s Commission's YouTube Youth Voice Playlist and the TNOYS YouTube Channel.
Normalcy Matters: A Guide to Supporting Children & Youth in Texas Foster Care
- Companion video, Texas CASA
Normalcy for Children and Youth in Foster Care Roundtable Report
Texas Child Welfare Law Bench Book Chapter: Youth Voice & Normalcy