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Legal Services for Children: 50 Years of Youth Advocacy
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Bay Area Children Need Your Support.

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What Makes Legal Services for Children Different

Learn how LSC defends the rights of children and youth in crisis and empowers them to make decisions about their lives, setting them on a path to stability and healing.

What We Do

Program Areas

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Safety & Stability at Home

We secure safe and stable homes for young people who cannot live with their parents by representing them in the guardianship process to get a loving adult to care for them and by advocating for the rights and needs of young people in the San Francisco foster care system.
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Freedom From Deportation

LSC defends the rights of undocumented immigrant children and young people, including youth under age 18 who entered the U.S. alone and are in immigration detention without their families as well as SF Bay Area young people at risk of deportation.
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Access to Education

LSC protects young people’s access to education by advocating for their rights when they are facing potential expulsion or suspension from school, keeping them on the path to graduation and preserving their place in their peer communities.

Need help? Call our Warmline.

Warmline Hours

Mon & Thu
1:30 to 4:30 pm

Warmline Number

(415) 780-6366

Linea en Español

(415) 780-6367

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Systems Change for Foster Youth

Report Published: Street Outreach to Foster Youth

In response to the needs of foster youth who have exited their placements and are at high risk of exploitation, Legal Services for Children, together with Safe & Sound, San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocates (SFCASA), and the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women, developed the “Street Outreach Convening: Re-Engaging Youth in Services”, held in San Francisco on October 26, 2023. The convening brought together legal and social services professionals from across the San Francisco Bay Area with the overarching goal of improving care for systems-involved youth absent from placement by increasing collaboration between providers.

LSC is excited to share that a collaborative report outlining recommendations for policy and practice improvements has been published.

We are grateful to our wonderful partner organizations and youth participants, whose work on this project is already making a difference.

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Find Resources  

Youth-serving professionals: access resources to support your work with youth in our Resource Library. Youth and families: find answers to your questions and resources that can help you in our FAQ.

Join Us  

Learn about how LSC can support you to volunteer as a youth-serving attorney through our Pro Bono Program, and find information about internship and job opportunities at LSC.

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San Francisco Bay Area youth need your support more than ever. Become a monthly supporter, or make a one-time donation to help meet young people’s need for legal and social work services.
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