Our mission is to promote and protect the legal rights and interests of indigent children who are dependent upon the judicial, child welfare, health and mental health, education, and juvenile justice systems for their care and development.
The Youth Law Project offers:
Individual representation in administrative and legal forums to address immediate crises in children's lives, including:
- educational rights of students, including those being reintegrated into the educational system after incarceration or detention or while in state custody
abuse and neglect and domestic violence
access to health and mental health care
school disciplinary hearings
special education
legal rights of teen parents
emancipation
immigration status, filing SIJS and U, VAWA and T visas for minor victims of crime, domestic violence, abuse and neglect and human trafficking
housing
improper denials of state or federal benefits, including children's SSI, medicaid and SCHIP eligibility
Outreach to the community to collaborate with and empower parents and advocates to address obstacles to success in school and in young lives
Consultation to community organizations and families on issues of concern in the arena of civil poverty law practice
- Consideration of systemic issues to promote policy change through legal advocacy
GREATER WACO YOUTH LAW 
