LCYC Reports
Invisible & Inaccessible: Young People’s Perceptions of Civil Legal Aid (2021)
This report highlights the perceptions and experiences of young people of color in King County regarding their knowledge (or lack thereof) about civil legal services. Young people of color are the focus of this report specifically because they are disproportionately affected by homelessness and housing instability in King County, and more likely to experience civil legal problems. As learned through a survey and focus groups, this report highlights the major issues youth have encountered with civil legal aid and their recommendations on improving its accessibility and cultural competency.
Young Adult Eviction Prevention project (2020)
In 2019, the Raikes Foundation awarded planning grants to the Housing Justice Project, Legal Counsel for Youth and Children, and the University of Washington’s eScience Institute. The planning grants aimed to bring together the three grantees to learn more about the intersection and experiences of young adults (ages 18-24) with eviction and how to best combine resources, connections, and areas of expertise to ensure that more young adults timely connect to legal advocacy to address housing law issues through the Home Base eviction prevention initiative in King County, Washington.
2018 Independent Evaluation
The Legal Services Partnership for Youth (LSPY), was a pilot project with the goal of preventing, or shortening the duration of, homelessness for youth and young adults in King County. This evaluation of the LSPY project is to understand the effect of legal services for youth and young adults at risk of or experiencing homelessness. LSPY is now known as the Youth Homelessness Program.
Empty Promises: HOmeless Minors (2017)
Homeless minors, vulnerable and alone, are an often-overlooked population living in crisis. These youth face unique obstacles in accessing and engaging legal and service systems that should be meeting their needs when they are not safe or welcome at home. This report is designed to (1) highlight and inform people of the unique challenges facing homeless minors and opportunities to address them, (2) provide advocates with a resource to assess and support policy and organizational changes to help youth and families, and (3) outline critical needs and opportunities for the philanthropic community to invest time, expertise, and resources to reduce youth homelessness now.
2016 Legal Services Partnership for Youth Report
Through LCYC’s pilot program, Legal Services Partnership for Youth (LSPY), we provide direct, free, onsite civil legal services to youth ages 12 – 24 years, who are or are at risk of homelessness. Through legal advocacy, we are able to assist youth to prevent, reduce or eliminate their experiences of homelessness; sometimes our services have a direct and immediate impact on housing, other times legal advocacy helps to set the stage and pave the way for a path towards more stable housing and long term supports.
2015 Impact Report
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children (LCYC)’s 2015 review of open and closed cases to assess our advocacy and impact for the youth and children we serve.
2014 Impact Report
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children (LCYC)’s 2014 review of the impact of our advocacy for the youth and children we serve.