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The EdLaw Project
Founded in January 2000, the EdLaw Project is an educational advocacy partnership between the Children's Law Center of Massachusetts, Inc. (CLCM) and the
Youth Advocacy Project (YAP). Motivated by the shared belief that educational success is essential for children to thrive, YAP and CLC launched the EdLaw Project with a mission of advocating for the education services that Boston's highest risk children need to succeed.
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About EdLaw
The EdLaw Project is an advocacy initiative created to ensure equal
opportunity in life achievement for Boston youth by enforcing every
child's right to a quality education. Through legal representation,
technical assistance, and training to families, youth-serving
professionals and attorneys, the EdLaw Project advocates for indigent
and low-income children in danger of not receiving appropriate education
services.
The project offers direct advocacy to children facing
suspension and expulsion, ineffective reintegration into the school
system following detention or incarceration, inadequate education while
in state custody and children with undetected special needs. The Edlaw
Project also offers training to families and youth-serving professionals
in education and legal rights. We promote growth and stability in the
lives of children and make an impact on education policy through:
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Child-empowered legal representation in matters of school discipline,
academic failure, undetected special needs, inadequate education while in
state custody, and ineffective reintegration following detention and
incarceration;
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Increasing recognition of indicators of unmet educational needs, the link
between academic failure and delinquency, student rights, and available
legal and non-legal resources to empower families, youth-serving
professionals and educators in their advocacy on behalf of children;
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Supporting the community-set agenda of improving education by assisting
community members, local groups, and statewide organizations in developing
effective family-centered and data-driven education policies.
Since 2000, EdLaw has helped over 1,000 students in the greater Boston
area, but there are still thousands who need help.
For more information, including how you can help, please download EdLaw's
Case for Giving
Booklet.
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Donate to The EdLaw Project
To make a tax-deductible donation to the EdLaw Project, please send a
check payable to the Children's Law Center, to the
address below:
Edlaw Project
Ten Malcolm X Boulevard
Roxbury, MA 02119-1776
For more information, including how you can help, please download EdLaw's Case for Giving Booklet.
If you have any questions, please contact Priscilla Duffy, Program Manager, at
(617) 989-8125.
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