TeamChild is a Washington state nonprofit public-interest law organization that provides direct legal services, systemic advocacy, and impact litigation for youth involved in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. Its mission is to remove legal barriers that keep young people from safety, stability, and opportunity and to reform systems so they better serve children and adolescents.
Juvenile justice reform, child welfare reform, dependency and foster care advocacy, school discipline and education access, youth housing and homelessness, access to benefits and public supports, sealing/expungement of juvenile records, diversion alternatives and reentry supports, racial equity in youth-serving systems
Primarily supported by foundation grants, government contracts and grants, philanthropic contributions, and individual donations
Partners with local legal aid organizations, youth-serving community organizations, state and local child welfare and juvenile justice agencies, and national juvenile-justice advocacy groups
Non-profit (501(c)(3)) public interest legal services organization