Mattilyn Karst
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Former foster care youth deliver their policy recommendations to Congress
Mattilyn Karst | July 20, 2016 |
“The 12 of us are not here on behalf of the so-called ‘successful’ foster youth. We are here to represent how foster youth can …
One Year Anniversary Since Passage of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act
Mattilyn Karst | June 28, 2016 |
Children should never be classified as prostitutes. Yet each year more than 1,000 children are arrested in the United States on prostitution charges. It’s …
More coordination needed between child welfare and juvenile justice systems
First Focus Campaign for Children, Mattilyn Karst | May 19, 2016 |
By Mattilyn H. Karst Of the 415,000 youth in foster care in America, half have been arrested at least once and a third have …