Student will review and assist in revisions to “A Guide to Those “Aging Out” of Foster Care in Texas,” which can be found at texasfosteryouth.org. The Guide, currently in its 4th edition, has been distributed to over 12,000 aging out foster youth and is considered an invaluable resource – requests for guides to distribute to youth come from around Texas from CPS staff, judges, CASAs, attorneys and others. We’ll be updating the Guide after the 2015 legislative session and before beginning that process would like a law student, with a fresh set of eyes, to review the Guide to assess for other possible revisions, checking for youth friendly language and wording, typos, and areas that are confusing.
Organization
Texas Foster Youth Project
A special project of Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, the Texas Foster Youth Justice Project provides free legal services and advice to those in foster care or who have aged out of foster care. The Project also serves as a resource for those who work with foster youth.
Project Details
- Website
- http://www.texasfosteryouth.org
- Project Start Date
- October 2014
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 20 hours
- Training
- One hour meeting with Project staff
- Skills used
- Document preparation; document review
- Project location
- Work can be done anywhere. Student volunteer will go to the TRLA office for an initial meeting and an end-of-project meeting.
- Address
- 4920 N. IH 35, Austin, TX 78751
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 1
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L
- Required skills
- N/A
- To Apply
- Submit a cover letter and resume to Mary Christine Reed at mcreed@trla.org