Juvenile Rights Project, Inc.
Teen Resources
WHAT YOUR ATTORNEY WANTS YOU TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY CASE is a booklet for Juvenile Rights Project, Inc. clients who are being represented on delinquency charges. This booklet is intended to provide general information that may answer questions that juvenile clients have about their case and not to give legal advice. Clients should always discuss their questions and obtain legal advice from their attorney. Same publication now available in a Spanish version:
LO QUE TU ABOGODO QUIERE QUE SEPAS ACERCA DE TU CASO DE DELINCUENCIA JUVENIL.
Transition Guide to Teens Aging Out of Foster Care in Oregon: - A
Guide to Transition Planning for Caseworkers, Judges and Advocates is intended to: (1) increase awareness of the challenges faced by foster youth transitioning out of care; (2) increase awareness of the federal and state law pertaining to transition planning; and (3) provide the tools necessary to make a youth’s transition out of care more successful.
A Teen's Legal Guide to Foster Care
In Oregon (Revised) is intended to answer some of the questions foster youth might have about legal rights, foster care, and about going to court.
This Guide is tcopyright free.
A Teen's Survival Guide to
Leaving Foster Care
In Oregon contains important information for teens who are
about to leave Foster Care. Topics includes: Your Rights; Staying Healthy; What
does it mean to be 18?; Crimes & Punishment; Moving Out; Making a Difference;
Getting an Education; Getting Around; Going to Work; Public Assistance; and
Money Matters. This Guide is copyright free.
For Teen self-help information, follow this link to the Multnomah County Bar Association’s handbook,
Youth Faces the Law.
Emancipation in Multnomah County, Oregon is intended to answer some of the questions concerning Emancipation in Oregon.
Getting Your Record Expunged is intended to answer some questions about getting your record expunged,
along with several documents provided by Multnomah County as follows: