Teamchild

Teamchild's policy team addresses systemic issues youth face across the state by increasing access to education, healthcare, and housing supports; expanding and investing in community-led and community-based alternatives to school expulsion, diversion from court and incarceration of youth; and building strong relationships with communities where our clients live.

Teamchild's community engagement work includes creating opportunities for youth to guide our policy and legal work. Our community outreach and training activities create or reinforce partnerships with youth, familiies, juvenile court professionals, attorneys, and community providers.

Teamchild is the fiscal sponsor of the south king county discipline coalition ("skcdc"). Skcdc is a group made up of community members working to mitigate the use of school discipline and encourage more family involvement in their students education. The main activities of the skcdc are developing community leaders and providing awareness, training, and voice for youth and parents who seek to eliminate the impact of exclusion on their familiies and communities.