Susan Vivian Mangold

July 14, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Each year, Juvenile Law Center works with approximately 25 youth and 20 program alumni. They are paid for all their program time and advocacy work. The program is integrated into the work of Juvenile Law Center and youth advocates often lead advocacy efforts.

By Anahi Figueroa-Martinez and Susan Vivian Mangold

5 minute read

May 13, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Youth in foster care are in our care and deserve decisions that are made in their best interest by a parent or by a representative whose acts will protect the interests of children to set them up for future.

By Marcía Hopkins and Susan Vivian Mangold

7 minute read

April 16, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Youth in placement through the child welfare, juvenile justice, behavioral health or developmental disabilities system need a local, independent ombudsperson to hear their grievances and investigate allegations of abuse including educational deprivation.

By Susan Vivian Mangold

6 minute read

March 20, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

During the public health crisis posed by the coronavirus, our social workers' expertise is especially critical as we develop disaster office operation plans and maintain our commitment to serve the people who will be most affected by this crisis.

By Susan Vivian Mangold

7 minute read

February 22, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

All youth need families and supportive networks to thrive and make a successful transition to adulthood. Philadelphia must act now to guarantee that all youth in the foster care and juvenile justice systems have connections to family and community—including when they exit care.

By Susan Vivian Mangold

7 minute read

May 18, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Juvenile Law Center works to bring young people in the child welfare and justice systems home from institutional placements, and to ensure that youth placed outside of the home are in the most family-like and least traumatic conditions possible.

By Susan Vivian Mangold

6 minute read

April 21, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the last few years Philadelphia has seen an increase in the numbers of homeless youth. We aren't alone—this increase is happening in cities nationwide. According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) report, 5,764 children and youth were counted as homeless in Philadelphia during the 2014-2015 school year.

By Susan Vivian Mangold

15 minute read

January 25, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Fifty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Kent v. United States, 383 U.S. 541 (1966), establishing a new constitutional baseline for transferring youth to the adult criminal justice system, and Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), setting forth the constitutional standard for the custodial interrogation of suspects by law enforcement. Forty-five years later, in 2011, the Supreme Court decided J.D.B. v. North Carolina, 564 U.S. 261 (2011), establishing for the first time that law enforcement must account for juvenile status when carrying out the requirements of Miranda.

By Susan Vivian Mangold

7 minute read