East Palo Alto Youth Court

A young person...
A minor offense...
A chance to make amends...
A jury of other young people...

...the East Palo Alto Youth Court

View our About Us page for more information, and check back often for updates!

A message from Mayor Patricia Foster:

For years we have been sending kids outside our community when they encounter difficulties.  Sometimes they end up in juvenile hall.  When a youngster goes to juvenile hall, he or she does not always receive the necessary individualized services to address their core issues.  When the youngster returns to our community, we do not have the services in place to address their needs.

We need to change things.  That is why we set up a Youth Court in East Palo Alto.  There are over 1,300 youth courts in the country.  Following substantial planning, we have developed a program for ourselves in this community.   We have asked over 200 young people how they would like such a program to work; we continue to want to hear from young people and their families. 

Please visit our Donate page to donate to Youth Court, and visit our Contact Us page to be in touch if you would like to help.

Youth Court is pleased to annouce it recently received the sponsorship of:

The John Arrillaga Foundation

Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy

Youth Court is also pleased to have the sponsorship of:

All Stars Helping Kids

Anonymous

Cooley Godward LLP

Dewey LeBoeuf LLP

The Los Altos Community Foundation E3 Youth Philanthropy program

The Franklin and Catherine Johnson Foundation

The Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund

The Peery Foundation

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP

Townsend, Townsend & Crew LLP

The van Lӧben Sels / Rembe Rock Foundation

The Westly Foundation