
The Bureau of Children’s Justice will draw on the wealth of expertise within CADOJ on issues impacting children’s legal protection, including civil rights, education, consumer protection, nonprofit charities, child welfare, privacy and identity theft, and fraud. Childhood trauma and exposure to violence.California’s elementary school truancy crisis.Discrimination and inequities in education.California’s foster care, adoption, and juvenile justice systems.Staffed with both civil rights and criminal prosecutors, the Bureau will focus its enforcement and advocacy efforts on several areas, including:

The Bureau’s mission is to protect the rights of children and focus the attention and resources of law enforcement and policymakers on the importance of safeguarding every child so that they can meet their full potential.Īlthough children do not write checks and cannot always advocate for themselves, they are consumers of both public and private goods and services, and like adult consumers, they are entitled to certain standards of quality and care under the law.
