The Youth Advocacy Foundation (YAF) was established in 2001. We are the non-profit arm of the Massachusetts juvenile public defender agency: the Youth Advocacy Division (YAD) of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS).

For nearly twenty years, we have been working to protect and defend Massachusetts' most vulnerable youth. Some of our key successes include:

• Changing how Massachusetts youth interact with the criminal justice system;

• Fighting for the establishment of regional juvenile public defender offices in Massachusetts;

• Advocating in favor of raising the age to be tried as an adult to eighteen years of age;

• Calling attention to the grave injustice that is sentencing juveniles to life without parole.

A gift from you helps ensure Massachusetts' most vulnerable youth have access to the educational advocacy and services that they deserve.

The Youth Advocacy Foundation is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.