Have you experienced discrimination? Is someone harming you physically, sexually, or mentally? Worried about the legal consequences of a bad choice?

No matter what the situation, remember: 
You may be young, you may even be a minor, but you still have rights.

Your rights and how to use them:

Click on the links below to find out what your rights are and how to use them.

• Click here to download a step-by-step guide to your rights and where to get help
• What to do if you're stopped by the police
• How to deal with a traffic ticket
• How to seal a juvinile court record
• How to file a complaint if you experience discrimination at school
• Working Teens Rights
• LGBT Teen Rights
• Sexual Rights for Teens in California
• Violence and Abuse in Relationships
• Ending an abusive relationship? Need legal protection?
  
• Health Care Rights for Teens
• HIV Rights: Finding out your HIV status and keeping it private

Getting Help:

• If you need legal help, click here for a list of Bay Area organizations that may be able to help.
• For legal information and things you can do for yourself, click this link to download information about  legal self-help available on-line.
• If you need a hotline, a crisis center, a safe place away from an abuser, click here, then use the tools on the left side of the page to find the type of help you need and the area you are in.
• Runaway Hotline: 1-800-448-3000. If you are running away from home, a group home, or anywhere else, or it you are already a run-away you can call this hotline to get information about shelters, counseling, Greyhound bus-tickets, or assistance in going back home. You will talk to a highly trained counselor who offers “right now” answers to your situation. This is a 24- hour hotline.
• California Coalition for youth is 24/7 crisis counseling and support program that is available all the time, from anywhere in the state. For young people between the ages of 12-24.  California Youth Crisis Line Hotline: (800)-843-5200 Website: www.youthcrisisline.org
• Youthline is a 4-10, 7 day a week, toll-free confidential telephone service. Youthline gives youth, parents, and, caregivers one number to call for information about children and youth services and programs throughout the Bay Area. Phone: 1 (888) 977-3399 Website: www.youthline.org Email: info@chalk.org