Legislation
Daveigh's Law
A proposed California framework connecting child performers to independent, continuous support before, during, and after their careers.
Read the draft frameworkA proposed lifelong safety net
Protectionshould outlastthe production.
In honor of Daveigh Chase
Every young performer deserves safety, financial clarity, trusted support, and a path forward—during the work and for life.
✓ No account
✓ No behavioral tracking
✓ Encrypted local vault
IndependentConfidentialTrauma-informedSurvivor-centeredAvailable for life
The proposed Daveigh Safety Network is designed around these principles.
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The system we are building
Support should grow alongside the child.
Daveigh's Law is the legislative framework. Its proposed programs create a lifelong pathway from first professional work through adulthood.
Crisis + continuity
The Daveigh Safety Network
A proposed 24/7 phone, text, and app pathway for confidential support, safety coordination, referrals, and long-term follow-through.
Life after childhood work
The Daveigh Transition Program
Case management for education, career, housing, health, finances, identity documents, and the transition into independent adulthood.
One trusted doorway
The Daveigh Resource Center
A confidential legal, medical, financial, and social-service hub that makes existing help easier to discover and navigate.
Draft priorities
Nine public-facing protection areas that close the gap.
The framework is designed to strengthen and connect existing systems while creating accountable continuity where support currently fragments.
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Automatic connection to age-appropriate support when a minor begins professional union work.
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Independent advocacy so a child has a trusted adult whose duty centers on the child’s wellbeing.
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Regular private check-ins and clear ways to report safety, coercion, financial, or family concerns.
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Financial navigation for wages, residuals, trust accounts, taxes, benefits, and records.
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Trauma-informed mental health access from childhood through career transitions and adulthood.
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Emergency stability through safety planning, temporary housing coordination, and crisis response.
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Education and career transition that prepares the whole person for a life beyond childhood success.
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Adult agency & advance autonomy with plain-language access to independent guidance on wills, healthcare directives, beneficiary designations, emergency contacts, digital records, and documented end-of-life preferences.
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Lifelong continuity so former child performers retain a known, low-friction doorway back to support at any age.
In memory of Daveigh Chase
A life is more than the work the world remembers.
“It is crucial that we bridge the gap between child actor and adult human.”
— Amy Castle, founder of Daveigh's Law
Daveigh's Law transforms remembrance into prevention, connection, and care for every child performer who deserves a supported future.
Every child deserves a future beyond childhood success.
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Legislators, unions, nonprofit leaders, former child performers, families, clinicians, attorneys, and industry partners all have a role.
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Protecting child performers—before, during, and after their careers.