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California payments foster youth tax

10/2/2020

As California Weathers the Pandemic, A Quiet Season for Child Welfare Bills

Jeremy Loudenback

With the close of an abbreviated and narrowly focused legislative session amid the pandemic, some of the least fortunate and vulnerable Californians – those involved in child welfare cases – will receive only modest help in the coming year in the form of new legislation.

9/28/2020

Gov. Newsom Rejects Bill to Protect Young Adults in Foster Care During Future Crises

Sara Tiano

Illustration by Christine Ongjoco
As the coronavirus pandemic rages on across the country, Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that promised to protect young adults in California’s foster care system during future declared states of emergency, describing it as potentially imprudent and ineffective. 

New Bill Would Help Foster Youth in Washington, D.C., Keep Federal Benefits

6/23/2020

California Budget Deal Extends Millions of Dollars in Aid for Aging-out Foster Youth

Sara Tiano and Karen de Sá 

Thousands of young adults in the California foster care system will receive additional financial support and housing help as they struggle to survive the recession and the coronavirus pandemic, under a budget deal this week between lawmakers and Democratic Gov.

5/19/2020

Bill to Prevent California Foster Youth From Aging Out During Pandemic Moves Forward 

Sara Tiano

California legislation that would have permanently extended foster care payments and housing benefits to young adults through age 25 has now been scaled back to a short-term support plan triggered by a state of emergency such as the current coronavirus pandemic.

2/13/2020

Three Better Ways to Support Foster Youth than Extending Care to 26

Opinion

Akin Abioye

Ten years ago, I was George White, a 17-year-old high school student in foster care advocating for the extension of foster care to age 21 through AB 12. Today, I introduce myself as 27-year-old Dr.

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