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aging out foster youth asks gov. cuomo to moratorium

5/29/2020

‘Once You Sign the Paper, It’s Over:’ Older Foster Youth Plead for Help from New York Governor 

Megan Conn

When she turned 21 last year, seven years after entering foster care in New York City, Jeanette Rivera suddenly found herself fending for herself — and her three young children.  “They didn’t wait to make sure that I was ready to be on my own, they didn’t make sure I had food, that my bills were paid or that I even understood how to pay my portion of my rent,” Rivera said.

subsidy foster youth new york roommates apartment

1/15/2020

Older New York Foster Youth With Roommates Can Now Get Rent Assistance

Megan Conn

Thanks to an amendment to a state social services law approved by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) last month, older foster youth who find a market-rate apartment can now receive a monthly housing subsidy from Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) even if they live with a roommate. 

12/6/2017

New York Expands Funding Access for Close Kin Who Become a Child’s Legal Guardian

Michael Fitzgerald

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation late last month making it easier for close relatives and family friends to receive financial support for kinship guardianship agreements (KinGAP). Godparents, step-parents, the adoptive parents of half-siblings, neighbors and other kinds of kin will be eligible for the subsidy until the child turns 21.

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