Foster Care States and Congress should protect—not steal—foster children’s Social Security benefits Increasing the number of foster youth who successfully achieve independence will improve lives and reduce other social services costs in the future.
Foster Care Foster children are struggling to graduate high school Federal and state policymakers should work to ensure that foster children receive a high-quality education.
Foster Care Congress should investigate child welfare agencies taking foster children’s benefits Giving foster children their owed disability and survivor benefits could help them avoid poor life outcomes when they transition to adulthood after leaving state care.
Foster Care State lawmakers must help youth aging out of foster care Protecting their Social Security benefits and providing temporary cash assistance should be part of the solution.
Foster Care Virginia should stop taking foster children’s Social Security benefits Foster children already face too many challenges in life. It’s wrong for the government to go behind their backs to take benefits owed to them under federal law to pay for their care.
Foster Care New York City will stop seizing foster children’s Social Security benefits Congress should amend the Social Security Act to stop child welfare agencies from taking foster kids’ money.
Foster Care California to provide a guaranteed income for former foster youth Based on Santa Clara County’s experience, California’s new statewide guaranteed income for foster youth could become a model for the nation.
Foster Care Why are state governments taking foster children’s Social Security benefits? We must do more to ensure that orphaned teens don’t succumb to poor life outcomes.
