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.