For the last three years, I have been working on public policy related to foster youth. But at a recent monthly foster care policy meeting in Sacramento, where experts were discussing the needs of foster youth fortunate enough to go to college, I found myself thinking, “They’re missing the point.”...
California Approves Free Phones, Internet for Foster Youth
LOS ANGELES — Young people in California's foster system will have access to free cellphones and internet access under a new program that supporters say will bridge a "digital divide." The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday approved the $22 million pilot program that will provide a smartphone to more...
Upon Brown's Signature, Help Is a Call Away for Foster Youth
Foster youth and their caregivers may have a new way to seek support in tough times. That new way is through Assembly Bill 2043. The bill, which Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula introduced back in February, seeks to improve living conditions for foster children and their caregivers. What the Bill Will Do...