AB 12
San Francisco Examiner reports on need for youth in foster care to have option of extended care
‘It kind of threw me off for the first month,’ Evans said, recalling the sudden responsibility of having to pay his own bills and shop for his own groceries. Evans, now 20, lives by himself in a Daly City apartment. He is taking general studies courses at City College of San Francisco and hopes to become an auto mechanic.
But while he said he was thriving on his own, he was happy to hear about a new law that will let current foster children stay in the system until they turn 21…”
Source: Amy Crawford, San Francisco Examiner, January 8, 2012
L.A. Times showcases state-wide extension of foster care starting 2012
To ensure that the funds behind the new law are leveraged to their full potential, more needs to be done to figure out what types of assistance work best for which types of youth…”
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After 18 campaign to spread word about extended foster care now available to youth
Starting 2012, youth are allowed to remain in care after 18. That includes assistance for education and employment training, as well as developing and maintaining important relationships with caring adults…
Source: After 18 California, January 2, 2011
Sf Chronicle op-ed highlights issues surrounding former foster youth, budget cuts, and AB 12 implementation
Was this [AB 12] really going to be about improving the lives of our most vulnerable Californians … or tapping federal funds to relieve the fiscal pressures on state and county bureaucracies?..
Source: John Diaz, San Francisco Chronicle, July 11, 2011
Rachel Antrobus of TAYSF Quoted in Bay Guardian
“It’s a fairly rare experience that youth stay in one home, and that means moving schools and moving friends,” notes Rachel Antrobus…
Source: Rebecca Bowe, San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 19, 2010
