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California is in the process of trying to help the foster children that are aging out of the system by passing AB 845 which will offer transitional housing to the foster children along job training, financial planning, education needs and other resources.
Some senators are threatening to block this, and it is believed that it may fall short of two-thirds majority votes. So, any foster children living, or who knows someone living in California please, email or fax your local congress at the link provided below to support the much needed change in the foster care system.
It is time to make a change, not just sit around discussing the problems of foster care. Help be the solution to the problem. Please leave a comment below if you choose to email your senator. Feel free to cut and paste the above letter to your email to your Senator.
“Dear Senator (Last Name)”
Regarding AB 845, Foster youth: transitional housing: funding.
This is a much needed benefit for foster children aging out of the system. These children have spent years being bounced from one foster home to another one. We must give these children the tools and support to become productive members of society. These children do not have luxury of turning to parents for emotional or financial support.
These children deserve the opportunity to continue their education, learn the skills to live independently without the fear of being homeless. We remove these children to protect them then at the age of 18, we disregard them to possible homelessness, incarceration, public assistance and economic hardship.
We must provide transitional housing programs for the foster children aging out of the system. Please support AB 845, give the children you swore to protect the chance at a life.
Sincerely,
California State Senators – link to all Senators home page with contact information
California State Senators emails – not all have public email addresses
More reading:
Foster Children Ending Up Homeless
Foster Children Are In Desperate Need Of Help Learning Skills To Transition Out of The System
I am a foster teens from Cali. LA….
I am in a program called ILS it is for foster teens aging out of care and are not ready to…It is not fair!!!! It NEEDS to be against the law or somthing!!!!!! I have been living on the streets for a little over a year. From being homeless, you have NO hope, NO dreams, NO anything so you fall into drugs(meth. Like I said It is NOT fair! It wasn’t my fault I was put into Foster Care, and it wasn’t my fault I wasn’t ready to age out!!!! I’m not the only one this has happened to…I know alot of people that are my friends that have gone through the same stuff or not very different that I did.