Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), has introduced, SB 739, the “Universal Basic Income for Transition Age Foster Youth Act”, which would provide direct cash assistance through a statewide universal basic income (UBI) Pilot Program for the approximately 3,000 youth who age out of Extended Foster Care in California each year.
In the year 2019, there were 20,000 children in the Unites States who aged out of foster care without ever finding a permanent placement with families.
A recent University of California, Irvine study displayed that, on average, “children who have been in the U.S. foster care system are at a significantly […]
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