Universal Basic Income for Foster Youth Introduced in CA Senate

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🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Youth who age out of the foster care system often lose access to housing and services and are at increased risk of homelessness, food insecurity and incarceration. The pandemic has caused even greater instability, with 55% of transitioning foster youth citing food insecurity as a result of COVID-19 in a national study. A new bill in the California legislature aims to establish a safety net to youth leaving foster care by providing them with direct cash assistance on a monthly basis for three years after they leave the system. We’ll hear about the bill and the challenges youth face in transitioning out of foster care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.3	I'm Rachel Myro in for Mina Kim.
1:09.0	When young people age out of foster care, they face a greater risk of homelessness, food insecurity, and even incarceration.
1:12.5	We'll talk about a new bill in the California legislature proposing a softer launch into adulthood with three years of direct monthly cash assistance.
1:18.6	Then at 1030, I'll talk with San Jose Mayor Sam Laccardo. We'll want your questions, too,
1:24.2	about how to reopen schools in Santa Clara County, rehouse the homeless in the region,
1:29.3	and get ready for Google's massive expansion downtown. A new bill in the California legislature suggests a softer
2:02.9	launch into adulthood with three years of monthly cash assistance. Will it work? Is it enough?
2:09.5	Let's start the conversation. I had earlier this morning with the bill's author, California
2:15.0	Senator David Cortese. Senate Bill 739 really does look to the Santa Clar County program, this UBI, as we call it, for Foster.
2:27.2	UBI meaning universal basic income.
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