{"id":19041,"date":"2023-07-13T10:59:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=19041"},"modified":"2023-07-13T10:59:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:59:31","slug":"foster-youth-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/foster-youth-program\/","title":{"rendered":"San Mateo County approves program for foster youth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" Following a unanimous vote, San Mateo County Supervisors agreed to provide current and former foster youth ages 18-22 with $1,000 a month after approving the first guaranteed income program for this vulnerable group.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thus, approximately 70 eligible young people will receive a direct deposit for up to 18 months.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to break the cycle of poverty,\u201d said Supervisor David J. Canepa, who sponsored the proposal with Supervisor Noelia Corzo.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFoster youth face so many challenges that most of us can\u2019t imagine,\u201d Canepa explained. \u201cWe, as a community, want to help these young adults finish high school and go on to college or trade programs without the overwhelming burden of making ends meet in a county with such a high cost of living.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Corzo noted that foster youth \u201cremain very vulnerable\u201d to housing instability and homelessness as they age out of the system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cConcrete financial support allows for some relief from economic pressures that might otherwise drive them out of San Mateo County and away from their support systems and friends,\u201d Corzo said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Funds for this program have no spending restrictions. Recipients can use the monthly stipend as they see fit, for education, transportation, housing, food, and other needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a secure monthly income floor, participants are expected to be able to better take advantage of the services provided to transition-aged foster youth. These include access to educational and financial counselors and a variety of support staff who will provide linkages to health and mental health services, employment services, and enrichment activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Board of Supervisors said the first $1,000 direct deposits could begin around the New Year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Canepa noted that a disproportionate number of youth in foster care, as well as those who have been in foster care, are people of color, so the program will accelerate social justice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Supervisors voted to allocate $732,000 in local Measure K funds for the pilot project out of a total of $2.032 billion. The balance will come from a pool of funds set aside for youth-focused services administered by the County's own Human Services Agency and $100,000 from the county's local Measure K funding. Silicon Valley Community Foundation<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Tras una votaci\u00f3n un\u00e1nime, los supervisores del condado de San Mateo acordaron proporcionar programa para j\u00f3venes de crianza temporal actuales y anteriores de 18 a 22 a\u00f1os de edad, una ayuda de mil d\u00f3lares al mes, luego de aprobar el primer programa de ingresos garantizados para este grupo vulnerable. As\u00ed, alrededor de 70 j\u00f3venes elegibles […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19045,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19041\/revisions\/19045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}