Feds Asks 39 States To Stop Taking Benefits of Kids in Foster Care

Illustration showing hand pulling oversized dollar from struggling person
Original illustration by Christine Ongjoco

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) sent letters to 39 governors in January, calling for “immediate action to protect vulnerable foster youth” from having their federal benefits seized by local governments and used to pay for their care and custody. The widely critiqued practice amounts to children forfeiting their own money to pay for […]

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