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Mockingbird Society urges expansion of family‑hub model, housing and higher EFC payments
Summary
The Mockingbird Society described the Hub‑Home (Mockingbird Family) model, youth priorities including financial literacy, peer supports, housing for transition‑age youth and changes to extended foster care payments and eligibility.
Samuel Martin, lobbyist for the Mockingbird Society and a person with lived experience, presented the Mockingbird Family hub‑home model and policy priorities voiced by youth advocates.
Martin described the Mockingbird Family model as interconnected micro communities: each constellation links 6–10 geographically proximate foster or kinship families and roughly 6–18 youth, creating shared hub homes, respite and peer supports. He said there are six active constellations in Washington…
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