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Attorney general and youth advocates push for cash stipend for youth aging out of foster care (S161)
Summary
The Attorney General's Office and youth with lived experience urged lawmakers to approve S161, a bill to provide a guaranteed monthly cash stipend to young adults transitioning out of foster care.
Boston — The Attorney General's office and youth advocates urged the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities to support Senate Bill S161, which would create a guaranteed cash stipend for young adults transitioning out of foster care.
"Every year, approximately 750 youth turn 18 and age out of foster care in Massachusetts," Liza Hirsch, director of the Children's Justice Unit at the Office of the Attorney General, told the committee. "One out of every four of…
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