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California Senate designates May as Foster Youth Awareness Month
Summary
The California State Senate adopted SR 10 recognizing May as Foster Youth Awareness Month, citing high rates of homelessness, low college completion and calls for expanded housing, education and mental-health supports for youth who have been in foster care.
The California State Senate on a unanimous roll call adopted Senate Resolution 10 (SR 10) designating May as Foster Youth Awareness Month and urging greater attention to the needs of youth who have been in the foster care system.
Senator Wahab, the resolution's author, told colleagues that “in 2022, in California, there was roughly about 46,000 foster youth at any given time in the system,” and said foster…
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