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Commission hears debate on House Bill 2030 to raise foster care daily stipend; no commission position recorded
Summary
Advocates described HB 2030, which would raise the daily foster-care payment by $5; commissioners discussed fiscal trade-offs and whether the commission should take a formal position but did not record a commission vote.
The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth heard a presentation and discussion of House Bill 2030 during its meeting. Sarah Herian, executive director of the Foster Care Association of Oklahoma, outlined the bill’s purpose and fiscal estimates.
Herian said the current base daily rate for foster care in Oklahoma ranges from $17 to $22 per child and that HB 2030 would increase the base by $5 per day, moving the range toward $22–$27 per child. She told commissioners that the bill’s full scope as originally drafted would affect more than 20,000 children in care and that the fiscal impact could be roughly $18 million.…
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