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Advocates urge modest foster‑care stipend increase as commission reviews House Bill 2030
Summary
Advocates told the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth that House Bill 2030 would raise the daily foster stipend by $5 — from about $22 to $27 — and urged the commission to support targeted options if full funding proves infeasible. Presenters cited recruitment and retention pressures and presented rough fiscal estimates.
Sarah Herrion, executive director of the Foster Care Association of Oklahoma, told the commission that House Bill 2030 would add $5 per day to the basic foster‑care daily rate, raising the current daily payment to about $27 and providing additional help to families who take in children from the state system.
"Right now, the daily rate ... is between 17 and $22 a day," Herrion said. "If you imagine a 10‑ or 15‑year‑old surviving on that daily rate, it is nearly impossible." She called the proposed…
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