A study released this week shows that the benefits of extending foster care past the age of 18 outweigh the costs. In Illinois, where support extends to age 21, the study finds foster youths three times more likely to enroll in college, 65% less likely to have been arrested and 38% less likely to experience teen pregnancy. Now, a bill has been introduced in Sacramento that would allow California to draw down federal funds to provide continued health, education and other support costs to foster youth through age 21. Larry talks to Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, and John Wagner, Director of the California Department of Social Services.
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