Under current rules in California, not all foster children are receiving their Social Security benefits.
Lawmakers in California are working to help foster children access much-needed Social Security benefits that are being absorbed by the state.According to a 2021 report by the Marshall Project, about 10 percent of foster children throughout the country are entitled to Social Security benefits, either because their parents have died or because they have a physical or mental disability.
Gipson—said counties across California were pocketing millions of dollars in Social Security benefits and putting the money in general funds.'These are benefits that belong to these young people,' Bryan told KCRA 3, a news outlet in Sacramento. 'We are stealing those benefits but we've treated it as a revenue stream for decades.'Newsweek has contacted Bryan and California's Department of Social Services for comment via email outside normal working hours.
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