More Coverage of the OFYC Advocacy Day
Foster-care youths plan advocacy effort at Capitol
Monday, February 28, 2011
Peter Wong, Statesman Journal
Youths between ages 14 and 25 who have been in foster care will come to the Capitol on Monday to promote expanded educational opportunity and independent living skills.
Their efforts are sponsored by the Oregon Foster Youth Connection, a program of Children First for Oregon, which advocates for children and families.
Senate Bill 243 and House Bill 3471 would create tuition waivers at state universities and community colleges for youths aging out of foster care at 18 or 21, and for those adopted after age 16. Eligibility would end at age 25, and youths still would have to apply for financial aid.
They also will seek expansion of the Independent Living Program, which they say reaches only about 40 percent of eligible youths.
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