National Foster Care Month
Reading Time: 3 MinutesLast Updated: May 23, 2024
May is National Foster Care Month and a time to focus on the nearly 370,000 children and youth in foster care in America. Many of these children and youth often face a multitude of social, emotional, and financial challenges growing up. The challenges are greater for children of color, who are disproportionately represented in the child welfare system.
1 in 9 Black children and 1 in 7 Native American children spend a portion of their childhood in foster care.
Additionally, recent estimates suggest that 30% of youth in foster care identify as LGBTQI+. During this month, we also acknowledge the generosity and tirelessness of our foster parents and other individuals and networks who provide care, emotional connections, and financial support to our children and youth in foster care.
Every penny counts, and raising a child can be expensive. We help ease the financial burdens for foster youth by administering the Social Security to which they’re entitled. Approximately 35,000 children in foster care receive Social Security or SSI benefits. We pay about $174 million dollars per year in Social Security and SSI benefits to State agency representative payees for children and youth in foster care. These benefits make a huge difference in the quality of life for children and youth in foster care, whether they have a disability or not.
We have recently taken strides to work with government entities concerning children and youth in foster care and how the Social Security and SSI benefits they receive are being used by state agencies who serve as their representative payee. To date, we have provided technical assistance to various state and local agencies who seek to make program changes to improve service and outcomes for children and youth in foster care. In addition, we are working collaboratively with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to ensure our policies are properly applied to children and youth in foster care including options for conserving benefits for youth after they leave foster care.
Youth with disabilities can also apply for SSI benefits 180 days before transitioning out of foster care if they:
- Live in a foster care situation.
- Allege blindness or disability.
- Appear likely to meet all of the non-medical eligibility requirements when foster care payments terminates.
- Expect the foster care payments to cease within 180 days of the application filing date.
- Are within 180 days of losing foster care eligibility.
Social Security has resources available for youth who are transitioning to adulthood and for their parents/foster parents, teachers, health providers, caregivers, and representatives as these young adults prepare to successfully transition to adulthood. You can find additional information and these resources online in our Youth Toolkit 2023. There are many situations where a foster child or youth transitioning out of foster care can qualify for Social Security benefits. Foster parents, transitioning youth, and/or representatives should make an appointment with their local Social Security office and talk with a staff member to find out what benefits are available for each unique situation.
Social Security is committed to ensuring that all children, especially our foster youth, get the benefits they deserve. We will continue to work with our external partners to ensure that foster youth can easily and readily access Social Security and SSI benefits to which they are entitled as our programs are a critical care lifeline for our nation’s foster children and youth.
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JERRY M.
TONY: IT WOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW FOR YOU, OR ANYONE ELSE TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME OR MY ACCOUNTS, IN TERMS OF YOU, OR ANYONE ELSE, TAKING ANYTHING FROM ME TO PAY ANYONE ANYTHING! YOU MAY HAVE TO BE PROSECUTED FOR THEFT, LYING, STEALING AND BEING A TERRORIST!
Tony
Everyone know you pay peanuts for federal income taxes. Only fools cry over peanuts because they are poor fools.
JERRY M.
TONY: CLEARLY YOU ARE A MENTALLY ILL IDIOT! YOU ARE A LEECH ON SOCIETY AND WILL NEVER BE WORTH ANYTHING TO U.S. SOCIETY! WE ARE GOING TO ELIMINATE SSI, SSI-DI, SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY, ALL WELFARE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING SNAP, TANF, WIC, CHIP, FREE MEDICAID, OBAMA CARE, FREE SCHOOLING FOR YOUR KIDS, FREE FOOD FROM FOOD BANKS AND USDA FOOD PROGRAMS! WE ARE GOING TO STARVE ALL YOU SORRY PEOPLE OUT OF USA! IF YOU ARE MILITARY AGE, WE WILL RESTART THE MILITARY DRAFT SO WE CAN DRAFT YOU INTO THE ARMY WHERE YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO BE A REAL MAN! WE DO NOT NEED DIRTY PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN U.S. SO, NOW, SINCE YOU ARE REALLY A TERRORIST AND A CRIMINAL, I AM GOING TO GET YOU INDICTED AS A CRIMINAL SO YOU CANNOT GET ANY SSI, SS, MEDICAID, ETC. HOW WILL YOU LIKE THAT? I AM GOING TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND HOW SORRY YOU ARE AND HOW STUPID AND IGNORANT YOU REALLY ARE AS A PERSON! LOOK FOR THE POLICE OR SHERIFF TO COME GET YOU ANY TIME NOW! AMERICANS DO NOT NEED TO BE SUPPORTING IDIOTS LIKE YOU, AND WE ALREADY KNOW YOU ARE A STRAIGHT-RUNNING BASTARD OF A PERSON! WE KNOW YOU ARE A LIAR, CHEATER, THIEF AND A MARXIST COMMUNIST OR YOU WOULD NOT BE LIVING OFF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, SSI, FREE FOOD, FREE MEDICAID, ETC. WE HAVE PLACES TO SEND SORRY CRIMMINALS LIKE YOU, SO GET READY FOR LIVING A DIFFERENT LIFE STYLE WHERE GUARDS TELL YOU WHAT TO DO 24 HOURS A DAY!
JERRY M.
TONY: YOU ARE THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF SOCIALISM AND MARXISM! YOU LIVE OFF SOCIETY, TAX PAYING CITIZENS, AND YOU THINK IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO LEECH OFF GOVERNMENT! WE JUST DO NOT NEED PEOPLE IN USA WHO ARE SOCIALISTS, MARXISTS, COMMUNISTS, OR JUST PLAIN LAZY THIEVES WHO WERE TAUGHT BY PARENTS, FOSTER PARENTS, SCHOOL TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FEED TROUGHS! NOTHING LIKE A IDIOT WHO SUCKS WELFARE MONEY AND BENEFITS RATHER THAN SUPPORTING HIS COUNTRY! YOU WILL LOSE YOUR SSI, WELFARE BENEFITS AND, EVENTUALLY, WILL LOSE YOUR FREEDOM TO THE MARXISTS IN GOVERNMENT WHO WILL BE TELLING YOU WHERE YOU CAN LIVE, WHAT YOU CAN EAT AND TO SHUT-UP WHEN THEY TELL YOU TO SHUT-UP! GET PREPARED!
GOVERNMENT CHECKS TO FOSTER PARENTS, WELFARE RECIPIENTS WILL BE STOPPED AND OR SLOWED DOWN DRASTICALLY SOON, BECAUSE USA IS OUT OF MONEY! TAX PAYING CITIZENS DO NOT HAVE ANYMORE MONEY TO GIVE TO GOVERNMENTS, OR ILLICIT CHILDREN, FOSTER PARENTS, WELFARE RECIPIENT! THERE IS ALWAYS A BOTTOM IN THE BUCKETS OF CASH-SO GET READY TO WORK AND EARN YOUR WAY TO LIVE AND EAT IN USA! CHILDREN CAN WORK ALSO; IT WILL NOT HURT THEM! A LOT OF US WORKED FROM YOUNG AGES AND IT MADE US CAPABLE OF EARNING OUR OWN LIVING! VOTE FOR BIDEN, THEN WE WILL ALL BE LIVING IN PURE MARXISM-COMMUNISM WHERE HIS HENCHMEN ARE ON OUR DOORSTEP EVERY DAY TAKING OUR MONEY, FOOD, ETC. BECAUSE THE USA WILL BE A BROKE COUNTRY WITH NO RESOURCES TO TAX AND SPEND FOR THE WELFARE SUCKERS WHO DESTROYED THE USA!
Tony
The federal government can borrow and print more money. The peanuts you fools are paying can’t even fund the government. I am estimated to get a 2.6% COLA raise next year and not a benefit cut. My tax-free money is guaranteed.
Tony
The SSA has to pay the foster parent Social Security axillary benefits or SSI if the foster child is eligible. It is mandatory funding and not a discretionary funding. Even if there is a recession, the government has to borrow more money to pay for it.
JERRY M.
TONY: WE TAX PAYING CITIZENS DO NOT HAVE TO KEEP PAYING FOR WELFARE PROGRAMS, SSI, SSI-DI, MEDICAID, CHIP, TANF, SNAP, OBAMA CARE, ETC. IF THERE IS NO MONEY IN THE U.S. COFFERS, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY PAYMENTS TO WELFARE RECIPIENT JUNKIES OR SSI JUNKIES! AND, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE HEADING NOW BECAUSE WE IN USA ARE AT THE END OF THE ROPE AS FAR AS ADDING TO OUR ANNUAL WASTEFUL APPROPRIATIONS, SPENDING AND FUNDING! ALSO, SINCE PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE NOT WORKING AND CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIETY, TO FEDERAL INCOME TAXES, TO PAYING OF OPERATION OF THE U.S. EXPENSES WE ARE GOING INTO DEBT THE U.S. IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND WITHOUT FURTHER COSTLY INFLATION AND MUCH HIGHER INTEREST RATES! OF COURSE NONE OF THAT MATTERS TO YOU, OR OTHERS, WHO ONLY TAKE FROM U.S. GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN PAYING SOME TAXES INTO IRS TO SUPPORT THE USA! YOU LIKELY WERE NEVER EVEN IN THE ARMED FORCES EITHER, SO YOU HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING FOR U.S. YOU DEPLORABLE WELFARE RECIPIENTS, SSI RECIPIENTS, DEGENERATES WILL NEVER CARE ABOUT TAXES, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, ETC. BECAUSE YOU ARE ONLY TAKING MONEY AND BENEFITS FROM THE 50% OF U.S. CITIZENS WHO PAY FEDERAL INCOME TAXES! THAT IS WHAT MAKES YOU ALL WORTHLESS CITIZENS!
JERRY M.
TONY: KEEP WASTING OUR GOVERNMENT MONEY AND FOOD SO THE TAX PAYING CITIZENS OF USA WILL HATE YOU EVERN MORE THAN NOW! JUST WAIT UNTIL TRUMP GETS BACK IN CONTROL THEN YOU WILL KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE TO WORK TO EAT AND LIVE IN USA! TRUMP WILL MAKE HONEST PEOPLE OUT OF WELFARE RECIPIENTS AND SSI RECIPIENTS BY MAKING THEM WORK HARD AND EARN THIER WAY IN LIFE! OR, MAYBE TRUMP WILL JUST FIRE YOU FOR BEING A SORRY WORKER AND PERSON!
Ethel S.
nice work
JERRY M.
IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK AND MANY CHANGES TO BRING ABOUT HONESTY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO U.S. CITIZENS, FOREIGNERS IN USA AND CROOKED MARXIST GOVERNMENT AGENCIES! CRT, SO-CALLED CULTURAL DIVERSITY, WOKENESS HAS DESTROYED HONESTY! NOW, PEOPLE JUST LIE TO GET WELFARE BENEFITS, WIN ELECTIONS, GET FREE FOOD, FREE SCHOOLING, FREE SCHOOL MEALS, FREE STUDENT LOANS, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, AND TO GET THEIR WAY IN CONGRESS! WE HAVE A CONGRESS LOADED WITH LYING, CHEATING, STEALING SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS THAT WERE NOT TAUGHT CIVICS, THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, BILL OF RIGHTS, INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS DURING THEIR CHILDHOOD, SO NOW THEY ARE SOCIAL IDIOTS TRYING TO LIVE OFF RE-DISTRIBUTED INCOMES FROM THE 50% OF U.S. CITIZENS WHO ARE ACTUALLY PAYING SOME FEDERAL INCOME TAXES! WE IN USA HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO REMOVE THE ROMAN-LIKE SOCIETY BREAKERS WE HAVE LET INTO AMERICA! FOREIGNERS HAVE DESTROYED AMERICA, SO IT IS UP TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HONEST WORKERS WHO PAY TAXES TO CORRECT USA AWAY FROM THE CORRUPT WELFARE, SSI, SSI-DI, MEDICAID SOCIETY!
John A.
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Patrick J.
Hey, The people who pay taxes, pay them because they want to live here. they cannot live here without paying any taxes!
JERRY M.
ONLY ABOUT 50% OF THE U.S. CITIZENS ACTUALLY PAY FEDERAL INCOME TAXES! MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAXES DEDUCTED FROM THEIR PAY CHECKS, ETC. GET ALL THE FEDERAL INCOME TAXES THEY PAID IN BACK IN REFUNDS! SO, NOW IT IS ONLY ABOUT 50% OF CITIZENS ACTUALLY PAYING FEDERAL INCOME TAXES TO SUPPORT 100% OF THE U.S. CITIZENS, NOT INCLUDING THE EXTRAS FROM ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND ALIENS HERE IN USA! MOST ILLEGALS DO NOT PAY ANY INCOME TAXES BECAUSE THEY GET REFUNDS OR GET PAID IN CASH WHERE THEY DO NOT PAY ANY KIND OF TAXES ON THEIR WORK INCOMES!
Tony
Only fools cry about paying federal income taxes.
A majority of seniors don’t pay federal income taxes.
The Republicans politicians cry about federal taxes every year but they do nothing to lower middle class people’s taxes. They only lower the rich people’s taxes.
Someone has to pay federal income taxes to fund the government. The poor can’t pay and the Republicans won’t tax the rich. That leaves fools like Jerry to pay the taxes.
JERRY M.
YOU ARE THE FOOL! AND, YOU ARE IN THE CLASS WITH REP CROCKETT, AOC, OMAR, JAYAPAL, WELFARE RECIPIENTS, RECIPIENTS OF ALL THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ILLICIT WELFARE ASSISTANCE! WE MUST ELIMINATE ALL THE DIRTY MARXIST-COMMUNISTS LIKE YOU FOR U.S. TO SURVIVE! YOU LIVE OFF THOSE OF US IN THE 50% OF CITIZENS ACTUALLY PAYING FEDERAL INCOME TAXES! THE BEST THING WE U.S. CITIZENS CAN DO FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO WANT TO LIE, CHEAT AND STEAL TO LIVE FREE IN USA OFF TAXPAYERS IS TO STARVE YOU OUT OF USA BY ELIMINATING ALL FORMS OF WELFARE PROGRAMS, FREE FOOD, FREE SCHOOLS, FREE STUDENT LOANS, USDA FREE FOOD, SNAP, WIC, TANF, CHIP, FREE MEDICAID, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, SSI, SSIDI, AND FREE FOOD BANKS! WE WILL STARVE YOUR TYPE OUT OF USA IN NEXT FEW YEARS BECAUSE WE TAXPAYERS HAVE NO ROOM LEFT TO CONTINUE PAYING OUR MONEY TO SUPPORT YOU FOOLS WHO ARE NOT EDUCATED ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT! PLEASE JUST GO AHEAD AN LEAVE THE USA NOW SO WE CAN SAVE THE MONEY IT IS COSTING US TO SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR WELFARE SUCKING BUDDIES!
Tony
Why leave when you have fools like Jerry supporting us?
Jerry will be homeless and starving before us if he stops paying federal income taxes to support his lifestyle.
Jerry the fool doesn’t know that their Republican congressmen are helping us get the free money when we sign a consent form for federal assistance with a federal agency.
JERRY M.
TONY: YOU ARE A MARXIST-COMMUNIST DEMOCRAT! NOBODY CARES WHETHER YOU AND BIDEN EXIST OR NOT! BOTH OF YOU ARE USELESS AS U.S. CITIZENS! WE CONSERVATIVES WILL GET RID OF YOU ILLICIT, UNEDUCATED WELFARE AND SSI SUCKERS SOON! I KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT GOVERNMENT, POLITICS AND WELFARE PROGRAMS THAN YOU DO, SO I WILL USE EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE TO DAMAGE YOU AND YOUR OTHER MARXIST WELFARE STATE LYING FRIENDS! YOU WILL NOT GET A DIME FROM ME, NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU KEEP TRYING TO STEAL MONEY AND TAXES FROM THOSE OF US WHO WORKED TO LIVE IN USA!
Tony
WELFARE ALERT!!!
Jerry, a payment from your federal income tax account has been made to a foster parent. To cancel payment, contact your right wing extremist group.
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JERRY M.
ALL FORMS OF SSI, SSIDI, AND OTHER FORMS OF FEDERAL FUNDING AND/OR BENEFITS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN SHOULD BE ELIMINATED! ALL FORMS OF WELFARE PROGRAMS SUCH AS SNAP, TANF, CHIP, WIC, FREE MEDICAID, FREE USDA FOOD, SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, FREE MEDICAL CARE MUST BE ELIMINATED SO WE STOP THE REDISTRIBUTION OF INCOME FROM THOSE OF US IN THE 50% OF TAX PAYING CITIZENS! REDISTRIBUTION OF INCOME IS CLEARLY MARXIST-SOCIALISM-COMMUNISM! WE MUST FORCE ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN TO PAY FOR THE CARE OF THEIR OWN CHILDREN AND MAKE THEM WORK TO SUPPORT THEIR OWN CHILDREN! EVERYONE CAN, AND MUST WORK TO SUPPORT THEIR OWN FAMILIES! WE DO NOT WANT ANY FORM OF SOCIALISM OR MARXISM! ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE SMART-ALECK REP CROCKETT, AOC,WELFARE RECIPIENTS, BAD BLACKS, WELFARE SUCKING MEXICANS, WHITE TRASH WELFARE RECIPIENTS TO SEE WHAT MARXISM LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT IS AFFECTING THOSE OF US WHO WORK AND ACTUALLY PAY TAXES RATHER THAN LIVING OFF U.S.GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND TAX PAYING CITIZENS! NO WELFARE, NO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, NO WELFARE SUCKING BLACKS, YOUNG BLACK WOMEN, WHITE TRASH MEN, ILLEGAL ALIENS, ILLEGAL ALIENS, LAZY BLACKS, LAZY WHITE MEN, NO IMMIGRANTS OF ANY KIND WANTED! WE NEED TO GET THE BAD, WELFARE SUCKING PEOPLE OUT OF THE USA! SOME PEOPLE LIVING IN USA NOW DO NOT HAVE THE DNA CAPABILITIES OF ASSIMILATING INTO THE US SOCIETY OR ECONOMY! WE DO NOT NEED THESE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT! EVERYONE MUST WORK AND EARN THEIR OWN FOOD AND NECESSITIES REQUIRED TO LIVE IN AMERICA! ANYONE WHO WANTS TO LIVE OFF ANY TYPE OF WELFARE PROGRAMS, SSI, SNAP, WIC, TANF, FREE MEDICAID, GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE DEPORTED OUT OF USA INTO A COMMUNIST CONTROLLED COUNTRY!
Grandma B.
Jerry, You may not realize that the children that you include in your rage are innocents who may be orphans, or children taken out of homes from homes where they have been abandoned or or abused or whose parents are dead and the system is looking for a foster home to care for them until Grandma and Grandpa or Auntie and Uncle can get them after being investigated as to their suitableness. Some may come from a single parent home where the single parent is very sick or terminally ill and can’t take care of the children. Child labor laws forbid for kids to be out working yet! And so the system has this little bit of compassion–please don’t exclude compassion for the innocents from help they deserve.
JERRY M.
NOBODY IS INNOCENT! THE PERSONS WHO WANT THE ORPHANS, FOSTER CHILDREN JUST WANT THE MONEY THAT COMES WITH THEM FROM TAXPAYERS AND GOVERNMENTS! ANYONE WHO TAKES FOSTER CHILDREN, ORPHANS SHOULD, AT LEAST, BE WILLING TO TAKE ON ALL THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH CHILDREN! IT IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TAX PAYING CITIZENS OF UNITED STATES TO PAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE’S CHILDREN, NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES! THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND EARNINGS OF THEIR OWN TO SUPPORT ORPHANS, FOSTER CARE CHILDREN! WE HAVE JUST BECOME A WELFARE SOCIALISM-ORIENTED NATION WHERE WE ARE FAST HEADED TOWARD TOTAL RE-DISTRIBUTION OF INCOMES, MONEY, ASSETS, TAXES, PERSONAL BELONGINGS BECAUSE MARXISTS AND SOCIALISTS, ESPECIALLY SOCIAL WORKERS AND TEACHERS, THINK GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONTROL EVERYONE’S LIVES AND THEIR MONEY! PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO LISTEN TO WELFARE, SSI SUCKING PERSONS WHO ARE OUT TO STEAL EVERY DOLLAR POSSIBLE, EVERY WAY THEY CAN! IT WILL NOT HURT THE CHILDREN TO GO LIVE WITH RELATIVES WITHOUT BEING A COST TO TAXPAYERS, OR TO GO LIVE WITH PERSONS MAKING ENOUGH MONEY TO SUPPORT THEM! WE DO NOT NEED TO LET THE FOSTER CARE PARENTS GET BY WITH THEIR ILLICIT GAMES OF STEALING MONEY FROM GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE FOSTER CARE OR ORPHAN CHILDREN! IT ALWAYS HAS BE A MONEY RACKET, AND IT STILL IS A THEIVING RACKET!
Beverly L.
I disagree with you My niece and husband had one child and that was all she could have due to medical reasons so they became foster parents her husband had his doctoring in math he teaches at a college and they got their first foster child and they were given the option to adopt the child and they did but not only did they adopt him they also got to adopt his baby brother the agency didn’t want to split them up they have the same mom and dad and they wanted to keep them together and my niece and her husband adopted the new born baby when he got her and lam proud to say that the oldest boy has graduated school and joined the Army and the younger one he likes a couple of more years before he is finished with school so No my niece and her husband didn’t do this for the money they done because they wanted more children and they knew that they could give a child a good home and life
JERRY M.
I BET THEY TOOK THE MONEY! POINT IS THAT TAXPAYER GOVERNMENT MONEY SHOULD NOT BE RE-DISTRIBUTED FROM PERSONS ACTUALLY PAYING TAXES TO ANYONE ELSE! THE AGENCIES WITH SOCIAL WORKERS, ETC. ARE THE CAUSE OF CROOKED, MARXIST RE-DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND MONEY! NO REASON FOR ALLOWING THIS MARXISM AND SOCIALISM! PARENTS, FOSTER PARENTS, ADOPTING PARENTS, ETC. SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO PAY FOR ALL THE EXPENSES OF THE CHILDREN, NOT THE FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS! THAT IS CLEARLY SOCIALISM, JUST LIKE WELFARE PROGRAMS! IT IS NOT ACCEPTALBE TO ALLOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, OR ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITY TO CONFISCATE MONEY FROM TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR FOSTER CARE, ADOPTED CARE OR WELFARE PROGRAMS! JUST MAKES FOR A DIRTY SOCIETY LEADING TO BAD HABITS FOR THOSE WHO CREATE THE WELFARE STATE, WHICH INCLUDES THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY EMPLOYEES! IF ANYONE TAKES THE GOVERNMENT MONEY OR FOSTER MONEY FROM AGENCIES, THEY ARE STEALING FROM TAXPAYERS AND THEY WANT THE MONEY! SO, DO NOT LET THEM TELL YOU THEY DO NOT DO IT FOR THE MONEY! THEY WOULD NOT TAKE THE CHILDREN IF THEY WERE NOT SUCKING WELFARE MONEY OUT OF THE DEALS!
Shirley S.
I am glad there is help for Foster care children when they leave care. There is a God !!!