A national nonprofit that helps foster youth is supporting an appeal from a group of children filed late last year over the state using foster children's social security benefits.
A national nonprofit that helps foster youth is supporting an appeal from a group of children filed late last year over the state using their social security benefits.
“What Alaska was doing, similar to many other states, is automatically screening all kids who come into foster care to see if they’re eligible for any benefits,” said Amy Harfeld, National Policy Director for the San Diego-based Children’s Advocacy Institute. “And when they do this, they don’t tell the child or their attorney or guardian ad litem that they’re doing that.”
However, the judge did rule that the state had to notify children and their lawyers when they were applying for these benefits, a ruling the state is currently appealing., Harfeld voiced support for an appeal from the plaintiffs that argued the state should foot the bill for caring for foster kids, and the children should receive all of the social security benefits they’re entitled to when they leave the foster care system.
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