What's Happening in Santa Clara, CA…

Santa Clara became the first county in the country to approve a program that gives basic income to young adults who are leaving foster care.

This pilot program was introduced by Dave Cortese in order to deal with the difficulties youths leaving the foster care system often experience in securing jobs and housing. The beneficiaries will be between the ages of 21 and 24. The county has identified 72 individuals who qualify for the first round of payments. Official Letterheads tend to feature on such documents.

Cotese made a statement about the program where he said:

“Creating a pilot program to provide a basic income to these individuals will allow the county to better support their transition out of our foster care system and to help them find a stable path to success, wellbeing and independence.”

Santa Clara County has committed $900,000 to its program and several other counties are working on doing the same. Stockton started a similar program last year and gave $500 to 125 different residents. A bill was recently introduced that plans to give $1,000 every month to adults in California. Upstate New York is working on a project that would give 20 of its residents $500 every month over the course of five years.

Officials from the pilot program will be checking in with the youths to ensure that their financial positions are improving.

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