New Mexico Takes Up Bill to Extend Foster Care to 21 [chronicleofsocialchange.org]

Alicia Doktor 1/23/1912:00 PM

New Mexico may soon join the majority of states in offering “extended foster care” to youth ages 18 to 21, if a proposed bill makes it to the desk of new Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D).

Senate Bill 23, sponsored by Senators Michael Padilla (D) and Candace Gould (R), will receive a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. The bill would extend the upper age of foster care to 21, linking older youth to such services as independent living support and continued case management.

“This bill was developed in partnership with young people who have experience in systems as well as local and national partners,” said Arika E. Sanchez, director of policy and advocacy for the New Mexico Child Advocacy Network (NMCAN).

[For more on this story by Christie Renick, go to https://chronicleofsocialchang...ter-care-to-21/33497]

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