California foster youth who remain in extended foster care after they turn 18 have more savings and are more educated than their peers who exit foster care at 18, according to a report released late last year by the University of Chicago-based research group Chapin Hall.
In 2012, Assembly Bill 12 extended foster care from age 18 to age 21 for eligible California foster youth. University of Chicago professor Mark Courtney and his team found that each additional year that a foster youth was in extended foster care added $404 in savings, and increased their likelihood of enrolling in college by about 10 percent.
Amy Lemley, executive director of John Burton Advocates for Youth, said that she was “delighted by the outcomes,” including the decreased likelihood of pregnancy among females.
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