JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. For decades, states have routinely applied for Social Security survivor and disability benefits on behalf of foster children and then used that money to help cover the costs of foster care services. But that s beginning to change, under pressure from child advocates who contend the practice is both immoral and detrimental to foster children because it exhausts funds that could have helped them transition to adulthood.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — By the time Jesse Fernandez turned 18, the federal government had paid out thousands of dollars in Social Security survivor’s benefits because of the death of
States have for decades been using foster children s federal Social Security benefits to help cover the costs of state services. The practice has saved states millions of dollars. But that s
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