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2026 News

• More States Aim to Provide SSI Benefits Directly to Foster Youth, Weeks After Federal Officials Weigh In (Imprint, Jan 2026).
• Trump Administration Tells States to End ‘Orphan Tax’ on Foster Kids (NPR, Jan 2026).
• How Participants are Faring Midway through San Francisco’s Guaranteed Income Pilot for Young People Who Aged Out of Extended Foster Care (Chapin Hall, Jan 2026).
• County Toolkit: Increasing Access to the California Foster Youth Tax Credit (John Burton Advocates for Youth, Feb 2026).
• SNAP Access: Model Policies and Best Practice for Supporting Transition Age Youth in Foster Care and/or Homelessness (Food Research & Action Center, Feb 2026).
• Removing Barriers Building Futures: Data-Informed Policies to Support College Students Experiencing Homelessness (SchoolHouse Connections, Feb 2026).
• Transparency of Cost of Attendance Adjustments Processes Across California Public Colleges and Universities (John Burton Advocates for Youth, March 2026).
• Evaluation of California’s HHAP Set Aside Funding Year 1 & 2 (Youth and Allies Against Homelessness/YAAH, March 2026).
• Congressional Briefing on Higher Education Pathways for Homeless and Foster Youth (SchoolHouse Connections, April 2, 2026).
• Navigating Education Issues for Students in Foster Care Across State Lines (ABA Legal Center for Foster Care and Education, 2026).
• New FASFA Verification System: What You Need to Know (SchoolHouse Connection, April 2026).
• New Research Explores Why California Foster Youth Miss School (Imprint, May 2026).
• A New Resource center for Foster Youth Planned in Northwest Las Vegas (Fox 5, May 2026).
• 2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back: Findings from an Evaluation of Alameda’s Guaranteed Income Pilot for Young People Who Have Aged Out of Foster Care (Chapin Hall, 2026).
• Public Benefits and Financial Aid Support Education Beyond High School and Long-Term Economic Well-Being for Low-Income Young Adults (Child Trends, April 2026).