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>>pessim+(OP)
What is the legal status of foster kids with regard to general financial aid? Is their parents' income considered to be $0? Does the government want the parents' income information? (This used to be the norm for non-custodial and estranged parents.)

It feels great to say "California's most vulnerable young people can take agency over their lives by seeking higher education," but how much is this changing? And since we know most high school grads aren't prepared to basic college freshman classes (cough social promotion cough), then how many of these foster kids are really going to benefit, rather than just spinning their wheels before they fail out?

This feels a lot like a big headline that makes people feel good but doesn't actually do much (if anything, or makes things worse).

>>bright+R7
Something doesn't need to be perfect to be better. We're talking about 60k kids who will be able to receive an education instead of 4% of that. It won't solve hunger, but for these kids it's a good news.