For Immediate Release Contact: Shannan Velayas
Wednesday, April 5, 2006 (916) 319-2013
ASSEMBLYMAN LENO ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO HELP FOSTER YOUTH SUCCEED IN SCHOOL AND IN LIFE
Proposals will give foster youth the support they need to graduate college and preserve
relationships with their brothers and sisters
WHAT: A press conference that brings together foster youth and their advocates in support of two bills that Assemblyman Mark Leno has introduced to develop a better system for keeping foster youth siblings connected throughout their lives and to provide foster youth with much needed support toward completing their college education.
WHO: Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco)
Trent Rhorer, Director, San Francisco Human Services Agency
Foster Youth
Heather Dearing, San Francisco Foster Youth Services Coordinator
Michael McPartlin, San Francisco City College
Michele Byrnes, Project Director of Honoring Emancipated Youth
Sherilyn Adams, Executive Director of Larkin Street Youth Services
Caroline Fisher, Executive Director, San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocates
WHEN: Friday, April 7, 2006
12 Noon
WHERE: San Francisco Independent Living Skills
225 Valencia StreetSan Francisco, CA 94103
AB 2488 establishes a process to reconnect siblings separated by adoption. It will be heard in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on April 18, 2006. AB 2489 will provide foster youth with the academic preparation, financial assistance and the campus-based support they need to complete their college education. It will be heard in the Assembly Higher Education Committee on April 18, 2006.
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