MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stopped at Miami Dade College on Tuesday morning to sign a bill focused on helping foster care children become successful.
The bill does 3 main things:
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1. First, $19 million will go towards adjusting the monthly stipend that family friends or relatives, who foster a child receive.
2. Another $25 million will disperse $200 a month to those with newborns to five-year-olds. This is important because it will allow foster parents to put kids in childcare.
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3. The bill also expands the ability for foster children to receive tuition for college and other programs.
“While we have a strong foundation of amazing foster parents, we are always trying to recruit more to ensure every child has a welcoming home,” said
Shevaun harris, DCF Secretary.
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It is one of the largest college-based programs for students who have aged out of foster care and are seeking to go to college.
