LA County to Extend Guaranteed-Income Plan to 2,000 Foster Dependents

The move will provide payments of $500 monthly or $1,500 quarterly to non-minors in the foster system.

Holly Mitchell, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, speaks to the media in Los Angeles on April 1, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

The Board of Supervisors voted Aug. 6 to expand its “Breathe'' guaranteed-income program to provide financial stipends to more than 2,000 non-minor dependents in the foster care system.

In addition to the stipends, the foster dependents will also have access to career and education counseling, financial empowerment training, housing and other programs as recommended by the Department of Consumer and Business Affairs’ Center for Financial Empowerment.