Santa Clara County will provide monthly stipends of $1,200 to some graduating high school seniors who are homeless, beginning next summer, officials announced.

The $3 million Guaranteed Income Pilot Program for Unhoused High School Students will provide payments for up to two years to 50 students exiting high school, said state Sen. Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) and Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President Susan Ellenberg.

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Deidre Foley is an intern at Bay City News and an MA candidate at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she specializes in data journalism and health & science reporting. Previously she was managing editor for the San Francisco Foghorn and has bylines in the NYCity News Service, Byklner and the Nagazasshi. Deidre is interested in using data and visuals to tell social justice and human interest stories.