San Mateo County supervisors have approved the launch next year of a guaranteed income pilot program that will provide 70 current and former foster youth with monthly stipends.

The program will provide $1,000 monthly stipends for up to 18 months, starting around the new year. It aims to provide economic support to current and former foster youth ages 18 to 22.

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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.