Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act

Velvet Trivino dreams of becoming a skin care specialist one day, to help others look pretty, to make them feel their best. But before she can care for someone else, she first had to look deep inside herself.

New Mexico’s legislature passed a bill last week offering a $1,000 incentive to employers who hire foster youth who are age 14 and older. According to Micaela Baca, a former foster youth advocating for Senate Bill 231’s passage, one of the reasons she feels the bill is necessary is to help break the stigma about kids in foster care.

Check back here tomorrow for Youth Services Insider‘s long list of youth-related federal legislation to keep an eye on this fiscal year. But we begin today with two pieces of legislation that, in Youth Services Insider‘s estimation, are no- brainers.

A bill aimed at incentivizing employers to hire current and former foster youth has been introduced in the House and Senate. The Improved Employment Outcomes For Foster Youth Act (H.R. 2060 and S.