Current and former foster youth will not have to pay federal income tax on coronavirus pandemic assistance payments, the Internal Revenue Service made clear in a letter to a leading legislator on child welfare issues.

If you earned $12,400 or more you MUST file your taxes BUT - IF YOU WORKED AT ALL AND GOT PAID FILE BECAUSE YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REFUND!

In 2010, Cox co-founded iFoster to create a safe and private online community for foster youth, caregivers, and child welfare organizations to access to thousands of resources and support such as computers, tutoring, housing, food, emergency funds, and mental health services.

Gen Z are young people born between 1997 and 2012 who are currently between 9 to 24 years old. There are 67 million of them, approximately 24 percent of the population, and they are the future of your business – your customers, your staff and the influencers who will impact the buying preferences of your customers and the values of your staff. Here at iFoster we work with more than 30,000 of them across every state. And this generation is very different than any that have come before them – so get ready!

On Jan. 1, 2022, we estimate that 3,600 California youth will age out of the foster care system. On a single day. The fact that we — those of us working in the child welfare system, and the state system itself — cannot identify the exact number is itself alarming. Behind each case number is a human being, a young person who was removed from their biological home for their own safety and put under the protection of the state. On Dec. 31, 2021 the state’s moratorium on aging out due to the COVID-19 pandemic will end, and these vulnerable youth will be forced out of the protection of foster care. They will be on their own, as yet another potential wave of coronavirus and new variant threatens our borders.