{"content":[{"text":"Bakhit’s older brother, Terrick, missed out on receiving any benefits because he turned 18 only 24 days \n before he was released from a correctional facility.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.089114,"width":0.7448330000000001,"height":0.034477999999999995}},{"text":"Terrick stole his group home’s van for a short joy ride and was subsequently arrested. He spent the next \n 11 months in San Diego County’s Camp Barrett, and was no longer eligible for extended foster care under \n AB 12. Once released, Terrick spent several months living on the street without any financial support.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.13525,"width":0.76464,"height":0.05046400000000001}},{"text":"“This incident changed his life more than anyone could have ever imagined,” Joseph Bakhit said. “I am a \n proud recipient of AB 12, and with assistance like this I could only imagine the difference in Terrick’s \n outcome. Issues like these are prevented by AB 12 and other resources, but the criteria to receive them are \n exclusive to kids that fall under dependency status.”","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.197372,"width":0.763495,"height":0.06644800000000001}},{"text":"SB 12 was met with opposition from probation departments across California.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.275478,"width":0.5617400000000001,"height":0.01849400000000001}},{"text":"Rosemary Lamb McCool, deputy director of the Chief Probation Officers of California, and San Luis \n Obispo County Chief Probation Officer Jim Salio voiced concern that providing funding was little more \n than just housing and monthly checks.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.30563,"width":0.7478830000000001,"height":0.05046400000000001}},{"text":"“The appropriate system is the Child Welfare System,” Salio said. “We’ve had kids in Oregon and \n Arkansas and we’ve had to fly to go see them. We support the idea of these kids receiving extended foster \n care, but with the appropriate services.”","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.367752,"width":0.762556,"height":0.05046299999999998}},{"text":"Salio left Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) and others wondering if probation departments \n can handle the additional youth. But supporters were quick to point out that the revisions wouldn’t create \n an increased financial obligation.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.429873,"width":0.76454,"height":0.05046400000000001}},{"text":"“It’s a small population,” McCulloch said. “It’s arbitrary to exclude this group of kids. There is no reason \n to exclude them.”","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.491995,"width":0.7588059999999999,"height":0.03447799999999995}},{"text":"Exact data has never been collected but according to the Youth Law Center, there are 4,000 probation- \n supervised foster youth in California.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.538132,"width":0.7377769999999999,"height":0.03447800000000001}},{"text":"Bakhit is hopeful that foster youth who have been on probation or entered correctional facilities can now \n receive the critical benefits they need in order to be successful.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.584268,"width":0.7527200000000001,"height":0.03447900000000004}},{"text":"“I know this bill is the key needed to unlock the resources for those who it is meant for, because it is for \n those who need it the most,” he said. “Terrick is proud that his story can make a difference. I think it’s \n great we are helping to set better laws, and a better framework so that future foster youth won’t have to \n deal with the issues Terrick did.”","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.630405,"width":0.7473179999999999,"height":0.06644800000000006}},{"text":"Sawsan Morrar is a freelance journalist based in Sacramento, and was one of the first participants in the \n Journalism for Social Change Massive Online Open Course.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.708511,"width":0.756899,"height":0.03447900000000004}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}