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NEW STATE BUDGET COULD CUT PROGRAM TO HELP AT-RISK FOSTER KIDS

By Jamie Kennedy Sacramento
PUBLISHED 8:17 PM PT Jan. 18, 2024 PUBLISHED 8:17 PM PST Jan. 18, 2024
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Longtime teacher and mother of seven, including three
adopted and one foster child, RosaLee Hagstrom, said fostering and adopting kids
is the hardest thing she and her husband have ever done.

She also said it’s been the most rewarding.

“My husband and I are both teachers, so we’re already kind of in that mode of,
you know, really impacting kids’ lives,” Hagstrom said. “But when you do foster
care, you’re actually completely changing the trajectory of a kid’s life.”

Hagstrom said most foster kids have been traumatized in some way. And why having
access to trained professionals, especially when it comes to mental health
issues, through the statewide and state funded 24/7 365 day Family Urgent
Response System hotline known as FURS, has been vital since its inception in
2021.

Especially since either kids or their caregivers can call, and they are able to
send someone usually within an hour if needed.

“There’s often a lot of suicidal thoughts or actions [kids have],” Hagstrom
said. “Kids always have a crisis at 10 on Friday or Saturday night. It’s never
like four in the afternoon when you can just go somewhere and speak with someone
like their regular therapist or something like that.”

The latest figures show over 4,000 calls or texts for assistance were made to
the service.

Soon RosaLee and everyone else may have to look elsewhere for help as Gov. Gavin
Newsom’s new budget would cut the program.

David Baker is the CEO of the Sacramento Children’s Home, which runs the FURS
call center and said the governor does a lot to support children and mental
health services, and why he was surprised by the cut. 

“Well, everybody’s a little surprised and a little shocked, I think,” Baker
said.

Statistics show that in California, one in three foster kids become homeless.

Receiving timely trained care Baker said is extremely helpful in helping parents
not terminate a foster placement, and reducing the amount a child is moved
around. 

“Also, it prevents kids from needing to be in higher levels of care. If we can
provide the support to them at a lower level of care, we can maintain that
placement,” he said. “It’s better for kids, it’s cheaper for the state, it’s
better for families.”

According to the governor’s office, the cut would likely not be immediate and
that the current budget is only a proposal at this point.

Hagstrom said she hopes the service can continue.

“I’m trying to convince others to become foster parents,” she said. “Having
programs like that in place makes it a little more feasible for people to feel
like they’ll have the support that they need.”

Support Hagstrom said no matter the case, she’ll continue to provide to kids
that need her the most.





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