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    "## What happens when you leave foster care between 18 and 21\n\nA young person in foster care turns 18 or leaves care before 21. Medi-Cal to 26, extended foster care, a state tax credit and student grants all depend on having been in care. This page lists what to file first, the deadlines the agencies state, the documents they name, and the programs the event opens. Each deadline and each rule carries the id of the official page it was read from on 2026-10-09; a rule no official page stated reads UNKNOWN.",
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    "## Deadlines that cost money or coverage when missed\n\n| Program | Deadline | Days | Counted from | Source |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| B011 Medi-Cal (Medicaid) | Former Foster Youth Medi-Cal lasts up to age 26. |  | the 26th birthday | s_dpss_ffy |\n| B061 Extended Foster Care (AB 12) + Chafee grants | Extended Foster Care: re-enter any time before the 21st birthday. |  | the 21st birthday | s_cdss_efc_reentry |\n| B056 Cal Grant A / B / C | FAFSA or CA Dream Act Application by March 2 (September 2 for community college). |  | the academic year | s_csac_calgrant |",
    "## Documents to gather\n\n- Form MC 250A for Former Foster Youth Medi-Cal (Los Angeles County's version MC 250A-LA) (B011; s_dpss_ffy_form)",
    "## Programs this event opens\n\n- [[california-calfresh]] (B001): CalFresh helps low-income households buy food. (s_dpss_cf)\n- [[california-medi-cal]] (B011): A person in foster care on their 18th birthday is eligible for full-scope Medi-Cal up to age 26. (s_dpss_ffy)\n- [[california-foster-youth-tax-credit]] (B051): The Foster Youth Tax Credit requires being 18 to 25 at year end and in California foster care at 13 or older. (s_ftb_fytc_care)\n- [[california-cal-grant]] (B056): Cal Grant is considered from a timely FAFSA or CA Dream Act Application. (s_csac_calgrant)\n- [[california-extended-foster-care-chafee]] (B061): Extended Foster Care is for youth 18-21 who had a foster care placement order on their 18th birthday; the Chafee Grant awards up to $5,000 a year. (s_cdss_efc)",
    "![[california-medi-cal]]",
    "![[california-extended-foster-care-chafee]]",
    "![[california-cal-grant]]",
    "## How this page works\n\nThis page is one JSON object. The page, the Markdown and the machine copy at [/a/california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21.json](https://miscsubjects.com/a/california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21.json) are three views of it. Its `facts` carry the event, the first actions, the deadlines with the day the count starts, the documents, the programs the event opens with the rule behind each, the facts to collect with their canonical names, the ontology edges into [[california-benefits-graph|the California benefits graph]], the declared actions, the model's instructions and its permissions (none). The model's context is served at [/a/california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21/context](https://miscsubjects.com/a/california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21/context).\n\nThe graph's notes for this event were unverified. Each was checked against an official page or dropped. A screening here is a screening, not a decision: the agency decides.",
    "## Official addresses\n\n- [Former Foster Youth](https://dpss.lacounty.gov/en/health/foster.html) (Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services)\n- [Extended Foster Care (AB 12)](https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/foster-care/extended-foster-care-ab-12) (California Department of Social Services)\n- [Cal Grant](https://www.csac.ca.gov/cal-grant) (California Student Aid Commission)\n- [CalFresh](https://dpss.lacounty.gov/en/food/calfresh.html) (Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services)\n- [Foster Youth Tax Credit](https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/personal/credits/foster-youth-tax-credit.html) (California Franchise Tax Board)"
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  "markdown": "https://miscsubjects.com/a/california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21.md",
  "theme": "https://miscsubjects.com/article-theme.json",
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    {
      "what": "this article as a page (no key)",
      "method": "GET",
      "url": "https://miscsubjects.com/a/california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21",
      "headers": {}
    },
    {
      "what": "this article as its object (no key)",
      "method": "GET",
      "url": "https://miscsubjects.com/a/california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21.json",
      "headers": {}
    },
    {
      "what": "this article as Markdown (no key)",
      "method": "GET",
      "url": "https://miscsubjects.com/a/california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21.md",
      "headers": {}
    },
    {
      "what": "the object with its hash, drafts too",
      "method": "GET",
      "url": "https://miscsubjects.com/api/jarticles/california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21",
      "headers": {
        "x-sheets-key": "$(cat /Users/cyrusmassoumi/.misc-sheets-key)"
      }
    },
    {
      "what": "one piece and that piece’s hash",
      "method": "GET",
      "url": "https://miscsubjects.com/api/jarticles/california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21/at?path=facts",
      "headers": {
        "x-sheets-key": "$(cat /Users/cyrusmassoumi/.misc-sheets-key)"
      }
    },
    {
      "what": "grep: every key or value that matches, with the path to change it",
      "method": "GET",
      "url": "https://miscsubjects.com/api/jarticles/california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21/grep?q=owner",
      "headers": {
        "x-sheets-key": "$(cat /Users/cyrusmassoumi/.misc-sheets-key)"
      }
    },
    {
      "what": "change pieces (set, merge, delete, append, insert, move); if-match is the hash",
      "method": "PATCH",
      "url": "https://miscsubjects.com/api/jarticles/california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21",
      "headers": {
        "x-sheets-key": "$(cat /Users/cyrusmassoumi/.misc-sheets-key)",
        "content-type": "application/json",
        "if-match": "<hash from the read>"
      },
      "body": {
        "ops": [
          {
            "op": "set",
            "path": "facts.example",
            "value": 1
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "what": "replace the whole object",
      "method": "PUT",
      "url": "https://miscsubjects.com/api/jarticles/california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21",
      "headers": {
        "x-sheets-key": "$(cat /Users/cyrusmassoumi/.misc-sheets-key)",
        "content-type": "application/json",
        "if-match": "<hash>"
      },
      "body": {
        "slug": "california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21",
        "title": "…"
      }
    },
    {
      "what": "fetch every source, hash what came back and check the quote is in it",
      "method": "POST",
      "url": "https://miscsubjects.com/api/jarticles/california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21/verify",
      "headers": {
        "x-sheets-key": "$(cat /Users/cyrusmassoumi/.misc-sheets-key)",
        "content-type": "application/json"
      },
      "body": {}
    },
    {
      "what": "an Obsidian-style command",
      "method": "POST",
      "url": "https://miscsubjects.com/api/jarticles/cli",
      "headers": {
        "x-sheets-key": "$(cat /Users/cyrusmassoumi/.misc-sheets-key)",
        "content-type": "application/json"
      },
      "body": {
        "command": "backlinks",
        "file": "california-life-event-leaving-foster-care-18-21"
      }
    }
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}