Velazquez Ramirez News Today

Furniture bank helps new college students succeed We celebrate the work ethic, resilience and post-secondary-school plans of Novato’s Ramses Velazquez Ramirez as described in the recent IJ article (“Marin foster system stakeholders cheer college aid plan,” Aug. 4). California’s foster youth face numerous economic inequities. The path to higher education is marred with impediments and […]

A new state budget agreement will add $25 million a year toward the higher education of foster youths.