Citrus College was Kyshawna Johnson’s third attempt at higher education. She first enrolled in a community college at age 18 while living with her grandmother, who was her foster care guardian. But the house was too chaotic to focus on studies, and without support, Johnson dropped out. She gave it another go at 19, but said when foster care support money stopped, she was forced to leave her grandmother's house and college.
She applied to Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma and received a full scholarship, including housing. Fixing housing insecurity A major move to disrupt the foster-to-homelessness pipeline at the federal level began with legislation in 2008 that helped states extend foster care services from 18 to 21 years of age. Since then, California lawmakers have passed a slew of budget expansions and laws to benefit students with foster care experience.