The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors voted on June 11 to eliminate its contract with HopSkipDrive, a youth transportation service, with the approval of a budget that cut a total of $57 million from general fund departments.
"Unfortunately, we were looking at a fiscal year where Sacramento County did have to make some budget cuts," said Macy Obernuefemann, Sacramento County spokesperson. "It is a $450,000 contract, and we were looking at ways to cut that would have minimal impact to the youth that we served."
"Taking HopSkipDrive is vital to me because it's a lot [about] safety, because I am a person of color and queer," Aki Ramirez, a 16-year-old foster youth, said.
Effects of the budget cut on foster youth
"From firsthand experience, I don't want foster youth to miss out on all the good things in life, just because they don't have a ride there," Parker said.
"Transportation is not a small thing," said Parker. "Whether it's to their school, to their siblings, to participate in extracurricular activities like basketball practice or join the drama club … simple challenges have exponential long-term effects and youth shouldn't have to carry that burden."
"We [foster youth] might be resilient at times, but the thing is, we have to survive, and if we don't have the benefits of resources, then where would we go?" Ramirez said.
"There are free rides with SacRT, there may be options available through the child's school, and also we do have those family service workers," she said.
"At the end of the day, they are children, and they want some nurturing, some love, some comfort, and the feeling that they know everything's gonna be okay. I give them that love, even if it's a short ride," Super said.
"I do this because I want to know that I've done my part in terms of keeping this small community safe," she said.
"It's going to be a lot of emotions … We don't want to fall in the cracks," they said.
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