REMARKS
Council Member Chi Osse speaks about Intro 56 and LGBTQ+ youth in foster care
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Council Member Chi Osse delivers remarks about his proposed legislation, Intro 56, which aims to provide transparency on LGBTQ+ youth in the foster care system.
He emphasizes the importance of understanding the scope of the issue to provide better care for these vulnerable young people.
- Osse highlights the overrepresentation of LGBTQ+ youth in the foster care system and the compounding trauma they face
- He stresses the government's responsibility to care for these youth and equip itself with necessary resources
- Osse acknowledges the advocates and nonprofit organizations who have been pushing for this type of legislation and raising awareness about the issue
Chi Osse
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Thank you, Chair Stevens and Chair Lewis and Chair Stevens.
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I hope you feel better.
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I know going through a committee hearing while feeling under the weather isn't the most fun.
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So I just wanted to share a couple remarks in regards to my bill, which is being heard today, introduction 56.
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As many people may know in this room, it has long been known that LGBTQ youth are more likely to end up in our foster care system where their needs are are often not met.
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This is a compounding trauma many times following years of abuse and neglect in and outside of the home.
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Government has a responsibility to care for these young people.
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We have a responsibility to be able to provide the best possible care as well to adequately equip ourselves with the resources to tackle a problem we need to understand its scope.
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Intro 56 will provide much needed transparency on LGBTQ youth entering and moving through the system.
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I encourage many of my colleagues who may not be on the bill to please sign on.
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And I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge all of the advocates and nonprofit organizations who have been pushing for legislation like this 1, hearings like this 1, and have really been sounding the alarm on on this issue without you we would not be making the progress that we are making today, and we would not be achieving some of the goals that that we have set out to achieve in the future.
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Thank you.
