New documents show that New York kept Social Security from some children

Former foster kid slams Social Security withholding benefits from Social Security. Study found states across the country are consistently siphoning federal benefits from foster kids. States across the U.S. consistently siphoned federal benefits to foster kids, study found. Former foster kids say Social Security benefits are being withheld from them.

44 states received failing grades in a Children's Advocacy Institute report. 44 states got failing grades from the report. California is one of the most populous states in the country to receive Social Security benefits. Some 44 states were given failing grades by the report, the report says.

Mayor Eric Adams implemented a policy calling for all federal benefits for foster kids to go into a personal savings account. New documents reveal that some foster kids were kept Social Security from some kids. Mayor Adams implemented the policy, which requires all benefits to be put in a savings account, to go to personal savings.