Dear Friends: Please visit the Californial Fostering Connections Coalition website to learn more about AB12, the critical legislation to extend foster care to age 21 currently sitting on the Governor's desk. The message below provides information on how you can take action and help this vital law get passed.

AB 12 was passed in the California State Legislature on August 31, 2010. It now goes to Governor Schwarzenegger, who has until the end of September to sign or veto the bill. Please urge Governor Schwarzenegger to sign AB 12 by doing three things:

1. Send a letter. Download a sample letter, customize it and send it in today!

2. Share your opinion: Send the Governor an email about why he should sign AB 12. Send your email to this address: Governor@johnburtonfoundation.org. Our goal is to collect one email for every youth who “ages out” of foster care annually in California (5,000) and personally deliver to them to the Governor.

3. Come to the Capitol: Later in the month, we will be delivering all of the email messages we have received to the Governor, urging him to sign AB 12. Stay tuned for the exact date.