To provide additional emergency support for older foster youth under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program…

Full title

To provide additional emergency support for older foster youth under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, and extend through fiscal year 2022 certain flexibilities provided for the program by division X of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and for other purposes.

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9 cosponsors · 7 D, 2 R

4 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill increases and extends through FY2022 emergency funding and extends through FY2022 certain flexibilities for states to administer foster care programs and services.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 3, 2021

This bill increases and extends through FY2022 emergency funding and extends through FY2022 certain flexibilities for states to administer foster care programs and services.

This includes expanding eligibility for services until a youth reaches age 27, permitting a youth who left foster care to voluntarily return to foster care, and suspending certain education and training requirements.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: To provide additional emergency support for older foster youth under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, and extend through fiscal year 2022 certain flexibilities provided for the program by division X of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and for other purposes.

Latest action (Sep 3, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

Policy area: Families · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 3, 2021

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.