3.0.0 1215 2023-01-11T13:36:24Z 2023-01-11T13:36:24Z Senate S 2017-05-24 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-24T18:00:11Z 2017-05-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-05-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2017-05-24 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2018-02-14 False Social Welfare Adoption and foster care Families State and local government operations Social Welfare 00 2017-05-24 Introduced in Senate 2017-09-11T17:07:54Z Foster Youth Independence Act of 2017

This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow the chief executive officer of a state to certify that the state will provide assistance and services under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program to youths who have aged out of foster care and have not attained age 23 if:

  • the state has elected to extend the eligibility for foster care up to age 21, or
  • the responsible state agency uses state or other funds not provided under the program to provide assistance and services comparable to those such youths would receive if the state had made such an election.
]]> Foster Youth Independence Act of 2017 Display Title Foster Youth Independence Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow States that provide foster care for children up to age 21 to serve former foster youths through age 23 under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Foster Youth Independence Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1215is/xml/BILLS-115s1215is.xml 2017-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.