3.0.0 885 2023-01-11T13:36:58Z 2023-01-11T13:36:58Z Senate S 2017-04-06 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-06T21:34:49Z Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2017 115 2060 HR 2017-04-06 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS 2017-04-06 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-04-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2017-04-06 True H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2018-07-18 False Taxation Adoption and foster care Employee hiring Employment and training programs Income tax credits Wages and earnings Youth employment and child labor Taxation 00 2017-04-06 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-26T16:53:21Z Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to include the hiring of qualified foster care transition youth.

(The WOTC permits employers who hire individuals who are members of a targeted group [e.g., qualified veterans, ex-felons, SSI recipients] to claim a tax credit equal to a portion of the wages paid to those individuals.)

A "qualified foster care transition youth" is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as: (1) not having attained age 27 as of the hiring date, and (2) as having been in foster care after attaining the age specified in provisions of the Social Security Act related to the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (currently 16 years of age).

]]> Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2017 Display Title Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include foster care transition youth as members of targeted groups for purposes of the work opportunity credit. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s885is/xml/BILLS-115s885is.xml 2017-04-06 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.