3.0.0 3025 2022-10-28T01:45:59Z 2022-10-28T01:45:59Z Senate S 2019-12-11 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-11T22:37:38Z 2019-12-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-12-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-12-11 True Families Adoption and foster care Bank accounts, deposits, capital Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Debt collection Government studies and investigations Homelessness and emergency shelter Juvenile crime and gang violence Separation, divorce, custody, support State and local government operations Families 00 2019-12-11 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-25T20:58:26Z Increasing Opportunity for Former Foster Youth Act

This bill establishes and funds grants to provide services to youth aging out of the foster care system. Such grants must be awarded based on specified degrees of evidence-based effectiveness. Grant applications must specify the target population for the grant, such as foster youth who (1) are at risk of homelessness; (2) have, or are expecting, a child; (3) lack financial stability; or (4) have been involved with the juvenile justice system.

The bill also modifies child welfare programs to facilitate the enforcement of child support orders.

]]> Increasing Opportunity for Former Foster Youth Act Display Title Increasing Opportunity for Former Foster Youth Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Increasing Opportunity for Former Foster Youth Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish innovation grants under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood to improve adulthood outcomes for youth aging out of foster care, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3025is/xml/BILLS-116s3025is.xml 2019-12-11 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.