3.0.0 4854 2026-07-27T19:11:30Z 2026-07-27T19:11:30Z Senate S S 2026-06-23 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4854 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2026-06-23T15:19:19Z Fostering the Future Act 119 7432 HR 2026-05-20 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2026-06-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2026-06-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Chuck Grassley R IA N W000800 Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] Peter Welch D VT 2026-06-23 True Families Families 2026-07-08T17:25:56Z 00 2026-06-23 Introduced in Senate 2026-07-27T19:11:09Z Foster Youth Housing Opportunity Act

This bill expands states' permissible uses of federal funds under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (Chafee program) to include supportive housing services.

The Chafee program is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Children's Bureau and provides funding to support youth and young adults who are in, or were formerly in, foster care with their transition to adulthood. The program is funded through formula grants awarded to child welfare agencies in states, certain territories, and participating tribes.

The bill allows states to use such funds to provide supportive services (e.g., financial counseling) for youth up to the age of 26 who are seeking to obtain or retain housing and who have experienced foster care and receive assistance under the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 Family Unification Program.

Additionally, HHS and HUD must jointly develop and issue guidance to state public child welfare agencies and public housing authorities to improve alignment and coordination of housing supportive services.

HHS, in consultation with HUD, also must report information about foster youth who are receiving federal housing assistance and the outcomes for such youth, including the extent to which such youth are able to access stable housing and the rates of homelessness. The report must include findings from any evaluations of state programs and recommendations for improving coordination between public child welfare agencies and federal housing programs.

]]> Foster Youth Housing Opportunity Act Display Title 45 Foster Youth Housing Opportunity Act 2026-06-27T03:53:29Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Foster Youth Housing Opportunity Act 2026-06-27T03:53:28Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend section 477 of the Social Security Act to improve coordination with Federal housing assistance programs for youth who have experienced foster care. 2026-06-27T03:48:30Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2026-06-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s4854is/xml/BILLS-119s4854is.xml 2026-06-23 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.