To require States to consider legal issues affecting youth as part of case planning and to provide States with the option to use funds from the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood to support access to legal services and counseling.

United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Congress Senate author aut Government Organization text government publication eng BILLS To require States to consider legal issues affecting youth as part of case planning and to provide States with the option to use funds from the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood to support access to legal services and counseling.;Fresh Starts for Foster Youth Act;S. 4797 (IS) Bills and Statutes 119_cong_bills legislative 2026-06-26 To require States to consider legal issues affecting youth as part of case planning and to provide States with the option to use funds from the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood to support access to legal services and counseling. Fresh Starts for Foster Youth Act S. 4797 (IS) U.S. Government Publishing Office 2026-06-16 monographic deposited born digital 3 p. Y 1.6: Y 1.4/1: P0b002ee1e38d8643 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119s4797is S. 4797 021-610-00252-9 000501532 000325576 Congressional bills Senate bills f:s4797_is.txt https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119s4797is https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s4797is/html/BILLS-119s4797is.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s4797is/pdf/BILLS-119s4797is.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s4797is/xml/BILLS-119s4797is.xml fdlp DGPO 2026-06-26 2026-07-12 BILLS-119s4797is machine generated eng John Cornyn United States Senate sponsor spn United States Congress Member Sheldon Whitehouse United States Senate cosponsor United States Congress Member United States Congress Senate Committee on Finance associated name asn United States Code Title 42 Section 677 42 U.S.C. 677 s BILLS-119s4797is 119 2 SENATE SENATE 4797 is is Fresh Starts for Foster Youth Act To require States to consider legal issues affecting youth as part of case planning and to provide States with the option to use funds from the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood to support access to legal services and counseling. Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance Committee on Finance Finance Mr. Cornyn John Cornyn Cornyn, John Mr. Whitehouse Sheldon Whitehouse Whitehouse, Sheldon false false