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HR 3124 113th Congress House

Investing in Permanency for Youth in Foster Care Act

Official title: To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend the adoption incentive payments program to incentive payments for foster child exits to reunif… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend the adoption incentive payments program to incentive payments for foster child exits to reunification, adoption, and guardianship, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 18, 2013 Introduced by: Davis, Danny K. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Families Adoption and foster care
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Investing in Permanency for Youth in Foster Care Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend through FY2017 the Adoption Incentive Payment Program and rename it the Permanency Incentive Program.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine the number of foster child exits to reunification, adoption, and guardianship (currently, the number of foster child adoptions, special needs adoptions, and older child adoptions) in a state during a fiscal year based on AFCARS data.

Replaces adoption incentive payments with specified permanency incentive payments.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3124: Investing in Permanency for Youth in Foster Care Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3124/
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"H.R. 3124: Investing in Permanency for Youth in Foster Care Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3124/.
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H.R. 3124, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3124/.
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