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HR 5947 114th Congress House

Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2016

Official title: 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: December 2, 2016 See on congress.gov
Taxation Adoption and foster careEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsIncome tax credits
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Wages and earningsYouth employment and child labor
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 7, 2016
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR: E1214)
Sep 7, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 7, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2016

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 younger of age 16 or the age specified in provisions of the Social Security Act related to the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Dec 2, 2016
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 7, 2016
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Sep 7, 2016
Reichert, David
· Sep 7, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5947: Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5947/
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"H.R. 5947: Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5947/.
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