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S 1439 114th Congress Senate Social Welfare Adoption and foster care State and local government operations

Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015

Introduced: May 21, 2015 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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May 21, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 21, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015

This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow the chief executive officer of a state to certify that the state will provide assistance and services under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program to youths who have aged out of foster care and have not attained age 23 if:

  • the state has elected to extend the eligibility for foster care up to age 21, or
  • the responsible state agency uses state or other funds not provided under the Program to provide assistance and services comparable to those such youths would receive if the state had made such an election.
What's happening now May 21, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3160 Identical bill Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · May 21, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1439: Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1439/
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"S. 1439: Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1439/.
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S. 1439, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1439/.
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