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To provide additional emergency support for older foster youth under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, and extend through fiscal year 2022 certain…

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To provide additional emergency support for older foster youth under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, and extend through fiscal year 2022 certain flexibilities provided for the program by division X of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 3, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Sep 3, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Sep 3, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 3, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill increases and extends through FY2022 emergency funding and extends through FY2022 certain flexibilities for states to administer foster care programs and services.

This includes expanding eligibility for services until a youth reaches age 27, permitting a youth who left foster care to voluntarily return to foster care, and suspending certain education and training requirements.

What's happening now September 3, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

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 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 4 Republican 1
D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Oct 20, 2021
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Sep 28, 2021
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Sep 27, 2021
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Sep 23, 2021
Maloney, Sean
· Sep 23, 2021
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Sep 3, 2021
Bass, Karen
· Sep 3, 2021
Lawrence, Brenda
· Sep 3, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5167: To provide additional emergency support for older foster youth under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, and extend through fiscal year 2022 certain flexibilities provided for the program by division X of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5167/
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"H.R. 5167: To provide additional emergency support for older foster youth under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, and extend through fiscal year 2022 certain flexibilities provided for the program by division X of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5167/.
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H.R. 5167, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5167/.
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[H.R. 5167: To provide additional emergency support for older foster youth under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, and extend through fiscal year 2022 certain flexibilities provided for the program by division X of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5167/)
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