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H.R. 7210 117th Congress House

Find and Protect Foster Youth Act

Official title: To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to identify obstacles to identifying and respondin… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to identify obstacles to identifying and responding to children missing from foster care and other vulnerable foster youth, to provide technical assistance relating to the removal of such obstacles, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 31, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Mar 24, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 24, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 24, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Find and Protect Foster Youth Act

This bill requires the Office of the Administration for Children & Families to evaluate the protocols that states have developed to comply with the reporting requirements for locating a child missing from foster care.

Additionally, the administration, through the Children's Bureau, must provide states, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia with information, advice, educational materials, and technical assistance relating to eliminating identified obstacles to identifying and responding to children missing from foster care and other vulnerable foster youth and providing such children and youth with effective services.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 3
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Brown, Shontel M.
Ohio · Oct 31, 2022
Bass, Karen
· May 11, 2022
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · May 11, 2022
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · May 11, 2022
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Apr 6, 2022
 R
Gonzales, Tony
Texas · Mar 24, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7210: Find and Protect Foster Youth Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7210/
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"H.R. 7210: Find and Protect Foster Youth Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7210/.
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H.R. 7210, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7210/.
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