Protecting Foster Youth Resources to Promote Self-Sufficiency Act
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Protecting Foster Youth Resources to Promote Self-Sufficiency Act
This bill addresses matters concerning Social Security benefit and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments for children in foster care, including by (1) prohibiting states from using payments that are received on behalf of a child in foster care to recoup or recover costs associated with the child's foster care, and (2) excluding any support received by a child in foster care from income calculations for purposes of SSI.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9654: Protecting Foster Youth Resources to Promote Self-Sufficiency Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9654/
"H.R. 9654: Protecting Foster Youth Resources to Promote Self-Sufficiency Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9654/.
H.R. 9654, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9654/.
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