To ensure that foster children are able to use their Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits to address their needs and improve their lives.
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Latest Action · December 21, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
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