Vital Documents Access for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Act of 2025
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Latest Action · January 23, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
This bill establishes an interagency task force to help unaccompanied homeless youth obtain vital documents like birth certificates and social security cards. The task force will include representatives from the Social Security Administration, the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Health and Human Services, three state human services officials with lived experience of youth homelessness, and three nonprofit representatives under age 30 with similar experience. The task force must meet quarterly starting 90 days after enactment to assess progress, identify successful policies, and develop recommendations for federal, state, and local agencies. The bill requires an initial report within one year detailing challenges homeless youth face accessing government programs and social security cards, along with legislative and administrative recommendations, and a final report within three years evaluating the effectiveness of implemented changes. The task force will automatically terminate three years after its establishment.
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