United States · Bill · S
S. 1215 (115th)
Foster Youth Independence Act of 2017
Introduced
24 May 2017
Last action
24 May 2017 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
11 August 2025
Summary
Foster Youth Independence Act of 2017 This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow the chief executive officer of a state to certify that the state will provide assistance and services under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program to youths who have aged out of foster care and have not attained age 23 if: the state has elected to extend the eligibility for foster care up to age 21, or the responsible state agency uses state or other funds not provided under the program to provide assistance and services comparable to those such youths would receive if the state had made such an election.
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Timeline
24 May 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
24 May 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 24 May 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1215
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1215
- us · 115-s-1215 · source updated 11 August 2025