Increasing Access to Foster Care Through Age 21 Act
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Increasing Access to Foster Care Through Age 21 Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Education, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HBE5FAD1F7BE34C0B96B5E669117A7708: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Increasing Access to Foster Care Through Age 21 Act.
- Section HCC591201E54B4F11B2BF82B428E6A909: 2. Findings The Congress finds that each additional year in extended foster care has— significantly increased the probability that youth completed a high...
- Section H1EDAEA99AF104EB485272ADA969EE6B7: 3. Extended child welfare support and services for youth transitioning from foster care Section 475(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 675(8)) is...
- Section H94678582741C407EB65A8CF2B8AF5FA4: 4. Promoting the re-entry of youth into extended foster care Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended— by striking and at the...
- Section H700D4F9BB3E94ECFBE7D1FF4604C42CB: 5. Providing for States to improve outcomes for transition-aged youth and young adults Section 472(a)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 672(a)(1)(B))...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Increasing Access to Foster Care Through Age 21 Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Education, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, Increasing Access to Foster Care Through Age 21 Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Judy Chu
D-CA | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Ms. Chu (for herself and Mrs. Houchin) introduced the following …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an individual— who has attained 18 years of age
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
Learn more about our methodology