E2SSB 5908 — Providing extended foster care services to youth ages 18 to 21.

What this bill does

Removes the eligibility criteria for participation in extended foster care and allows any person who is dependent at age 18 to receive extended foster care until they turn 21 or withdraw their agreement to participate. Allows a youth to sign a voluntary placement agreement to participate in extended foster care before turning age 18, which takes effect on the person's eighteenth birthday. Requires Department of Children, Youth, and Families to ensure that dependent youth age 15 and older are informed of the extended foster care program. Expands extended foster care services to include a supervised independent living subsidy, and beginning July 1, 2025, an additional incentive payment when the participant engages in certain education or employment-related activities.

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Floor votes

• House — Final Passage as Amended by the House · February 28, 2024
  57 yea · 38 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate — Final Passage as Amended by the House · March 4, 2024
  38 yea · 11 nay
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 8, 2024
  37 yea · 12 nay

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