TITLE II—EXTENSION OF CHILD 
WELFARE 
SERVICES 
TO 
OLDER YOUTH 
SEC. 201. ELIGIBILITY FOR FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE 
PAYMENTS AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PAY-
MENTS THROUGH AGE 20. 
(a) FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS.—Sec-
tion 472 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 672) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Each State with a plan ap-
proved under this part shall make foster care main-
tenance payments on behalf of— 
‘‘(A) each child who has been removed 
from the home of a relative specified in section 
406(a) (as in effect on July 16, 1996) into fos-
ter care if the removal and foster care place-
ment met, and the placement continues to meet, 
the requirements of paragraph (2) of this sub-
section; and 
‘‘(B) each child who is an individual de-
scribed in subsection (j)(2) of this section who 
has entered foster care under the responsibility 
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of the State if the foster care placement met 
and continues to meet the requirements of 
paragraph (3) of this subsection.’’; 
(B) in the paragraph heading of paragraph 
(2) by inserting ‘‘APPLICABLE
TO
MINORS’’ 
after ‘‘REQUIREMENTS’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) FOSTER
CARE
PLACEMENT
REQUIRE-
MENTS APPLICABLE TO CHILDREN WHO HAVE AT-
TAINED THE AGE OF MAJORITY.—The foster care 
placement of a child who is an individual described 
in subsection (j)(2) meets the requirements of this 
paragraph if— 
‘‘(A) the foster care placement is in ac-
cordance with a voluntary placement agreement 
entered into by the individual; 
‘‘(B) the individual’s placement and care 
meet the requirement of paragraph (2)(B) of 
this subsection; and 
‘‘(C)(i) the individual has been placed in a 
foster family home, child-care institution, or 
dwelling described in subsection (b)(3)(C); or 
‘‘(ii) the individual has secured a dwelling 
described in subsection (b)(3)(D).’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (1); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) in the case of a child who is an individual 
described in subsection (j)(2) of this section— 
‘‘(A) in a home described in paragraph (1), 
in accordance with the payment rules set forth 
in paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) in an institution described in para-
graph (2), in accordance with the payment rules 
set forth in paragraph (2); 
‘‘(C) in a dwelling operated by an agency 
that provides social services to children and 
their families which supplements, supports, or 
substitutes parental care and supervision for 
the purpose of safeguarding and promoting the 
welfare of children, and that meets such stand-
ards for licensure or approval as are established 
by the State for the provision of the services, 
whether the payments therefor are made to the 
agency or directly to the individual; or 
‘‘(D) in housing rented or leased by the in-
dividual.’’; 
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(3) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘minor’’ be-
fore ‘‘child who’’; 
(4) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a minor’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘a child’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the minor’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the child (or, if the child has at-
tained 18 years of age, the child himself or 
herself)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a minor child’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a child (or, if the child has at-
tained 18 years of age, the child himself or 
herself)’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(if the child is a 
minor)’’ after ‘‘obligations of the parents 
or guardians’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) In this section, the term ‘child’ means— 
‘‘(1) a minor child; and 
‘‘(2) an individual who— 
‘‘(A) has not attained 21 years of age; and 
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‘‘(B) has been emancipated from foster 
care under the responsibility of the State by 
reason of attaining the age of majority.’’. 
(b) ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 473(a)(1)(A) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 673(a)(1)(A)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘who have not attained 21 years of age’’ before 
the period. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
473(a)(4)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673(a)(4)(A)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘the age of eighteen’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘twenty-one’’ and inserting ‘‘21 
years of age’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 474(a)(1) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘under section 472 for children in foster family homes or 
child-care institutions’’ and inserting ‘‘in accordance with 
section 472’’. 
SEC. 202. IMPROVEMENTS TO JOHN H. CHAFEE FOSTER 
CARE INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM. 
(a) 
INCREASE
IN
ANNUAL
AUTHORIZATION 
LEVEL.—Section 477(h)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 677(h)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$140,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000’’. 
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(b) EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES.— 
Section 477 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 677) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘18’’ and 
inserting ‘‘14’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘between 
18 and 21’’ and inserting ‘‘who have attained 
18 years of age, and who have not attained 25 
years of age’’; 
(2) in each of subsections (b)(3)(A) and 
(b)(3)(B), by striking ‘‘21’’ and inserting ‘‘25’’; 
(3) in subsection (i)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘youths 
adopted from foster care after attaining age 
16’’ and inserting ‘‘youths in or exiting from 
foster care after attaining 14 years of age’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig-
nating paragraphs (4) through (6) as para-
graphs (3) through (5), respectively. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO USE PROGRAM FUNDS TO PRO-
VIDE INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES AND EDUCATION 
AND TRAINING VOUCHERS FOR CHILDREN WHO EXIT 
FOSTER CARE TO GUARDIANSHIP OR ADOPTION AFTER 
AGE 14.— 
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