To provide additional emergency support for older foster youth under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, and extend through fiscal year 2022 certain flexibilities provided for the program by division X of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and for other purposes.
Bill: H.R.5167 | Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. (D-RI)
Policy area: Families

Summary:
This bill increases and extends through FY2022 emergency funding and extends through FY2022 certain flexibilities for states to administer foster care programs and services.
This includes expanding eligibility for services until a youth reaches age 27, permitting a youth who left foster care to voluntarily return to foster care, and suspending certain education and training requirements.

To provide additional emergency support for older foster youth under 
  the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to 
 Adulthood, and extend through fiscal year 2022 certain flexibilities 
      provided for the program by division X of the Consolidated 
           Appropriations Act, 2021, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY SUPPORT FOR OLDER FOSTER YOUTH; 
              EXTENSION OF PERIOD DURING WHICH PROGRAMMATIC 
              FLEXIBILITIES ARE IN EFFECT.

    Division X of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 
116-260) is amended--
            (1) in section 3--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) by striking ``$400,000,000'' 
                                and inserting ``$800,000,000''; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``to remain 
                                available through fiscal year 2022,'' 
                                after ``fiscal year 2021,''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``$50,000,000'' and inserting ``$100,000,000'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``and 2021'' and 
                inserting ``through 2022''; and
                    (C) in each of subsections (c) and (d), by striking 
                ``COVID-19 public health emergency period'' and 
                inserting ``period beginning on April 1, 2020 and 
                ending with September 30, 2022''; and
            (2) in section 4--
                    (A) in each of subsections (a), (d)(2)(A), 
                (d)(2)(D), and (e), by striking ``2021'' and inserting 
                ``2022'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ``fiscal year 
                2020 or fiscal year 2021'' and inserting ``any of 
                fiscal years 2020 through 2022''; and
                    (C) in subsection (d)(2)(D), by striking ``COVID-19 
                public health emergency period'' and inserting ``period 
                beginning on April 1, 2020 and ending with September 
                30, 2022''.

SEC. 2. NO EFFECT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE CHAFEE PROGRAM ON 
              OTHER FEDERAL OR FEDERALLY SUPPORTED ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 477(d) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 677(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) No effect on other federal or federally supported 
        assistance.--The amount of any direct financial assistance 
        provided under this section shall be disregarded in determining 
        eligibility for, or the amount of assistance to be provided 
        under, any other Federal or Federally supported assistance.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 
applied and administered as if enacted on December 27, 2020.
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