119th Congress · introduced in the House · Feb 9, 2026
Fostering the Future Act
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Latest action (May 20, 2026): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Families
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Reported to House (May 11, 2026)
Foster Youth Housing Opportunity Act
This bill expands states' permissible uses of federal funds under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (Chafee program) to include supportive housing services.
The Chafee program is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Children's Bureau and provides funding to support youth and young adults who are in, or were formerly in, foster care with their transition to adulthood. The program is funded through formula grants awarded to child welfare agencies in states, certain territories, and participating tribes.
The bill allows states to use such funds to provide supportive services (e.g., financial counseling) for youth up to the age of 26 who are seeking to obtain or retain housing and who have experienced foster care and receive assistance under the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 Family Unification Program.
Additionally, HHS and HUD must jointly develop and issue guidance to state public child welfare agencies and public housing authorities to improve alignment and coordination of housing supportive services.
HHS, in consultation with HUD, also must report information about foster youth who are receiving federal housing assistance and the outcomes for such youth, including the extent to which such youth are able to access stable housing and the rates of homelessness. The report must include findings from any evaluations of state programs and recommendations for improving coordination between public child welfare agencies and federal housing programs.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3558-3560)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3558-3560)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7432.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3558-3564)
Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 560.
Committee on Financial Services discharged.
Committee on Financial Services discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-643, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-643, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Adoption and foster care · Child safety and welfare · Congressional oversight · Housing and community development funding · Low- and moderate-income housing · Public housing
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Introduced in House
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WASHOE COUNTY · lobbying firm or registrant: PORTER GROUP, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 18, 2026 · issue area: Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
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Supported the package of Foster Care related bills moving through Ways and Means: H.R. 7432, Foster Youth Housing Opportunity Act, H.R.7343, Foster Youth Workforce Opportunity Act, H.R.7463, the Foster Youth Postsecondary Education and Success Act, H.…
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