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handle is hein.crs/goveesx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional SResearch Service Continued State Flexibility to Assist Older Foster Youth Act Updated November 2, 2021 Older youth in, or leaving, foster care during the COVID-19 pandemic face especially tough housing, job, and other prospects. On October 27, 2021, the House passed (by voice vote) the Continued State Flexibility to Assist Older Foster Youth Act (H.R. 5661). Introduced by Representative Danny Davis with Representative Jackie Walorski, the bill would extend certain temporary flexibilities granted to states under the Supporting Foster Youth and Families Through the Pandemic Act (Division X of P.L. 116-260) (see CRS Report R46770). The House bill has been referred to the Senate, where a companion bill (S. 3078) was introduced (Senator Debbie Stabenow, with Senator Chuck Grassley), on October 26, 2021. Chafee Funding and Flexibilities Extended For FY2021, the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (Chafee Program, including Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs)) received $586 million in federal appropriations. This amount included $186 million in regular Chafee/ETV funds and $400 million in additional COVID-19-related funding (provided via Division X of P.L. 116-260). All this FY2021 funding is available for states to spend in FY2021 or FY2022. However, under Division X, states were permitted to use those Chafee/ETV funds for additional purposes only through September 30, 2021. H.R. 5661 would reinstate, through FY2022 (unless otherwise noted), certain of the flexibilities provided in Division X. Among these, it would permit youth who were formerly in foster care (generally at age 14 or older) to be eligible for Chafee program services up to age 27 (as opposed to 21 under current law, or 23 in some states); states to spend as much of their Chafee allotment on housing (i.e., room and board payments) as they choose (the current law maximum is 30%) and to offer this assistance to any youth who had been in foster care at age 14 or older and is at least 18 but not yet 27; an ETV to be used to enable youth to remain enrolled in postsecondary school or training even if the expense would not normally be considered a cost of attendance (current law Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11785 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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