Foster Youth Education and Workforce Opportunity Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4314 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4314 To amend the John H. Chaffee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood to increase the maximum education and training voucher amount, provide greater support for foster youth pursuing postsecondary education, and expand education and workforce training opportunities for youth who have experienced foster care, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 16 (legislative day, April 14), 2026 Mr. Daines (for himself and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the John H. Chaffee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood to increase the maximum education and training voucher amount, provide greater support for foster youth pursuing postsecondary education, and expand education and workforce training opportunities for youth who have experienced foster care, 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. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Foster Youth Education and Workforce Opportunity Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED FOSTER CARE. Section 477 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)(5) by striking ``aged out of foster care'' and inserting ``experienced foster care at age 14 or older''; (2) in subsection (h)(2), by striking ``age out of foster care'' and inserting ``experience foster care at age 14 or older''; (3) in each of subsections (a)(6) and (i)(2), by striking ``16'' and inserting ``14''; and (4) in subsection (i)