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Committee considers bill to hold federal benefits for youth in state custody in accounts for transition to adulthood
Summary
The House Committee on Human Services heard H269, which would set aside federal Social Security/SSI payments currently used to offset foster-care costs and invest them on behalf of youth in state custody for use as they transition to adulthood.
The House Committee on Human Services heard H269, a short-form bill proposing that federal benefits paid on behalf of youth in state custody be invested in accounts for those youth rather than used by the state to offset foster-care costs.
"I got 3 bills in order here that I put in this session, for consideration. The first one is H269 . . . it's your act relating to Federal benefits of youth in the custody of the state," said Dan, the legislator who presented the proposal. The presenter said estimates of the funds now used by the Department for Children and Families (DCF) to help pay for foster-care costs range from about $800,000 to $1 million a year, and that…
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