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JFAC approves funding to extend foster care support to age 23 after law change
3136954 · March 26, 2025
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Summary
Following enactment of a law extending foster care support from age 21 to 23, the committee approved $420,500 in ongoing funds (state and federal) to cover extended foster payments beginning FY2026.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a trailer appropriation to implement changes in state law that allow young people who were in foster care before age 18 to remain with foster families and receive state support until age 23.
House Bill 245, which changed the extended foster care age from 21 to 23, was signed by…
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