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Division 3 retains HB661 to study changes to handling foster youths' Social Security and veterans benefits
Summary
Finance – Division 3 voted to retain HB661 and continue work on how the state handles Social Security and veterans benefits for children in foster care after testimony from a former foster youth, advocates and agency officials.
Finance – Division 3 voted to retain HB661 and continue detailed work before the HB2 budget decisions, after hours of testimony on whether the state should remain the default representative payee for Social Security and veterans benefits that accrue to children in foster care.
What the bill addresses: HB661 would change how certain federal benefits are handled when a child enters foster care. Under current practice described in committee testimony, the Department for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) frequently becomes the representative payee for children who receive Social Security or veterans benefits; DCYF retains those funds and applies them toward the child’s care. Advocates and a young man who had been in care…
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