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Republicans press for DCYF law fixes and narrower foster‑youth benefit recovery
Summary
Leaders said oversight reforms alone are insufficient and urged fixes to statutory standards for child-protection; they described a foster‑youth benefits bill narrowed this year to ages 18–21 and expressed support for broader relief when budgets permit.
Republican leaders at the availability urged structural fixes to the Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) and discussed a bill to limit the state's recovery of certain federal benefits from foster youth.
Representative Stokesberry described problems with the agency's "imminent harm" standard and said Travis Couture's bill…
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