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Laws passed to steer foster-youth benefits into savings accounts and expand college aid access

Department of Children, Youth, and Families · March 25, 2026

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Summary

Speakers said the legislature passed Senate Bill 5911, which requires DCYF to place representative-payee funds into ABLE accounts for extended foster youth rather than reimbursing the state, and Senate Bill 5963 to expand the Passport to Careers program, enabling financial aid promises for youth formerly in foster care.

Brienne Bogs and Julie Watts described two bills affecting youth who have been in foster care.

Brienne Bogs summarized Senate Bill 5911, saying it "requires the department to discontinue a long-standing practice of reimbursing the state for the cost of care for youth in extended foster care when the…

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