Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman LaHood Opening Statement: Innovation for Foster Youth’s Success

Ways and Means: House Committee · November 18, 2025

Chairman Darren LaHood opened a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing on using technology to improve outcomes for foster youth, describing gaps in state systems, citing an executive order on child welfare modernization, and previewing witness testimony on innovations to help caseworkers and transition-age youth.

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