A Republican bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill is known as the Support for Expectant and Parenting Foster Youth Act. It amends the Social Security Act to better support expectant and parenting youth who have spent time in foster care. The bill connects these young people with the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. It requires states to certify that they have processes in place to provide these youth with information regarding home visiting and support services. It also allows states to use certain funds to provide tailored case management and resource coordination services. These changes take effect one year after the date of the enactment of the Act.
Yes· 3 of 6
- Scored +5
Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?
The bill provides targeted resource coordination and case management specifically for young people in the foster care system who are becoming parents.
- Scored +5
Would women be better off under this?
The bill specifically improves support for expectant and parenting youth by strengthening connections to maternal and infant home visiting programs.
- Scored +5
Does this make health care easier to get in general?
The bill enhances access to healthcare through strengthened coordination with the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Section 2: This provision amends the purpose of the program to connect foster youth in eligible families with evidence-based home visiting and support services. It also requires a state certification that participating youth are provided with information regarding these services, which helps young parents find the support they need.
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Section 3: This section updates the law so that states may use their funds to provide tailored case management and resource coordination services to youth who are expectant or parenting. This gives states a clear way to directly help young parents who have experienced foster care navigate the resources available to them.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- There are no negative impacts explicitly mentioned in the text of the bill for individuals or groups of people in the United States.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would women be better off under this? — The bill specifically improves support for expectant and parenting youth by strengthening connections to maternal and infant home visiting programs. Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this? — The bill provides targeted resource coordination and case management specifically for young people in the foster care system who are becoming parents. Would children be better off under this? — The bill supports the health and developmental needs of children born to or being raised by foster youth through improved home visiting services. Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — The bill provides additional support services and resource coordination for low-income parenting youth within the foster care system.
- Healthcare
- Does this make health care easier to get in general? — The bill enhances access to healthcare through strengthened coordination with the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Is this likely to lift people out of poverty? — The provision of tailored case management and resource coordination for parenting foster youth can help stabilize families and reduce poverty risks.
- 7/23/2026
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Raphael WarnockDemocrat · Georgia