Vital Documents Access for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Connolly
Introduced
Summary
Expanding access to vital documents for unaccompanied homeless youth is the bill's core aim. This bill would create an interagency Task Force to coordinate federal, state, and local steps and to build data and policy tools to help youth get IDs like birth certificates and Social Security cards.
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- Unaccompanied homeless youth would get focused policy attention to remove barriers to identity documents. The Task Force would identify challenges and recommend staff training, outreach, and practical fixes to increase access.
- The Social Security Administration and other agencies would be required to assess Social Security card issuance rules for these youth and propose options to waive or ease documentation requirements, plus new educational materials and outreach plans.
- Youth with lived experience would have a seat at the table. The Task Force would include three state human services officials and three nonprofit representatives under age 30, would meet quarterly, deliver an initial report within 1 year, a final report within 3 years, and would terminate after that period.
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Help getting vital ID for homeless youth
If enacted, HUD, HHS, and the Social Security Administration would set up a Task Force within 90 days. The Task Force would be chaired jointly by SSA and the covered Secretaries and include federal officials, three State directors, and three nonprofit youth representatives. State and nonprofit appointees would have to be under age 30 and have lived experience with youth homelessness. Meetings would start on the last day of the first fiscal quarter after it forms and occur quarterly. The group would build a data framework, review and test policies to increase access to vital documents (like Social Security cards and birth certificates), and make recommendations. The agencies would send an initial report to Congress within one year and a final report within three years. The Task Force would end three years after it starts.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Connolly
VA • D
Cosponsors
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 1/23/2025
Ansari
AZ • D
Sponsored 1/23/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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