# 119-hr-4769: Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2025

119-hr-4769, Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4769
- Congress: 119
- Title: Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-25
- Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Policy area: Families
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Expands federal grants for mentoring children in foster care and those with foster care experience**. It would create a new grant program to fund community-based, structured mentoring that matches youth with screened and trained adult or peer volunteers for at least one year and supports academic, social, and transition-to-adulthood goals. - Children and families: Children removed from parental custody and people who were in foster care up to age 25 would gain access to consistent, development-focused mentoring aimed at school success, healthy relationships, and reducing risky behavior. - Mentors and community groups: Nonprofits, State child welfare agencies, local schools, Indian tribes, and faith-based groups could receive grants to recruit, screen, train, compensate, and support mentors and to cover mentee participation costs. - Program rules and oversight: Applicants must show youth input, plans for diverse and culturally competent recruitment and training, criminal background checks excluding certain child-safety convictions in the past 10 years, and grantees must provide annual reports and cooperate with federal evaluations. *This bill would increase federal spending by authorizing $50 million for FY2026 and $50 million for FY2027, with additional unspecified funding authorized in later years.*

## Cosponsors (23)

- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2026-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2026-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More mentoring for foster youth: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would expand mentoring for children in foster care and people under age 26 who were in foster care. The government would give competitive grants to nonprofits, schools, tribes, faith groups, and child welfare agencies. Programs would match youth with screened and trained mento…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4769 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4769)

## Related
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2048)
- [119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-909)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
- [119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1065)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4769 (as of 2026-09-21).