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119-hr-6283119th CongressWALLET

FOSTER Act

Sponsored By: Representative Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]

Introduced

Summary

Dedicated federal funding for opioid prevention and treatment focused on children and kinship caregivers. This bill would expand who counts as a caregiver and create a federal grant stream to help states and local agencies fund workforce recruitment and training, health care services, and foster and adoptive parent recruitment and training.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More opioid help for kinship families

If enacted, the government would authorize $255 million each year from FY2028 to FY2033 for Section 1003 grants. States and local agencies would use the money for kids, caregivers, and kinship families affected by opioids. Each year, 1% would be reserved for the kinship-focused activities added by this bill. Allowed uses would include workforce training, health care services, and foster or adoptive parent recruitment. The bill would define a kinship caregiver as a relative who lives with the child, is the main caregiver because a parent cannot or will not, and has a legal tie or is raising the child informally.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]

WA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 11/21/2025

  • Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]

    NE • R

    Sponsored 11/25/2025

  • Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 3/4/2026

  • Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 5/13/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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