# 119-hr-7432: Fostering the Future Act

119-hr-7432, Fostering the Future Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] (R-IL); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7432
- Congress: 119
- Title: Fostering the Future Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2026-02-09
- Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] (R-IL)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Families
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Expand supports for foster youth transitioning to adulthood.** This bill would modernize the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program to widen eligibility and add stronger education, housing, legal, and parenting supports for youth who experienced foster care at age 14 or older. - Current and former foster youth and families: Makes youth who experienced foster care at 14 or older eligible for expanded services. It requires action to help youth build and keep lifelong adult and peer relationships and adds tailored case management for expectant and parenting youth, plus access to legal counseling for housing, education, employment, family connections, and permanency. - Education and training: Raises the Education and Training Voucher maximum to $12,000 and permits up to 6 years of support for youth in remedial education. Vouchers can cover community college, short-term Pell-eligible training, apprenticeships, GED and remedial instruction from credentialed instructors. - Housing and agency coordination: Adds housing access and supportive housing services, lets child welfare agencies partner with public housing authorities, and limits housing spending so that, on average over 5 years, no more than 30 percent of a State's allotment funds housing purposes. HHS and HUD must issue joint guidance and report on outcomes within 3 years.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL), 2026-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1] (R-AZ), 2026-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2026-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Bigger education vouchers for foster youth: benefit, high. If enacted, the maximum education and training voucher would rise to $12,000 per year. Youth who experienced foster care at age 14 or older would be able to use it for college, apprenticeships, GED costs, short-term Workforce Pell–eligible training, and approved remedial classes taught by credentia…
- Better housing coordination for foster youth: benefit, medium. If enacted, HHS and HUD would issue joint guidance within one year to align foster‑youth supportive services with Section 8(x) housing help. The guidance would explain policies and share best practices for child welfare agencies and housing authorities to partner. The program would also add "access…
- Legal and parenting supports for foster youth: benefit, low. If enacted, the program would add access to legal counseling on housing, school, work, family ties, court records, and permanency. States would need to certify that case plans consider these legal issues. Foster youth in eligible families would be connected to evidence‑based home visiting services.…
- Housing move-in help for foster youth renters: benefit, low. If enacted, States would be allowed to use foster‑youth funds to help with move‑in and housing costs for eligible youth under age 26 who receive Section 8(x) help. Services would include money management coaching, lease and rental‑insurance counseling, and help with security deposits, moving costs,…
- When these changes would start: mixed, low. If enacted, most changes would take effect one year after the bill is signed. If HHS decides a State needs a new non‑appropriations law to comply, that State would have until the first day of the first calendar quarter after its next regular legislative session. In States with two‑year sessions, ea…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1329: Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
- 119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 119-hr-452: Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-7432 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7432)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-1329: Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1329)
- [119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1628)
- [119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1502)
- [119-hr-452: Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-452)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7432 (as of 2026-09-21).