# 119-s-4634: CONNECT Act

119-s-4634, CONNECT Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] (R-OH); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-31).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4634
- Congress: 119
- Title: CONNECT Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-05-21
- Sponsor: Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Families
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-31

## Summary

**Expand support for lifelong connections and youth participation in permanency planning.** This bill would rewrite the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood to focus on youth who experienced foster care at age 14 or older, emphasizing sustained relationships with adults, kin, mentors, and peers and stronger participation in permanency planning. - Youth who experienced foster care at age 14 or older: Would prioritize helping them develop and maintain sustained supportive relationships with adults, kin, mentors, and peers to reduce isolation and build lifelong connections. - Youth still in foster care who experienced foster care at age 14 or older: Would strengthen their ability to participate in creating their permanency plan, require written information on available services and agency steps, and promote pre- and post-permanency peer support, mentoring, kin connections, and referrals to other programs. - State and Tribal child welfare agencies: Would receive HHS guidance within 1 year that provides examples of services eligible for federal funding, best practices for peer support and mentoring including minimum qualifications and training, outreach and notification standards, and documentation protocols for case plans to allow review.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2026-07-29T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More support for older foster youth: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would expand the Chafee program to help youth who experienced foster care at age 14 or older. It would add two purposes: help these youth develop and keep lasting adult and peer connections (including kin, fictive kin, mentors, and peers with foster care experience); and suppo…
- HHS guidance to help child welfare agencies: benefit, low. If enacted, the Secretary of Health and Human Services would have to issue guidance to State and Tribal child welfare agencies within one year. HHS would consult youth with foster care experience first. The guidance would include examples of services eligible for federal funding, best practices and…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-s-1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-1138: Enhancing Southbound Inspections to Combat Cartels Act
- 119-s-963: Space National Guard Establishment Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-4634 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4634)

## Related
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1639)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-1138: Enhancing Southbound Inspections to Combat Cartels Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1138)
- [119-s-963: Space National Guard Establishment Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-963)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4634 (as of 2026-07-31).