HR 7343
Foster Youth Workforce Opportunity Act
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```json { "summary": "This bill, the Foster Youth Workforce Opportunity Act, aims to improve educational and job training opportunities for young people who have grown up in foster care. It changes the existing Social Security Act to recognize youth who experience foster care at age 14 or older, rather than 16, and expands the types of financial assistance available to them, including support for apprenticeships, GEDs, and remedial education. The bill also adjusts the maximum duration a youth can participate in these programs. ", "keyProvisions": [ "Expands eligibility for workforce programs to youth aged 14 or older who have experienced foster care.", "Increases the maximum age a youth can participate in these programs to 18, or 19 if receiving remedial education.", "Expan
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