Foster Youth Earned Benefits Protection for Success Act; enact.

Summary

The act directs the Department of Child Protection Services to check whether children in its care are eligible for or already receiving earned federal benefits, such as Social Security or VA benefits. It then requires the state to safeguard those benefits, set up a savings account, and allow the youth to receive portions of the money when they reach certain independence milestones. The goal is to keep benefits from being lost and to help foster youth build financial stability.

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