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Enacted Older Youth Legislation in Illinois

Foster Youth Successful Transition to Adulthood Act

Bill: HB 4054, Public Act 581; Status: Enacted

Summary: Creates the Foster Youth Successful Transition to Adulthood Act. Establish a program of transitional discharge from foster care for teenage foster children, enabling former foster youths under the age of 21 who encounter significant hardship upon emancipation to reengage with the Department of Children and Family Services and the Juvenile Court, in order to secure essential supports and services available to foster youth seeking to learn to live independently as adults.

Sponsored by Representative Feigenholtz