Barbara Favola
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 40
Primary
Foster care; housing services; housing plan; report. Requires local departments of social services to develop housing plans for individuals leaving foster care due to age that includes a description of housing options being pursued. The bill requires the Commissioner of Social Services to provide reports to the Governor and General Assembly on housing services for individuals aging out of foster care on or before October 1 of each year. The bill grants the Department of Social Services the authority to enter into a memorandum of understanding with local public housing authorities or housing programs to facilitate access to grant dollars for the Foster Youth to Independence Initiative under the Family Unification Program Housing Choice Vouchers. The bill directs local departments of social services to collaborate with local housing authorities to secure Family Unification Program Housing Choice Vouchers for certain youth enumerated in the bill. Finally, the bill directs local public housing authorities and local departments of social services to collaborate to administer the Foster Youth to Independence Initiative.
A BILL to amend and reenact ยง 63.2-905.1:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to foster care; housing services; housing plan; report.
Left in Appropriations
Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
Assigned sub: Social Services
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Read first time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB773)
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
Reading of amendments waived
Read second time
Reading of substitute waived
Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute agreed to
Finance and Appropriations Amendments agreed to
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended
Printed as engrossed 25105189D-ES1
Passed by for the day
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N)
Rules suspended
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (12-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB773)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB773)
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 25105189D-S1
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101926D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Engrossed | HTML PDF |
| Finance and Appropriations Amendments | HTML |
| Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute | HTML PDF |
| Introduced | HTML PDF |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB773) | PDF PDF PDF |
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