Committee on Ways and Means:
This committee plays a crucial role in United States foster care policy including the areas listed below.
This is particularly true of the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
| John H. Chafee Foster Care Program | Chafee can be used in many ways to help foster youth. This provision has not kept up with the cost of inflation, and the enlarged population of youth that it now serves. |
| ETV Funds | Ohio’s ETV provider recently did a research study about housing and food insecurities faced by ETV recipients. ETV is a wonderful resource — but the amount of funding doesn’t cover all of student needs. That’s why the state of Ohio is looking into tuition waivers. |
| Temporary Assistance for Needy Families | Ohio recently lost its TANF-Independent Living allocation. |
| IV-Funds |
| Increased Population in Need of Chafee Services | |
| 1999 | 2026 |
| Our nation’s Chafee funds were relied on to provide independent living preparation for foster youth between ages 16-18. | Our nation’s Chafee funds are relied upon to serve foster youth between ages 14-23, including ETV vouchers up until age 26. |
*The primary jurisdiction of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in the U.S. House of Representatives belongs to the Committee on Education and the Workforce — but the Committee on Ways and Means does work on specific provisions, such as TANF.
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