Foster youth aging out of care gain access to home visiting support
H.R. 7655 — Support for Expectant and Parenting Foster Youth Act · Filed by Rudy Yakym (R-IN) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 24, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill amends federal foster care law to require states to connect young people aging out of foster care who are pregnant or parenting with home visiting services and case management support. It mandates that states receiving federal foster care funds inform eligible youth about evidence-based home visiting programs and provide tailored case management to help expectant and parenting foster youth access services.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is to mandate state coordination between two existing federal programs—foster care support and home visiting services—to improve outcomes for a specific vulnerable population. It is a straightforward public-health and family-support measure with no private carve-outs or deregulatory intent.
What the text implies
- States must develop new administrative processes to identify and inform eligible youth, creating implementation costs that may vary by state capacity and existing program infrastructure.
- The bill does not specify funding levels or appropriations, leaving unclear whether states will receive additional federal resources to comply with new coordination and case management mandates.
- Effectiveness depends on state-level execution and the quality of existing home visiting programs; variation in state program quality may create disparities in service access across jurisdictions.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill expands access to evidence-based support services for a vulnerable population—youth aging out of foster care who are pregnant or parenting—without restricting existing protections or creating new barriers. It strengthens coordination between existing federal programs to improve outcomes for young people at high risk of poverty and family instability.
Named in the bill
Social Security Act Section 477, Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, Section 511 (eligible families definition), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, State foster care agencies
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Feb 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Feb 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means”
- Apr 29, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Apr 29, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
3 lobbying clients named this bill on 4 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $1,037,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 23 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 61% of bills with at least one filing.
Rudy Yakym, the sponsor, reported $1,401,759 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Enbridge (u.s.) Inc — $732,000 on 2 filings
- Interstate Natural Gas Association of America — $275,000 on 1 filing
- Washoe County — $30,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 23, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,097 characters) on Jul 9, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 23, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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