Foster youth get help with pregnancy and parenting services
S. 5096 — Support for Expectant and Parenting Foster Youth Act · Filed by Tim Scott (R-SC) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill changes federal law to help young people in foster care. It helps those who are now pregnant or parenting. States must connect these youth with home visiting programs. Home visiting programs send trained people to homes to help new parents. States must make sure foster-care support and maternal health services work together. States must prove they have a plan to tell eligible youth about these services.
Who it affects
Young people who aged out of foster care are affected. These youth are pregnant or parenting. They often face homelessness, poverty, and health problems.
One thing to notice
States have one year to set up coordination processes. Youth who age out during that year will not get the new help.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jul 23, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Finance · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- foster care — When the government places a child with a family other than their birth family.
- home visiting programs — Services where trained people visit families at home to help parents care for babies and young children.
- maternal health — Health care for pregnant people and people who just gave birth.
- eligible — Meets the rules to get something, like a service or benefit.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,061 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 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.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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