Fostering the Future Act
Introduced Feb 9, 2026 by Rep. Darin LaHood
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill expands states' permissible uses of federal funds under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (Chafee program) to include supportive housing services.
The Chafee program is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Children's Bureau and provides funding to support youth and young adults who are in, or were formerly in, foster care with their transition to adulthood. The program is funded through formula grants awarded to child welfare agencies in states, certain territories, and participating tribes.
The bill allows states to use such funds to provide supportive services (e.g., financial counseling) for youth up to the age of 26 who are seeking to obtain or retain housing and who have experienced foster care and receive assistance under the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 Family Unification Program.
Additionally, HHS and HUD must jointly develop and issue guidance to state public child welfare agencies and public housing authorities to improve alignment and coordination of housing supportive services.
Read the full summary on Congress.govSummary by the Congressional Research Service.
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- May 20, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- May 19, 2026The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- May 19, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 19, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3558-3560)
- May 19, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3558-3560)
- May 19, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7432.
- May 19, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3558-3564)
- May 19, 2026Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 11, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 560.
- May 11, 2026Committee on Financial Services discharged.
- May 11, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-643, Part I.
- Apr 29, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0.
- Apr 29, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 9, 2026Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Feb 9, 2026Introduced in House