VirginiaFoster care; housing services, housing plan, report.
What it does
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.
More detail
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 18Left in AppropriationsLatest
- Feb 13Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Health and Human Services and rereferred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 11Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 6Assigned sub: Social ServicesMinor
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Health and Human ServicesMinor
- Feb 5Read first timeMinor
- Feb 5Placed on Calendar
- Jan 30Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB773)
- Jan 29Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 28Printed as engrossed 25105189D-ES1
- Jan 28Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amendedMajor
- Jan 28Finance and Appropriations Amendments agreed toMajor
- Jan 28Reading of amendments waived
- Jan 28Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute agreed to
- Jan 28Reading of substitute waived
- Jan 28Read second timeMinor
- Jan 27Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 27Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- Jan 27Rules suspended
- Jan 23Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (12-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (12-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB773)
- Jan 18Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB773)
- Jan 17Committee substitute printed 25105189D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 17Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- 2024
- Dec 23Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social ServicesMinor
- Dec 23Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101926DIntroduced