[20210419]IF11070_约翰·H·查菲成功过渡到成年的寄养计划.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated April 19, 2021John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to AdulthoodBackground Children enter foster care after experiencing abuse or neglect, or due to some other circumstance that prevents them from safely remaining with their families. In FY2019, about 155,000 teens and young adults spent at least one day in foster care. Of those who left care during that year, more than 20,000 aged out or were emancipated. Generally this means these youth reached a states legal age of adulthood, usually 18, without having been reunited with their families or placed in new permanent families. The John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (Chafee program) provides funds to states, territories, and Indian tribal entities (states) to address poor education, employment, and other outcomes experienced by many such foster youth as they transition to adulthood. The Chafee program is authorized under Title IV-E, Section 477 of the Social Security Act (SSA). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) administers the Chafee program. Formerly known as the Jo