A bill to amend section 477 of the Social Security Act to improve supports for expectant and parenting youth who have experienced foster care by strengthening coordination with the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, and for other purposes.
Key claim: Senate bill S5096 would amend Social Security Act section 477 to strengthen coordination with the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program for expectant and parenting youth who have experienced foster care.
Abstract
(S5096 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2026-07-23): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Why this matters
Housing stability for expectant and parenting foster youth depends on stitching together Chafee transition funds with health and home-visiting services that reach young parents in place. By formalizing coordination between SSA §477 and MIECHV, the bill would nudge states to treat housing, parenting, and early-childhood supports as an integrated caseload rather than siloed programs — an incremental but relevant piece of the foster-youth housing policy stack.