Foster Care Independence Act
- Foster Care Independence Act
The Foster Care Independence Act (H.R. 3443) was passed by the United States Congress in November 1999
The Act supports provision of health insurance to former foster children, up to the age of 21, by way of states using Medicaid funds.[cite web | url=http://www.apa.org/ppo/issues/pfosterkids.html | title=The Foster Care Independence Act | publisher=American Psychological Association | date=December 1999 | accessdate=2008-03-15] It permits such youths to have assets up to $10,000 with compromising their assistance.][cite news | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E7D91730F93AA15753C1A9669C8B63 | title= Campaigns Soft-Pedal On Children and the Poor | author=Somini Sengupta | publisher="The New York Times" | date=2000-10-29 | accessdate=2008-03-15] ]First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton was instrumental in passage of the bill, first holding on youth conference on the issues involved and then lobbying Congress in support of legislation.[cite web | title = First Lady Biography: Hillary Clinton | url = http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=43 | publisher = National First Ladies' Library | accessdate = 2006-08-22 ] now the Foster Care Independence Act was intended to ease the transition into adulthood of foster children who did not get adopted.]References
External links
* [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c106:h.r.3443.enr: Foster Care Independence Act at Library of Congress]
* [http://www.apa.org/ppo/issues/pfosterkids.html Foster Care Independence Act at APA]
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