FOSTER Act

This bill changes a federal opioid grant program created by the 21st Century Cures Act. It would let states use the grants to support opioid abuse prevention and treatment services provided by state and local agencies for children, caregivers, and kinship care families, through workforce recruitment and training, health care services, and foster and adoptive parent recruitment and training. It defines a kinship caregiver as a relative who lives with a child and is the child's main caregiver because the parent is unable or unwilling to be. It authorizes $255 million per year for fiscal years 2028 through 2033 and sets aside 1 percent of the funding for these child and caregiver services.

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Sponsors

• Marilyn Strickland Democrat sponsor
• 4 cosponsors