Updates the stated purposes of the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program so that it focuses more on lasting relationships with adults, mentors, and peers for youth who have been in foster care at age 14 or older.

• Amends Section 477(a) of the Social Security Act to replace the program's existing purposes with purposes centered on sustained supportive relationships and lifelong connections for youth who experienced foster care at age 14 or older
• Adds goals of helping youth take part in developing their permanency plans and receive written information about available services, and of facilitating peer support, mentoring, and kin connections
• Takes effect one year after enactment
• Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, within one year of enactment and after consulting youth with foster care experience, to issue guidance to states and Tribal child welfare agencies on eligible services, mentoring and peer support best practices, youth outreach standards, and case plan documentation protocols

• Ways and Means Committee (House)

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