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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69786</law_id><section_number>63.2-919</section_number><catch_line>Fostering Futures program; eligibility</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-228</reference><reference>16.1-241</reference><reference>2.2-438</reference><reference>63.2-100</reference><reference>63.2-905.1:1</reference><reference>63.2-918</reference><reference>63.2-921</reference><reference>63.2-922</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Social Services Programs</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Foster Care</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Fostering Futures</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Fostering Futures</span> program is available, on a voluntary basis, to an individual between 18 and 21 years of age who:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Was (i) in the <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of a <span class="dictionary">local department</span> immediately prior to reaching 18 years of age, remained in foster care upon turning 18 years of age, and entered foster care pursuant to a <span class="dictionary">court order</span>; or (ii) in the <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of a <span class="dictionary">local department</span> immediately prior to commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice and is transitioning from such commitment to self-sufficiency; and <a id="paragraph-252199" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-919/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Is (i) completing secondary education or an equivalent credential; (ii) enrolled in an institution that provides postsecondary or vocational education; (iii) employed for at least 80 hours per month; (iv) participating in a program or activity designed to promote employment or remove barriers to employment; or (v) incapable of doing any of the activities described in clauses (i) through (iv) due to a medical condition, which incapability is supported by regularly updated information in the <span class="dictionary">program participant</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">case plan</span>. <a id="paragraph-252200" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-919/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 95, 732.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
