Plain English Breakdown
The official text does not define 'nonminor dependents' beyond referencing that they are defined by law.
Extending Age Limits for Youth Housing Programs
This law extends the age limit for a specific state housing program to include young people up to age 28 and updates how agencies report who they serve.
What This Bill Does
- Increases the maximum age for the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program from 24 to 28 years old.
- Gives priority in this program to nonminor dependents and young adults formerly in foster care or probation systems.
- Lists specific ways county agencies can use money given under the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program.
- Changes reporting rules so agencies must count all young adults served, not just homeless youth.
- Requires new reports on housing vouchers used by participants in the program.
Who It Names or Affects
- Young adults between ages 18 and 28 who need help with housing under the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program.
- Nonminor dependents currently or formerly in foster care or probation systems.
- County child welfare agencies that manage these funding programs.
Terms To Know
- Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program
- A state program that gives money to counties so they can help young adults find and keep housing.
- Nonminor dependents
- Young people over age 18 who are still legally under the care of the foster system or probation, as defined by law.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law only changes rules for one program; it does not change the age limit for the Transitional Housing Program.
- Funding depends on money being approved in the annual state Budget Act.
- The text defines specific terms but does not list every detail of how agencies must spend the funds.