The Fostering Futures program is available, on a voluntary basis, to an individual between 18 and 21 years of age who:
1. Was (i) in the custody of a local department 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 court order; or (ii) in the custody of a local department immediately prior to commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice and is transitioning from such commitment to self-sufficiency; and
2. 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 program participant's case plan.
2020, cc. 95, 732.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 63.2 - Welfare (Social Services)
§ 63.2-900.1. Kinship foster care
§ 63.2-900.2. Placement of sibling groups; visitation
§ 63.2-900.3. School placement of children in foster care
§ 63.2-901. Supervision of placement of children in homes
§ 63.2-901.1. Criminal history and central registry check for placements of children
§ 63.2-902. Agreements with persons taking children; dispute resolution; appeals
§ 63.2-903. Entrustment agreements; adoption
§ 63.2-904.1. Intervention by Commissioner; corrective action plans; assumption of temporary control
§ 63.2-904.2. Complaint system
§ 63.2-905. Foster care services
§ 63.2-905.1. Independent living services
§ 63.2-905.2. Security freezes and annual credit checks for children in foster care
§ 63.2-905.3. Documents provided to foster care youth
§ 63.2-905.5. Survey of children aging out of foster care
§ 63.2-906. Foster care plans; permissible plan goals; court review of foster children
§ 63.2-906.1. Qualified residential treatment programs
§ 63.2-907. Administrative review of children in foster care
§ 63.2-908. Permanent foster care placement
§ 63.2-909. Child support for child placed in foster care by court
§ 63.2-910.1. Acceptance of children by local departments of social services
§ 63.2-910.2. Petition to terminate parental rights
§ 63.2-911. Liability insurance for foster parents
§ 63.2-912. Visitation of child placed in foster care
§ 63.2-913. Establishment of minimum training requirements
§ 63.2-913.1. Caseload standard
§ 63.2-915. Appeals to Commissioner
§ 63.2-916. Notice of developmental disabilities
§ 63.2-917. Fostering Futures program; established
§ 63.2-919. Fostering Futures program; eligibility
§ 63.2-920. Continuing services and support
§ 63.2-922. Termination of voluntary continuing services and support agreement; notice; appeal