human services; 2025-2026

Added new extended foster care comprehensive service model with success coaching program, quality review committee, and reporting requirements for young adults ages 17.5 to 21.

Requires weekly engagement with each young adult, life skills training, mental and physical health support, and flexible funding for unique needs.

Added mandatory employment and training requirements for able-bodied adults receiving SNAP with specific exemptions for students, caregivers, and those working 30+ hours weekly.

Prohibited work requirement waivers for able-bodied adults without dependents unless required by federal law or authorized by state law.

Establishes specific timelines: scope of work within 10 days, agency selection within 90 days, and program implementation within 150 days of effective date.

Created new extended foster care comprehensive service model fund with continuous appropriations exempt from lapse provisions.

Added quality review committee requirements to confirm young adult eligibility including supportive adult connections and person-centered case planning.

Added SNAP eligibility evaluation requirements including data matching with lottery/gambling winnings and quarterly reviews of unemployment and employment status changes.

Requires annual reports to legislative committees on program data and quarterly performance reports to the joint legislative budget committee.

Enhanced fraud investigation procedures for SNAP cards including interviews after third replacement card request and out-of-state spending monitoring.

Added new definitions for 'department' and 'young adult' in the extended foster care section.

Minor formatting and capitalization inconsistencies in the new section text (e.g., inconsistent capitalization of 'department', 'young adult', and section headers).