HB 795 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Increased Access for Youth in Foster Families.

House Bill 795 expands eligibility for guardianship assistance programs for youth in foster care. It allows the Division of Social Services to provide financial support to children who are at least 10 years old when they exit foster care into relative or legal guardianship, provided they meet other criteria like a strong attachment to their guardian. The bill also permits younger siblings of eligible children to receive assistance. Additionally, it allows individuals to continue receiving support until age 21 if they were 16 or older when the agreement began and are pursuing education or employment.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 7, 2025 Last action May 7, 2025
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What changed between versions

Edition 1 Edition 2 · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was revised to rename the program from 'Kinship Guardianship Assistance' to 'Guardianship Assistance' and added new eligibility provisions for younger children (under 10 years old) who have siblings already receiving assistance. The changes also include formatting updates to the header and definition sections.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include children under 10 years of age who have siblings meeting the program requirements, whereas previously only children 10 years or older were eligible.
DEFINITION

The program title was changed from 'Kinship Guardianship Assistance (KinGAP)' to 'Guardianship Assistance' in the section header.

The definition of 'Full-time employment' was renumbered from (3h)(3i) to (3h)(3i) with minor formatting adjustments to the text layout.

ELIGIBILITY

A new subsection (d) was added allowing children under 10 years of age to receive assistance if their sibling meets the program requirements.

TECHNICAL

Header formatting was updated to include 'Committee Substitute Favorable 5/6/25' and sponsor information was removed from the header section.

Floor votes · House May 7, 2025

How they voted

1080
Passed · 13 other
Total votes 121
May 7, 2025
D Democratic46
40 Yea 6
86% Yea
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican73
66 Yea 7
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
5
May 7, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
May 6, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Committee
Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
3 primary · 16 co-sponsors

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