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This bill, known as the FOSTER Act, amends the 21st Century Cures Act to provide additional support for state and local child services agencies in addressing the opioid abuse crisis. Specifically, the bill creates new grant opportunities to support prevention and treatment services for children, caregivers, and kinship care families (defined as families where a relative is caring for a child when the biological parents cannot). The grants can be used for workforce recruitment and training, healthcare services, and foster and adoptive parent recruitment and training. The bill defines a "kinship caregiver" as a relative who lives with the child, serves as the primary caregiver, and either has a legal relationship to the child or is raising the child informally. The legislation authorizes $255 million in funding for fiscal years 2028 through 2033 and requires that 1 percent of the annual grant funds be specifically dedicated to the new kinship care and child services support programs. This bill aims to provide additional resources to help children and families impacted by the opioid epidemic by strengthening support systems and care networks.

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