The purpose of this article is to establish procedures for a child who is or was in the legal custody of the Department of Social Services on the child's eighteenth birthday and who has not attained age twenty-one to receive services and supports that promote emotional well-being, economic productivity, self-sufficiency, connection to family and community, and a successful transition to adulthood upon leaving the state's foster care system.

HISTORY: 2022 Act No. 143 (H.3509), 1, eff April 25, 2022 and upon contingency.

Editor's Note

2022 Act No. 143, Section 3, provides as follows:

"SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and is contingent upon funding in the general appropriations bill."