Foster care CIRCLE

Harrisburg, Pa. — A state lawmaker says he will introduce legislation that protects government benefits for foster children.

Rep. Robert Leadbeter (R-109) plans to introduce the 'Foster Youth Earned Benefits Protection for Success Act' to ensure children in foster care receive, protect, and build upon the federal benefits they have earned without losing them to offset costs associated with state care. These benefits often include Social Security survivors’ or dependent benefits or Department of Veterans Affairs benefits that a child becomes entitled to after the death or disability of a parent.

Originally published on northcentralpa.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

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