2026 SESSION

INTRODUCED

26104024D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1174

Offered January 14, 2026

Prefiled January 14, 2026

A BILL to direct the Virginia Department of Social Services to increase the supplemental clothing allowance rate for children in foster care.

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Patrons—Carroll, Cole, J.G. and Cole, N.T.

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Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Virginia Department of Social Services shall amend its regulations to increase the supplemental clothing allowance rate for children in foster care by 30 percent.