Idaho House will consider bill to protect foster youths’ survivor benefits

By: Laura Guido

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: February 16, 2026

Words: 428

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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An Idaho House of Representatives committee on Monday advanced a bill to codify a policy to protect Social Security and veteran’s survivor benefits for foster youth.

House Bill 558 would prohibit the state from collecting a foster child’s survivor’s benefits on their behalf and using them to pay for the child’s care.

Between July 2021 and May 2025, the state of Idaho collected nearly $2.3 million of Social Security payments on …

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