SB974

Hawaii SB974 prohibits using foster children's social security benefits for foster care costs and mandates savings accounts for these benefits.

Hawaii SB974 aims to improve financial well-being for children in foster care by prohibiting the Department of Human Services from using social security payments for foster care costs. Instead, it mandates the establishment of savings accounts for these payments, accessible to the child when they return to their family, are adopted, or age out of foster care. This change aims to ensure that foster children can use their benefits for higher education or financial independence.