independent foster care adolescent
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
For purposes of this subchapter, the term “independent foster care adolescent” means an individual—
(A) who is under 21 years of age;
(B) who, on the individual's 18th birthday, was in foster care under the responsibility of a State; and
(C) whose assets, resources, and income do not exceed such levels (if any) as the State may establish consistent with paragraph (2).
Source
- 1999–present42 U.S.C. § 1396DThe Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · for purposes of this subchapter