Support the Chafee Opportunities for New Networks and Existing Connection Trust (CONNECT) Act to help youth in foster care ages 14 to 21 build support networks and plan for independence.

Jon Husted · Ohio · Republican

policy impact 0.58 specificity 0.93 extraction confidence 96%

Occurrences

Husted introduced the Chafee Opportunities for New Networks and Existing Connection Trust (CONNECT) Act to help youth in foster care ages 14 to 21 build support networks and plan for independence.

Introduced legislation to support youth aging out of foster care by helping them build support networks and prepare for independence.

Husted introduces bill to support youth aging out of foster care
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Evidence

Husted said he toured The Village Network in Mt. Vernon, a nonprofit that provides trauma-informed treatment, residential care and specialized foster care services to youth and families, and said he wants every child to have a safe and loving home.

Official Senate release shows Husted engaging with foster care providers and voicing support for foster children, but it does not mention the CONNECT Act or any specific legislative support.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Husted on the ground with Ohio aviation leaders and foster children
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Husted's official Senate legislative record lists, under sponsored/cosponsored legislation, 'S.4634 | CONNECT Act' dated 05-29-2026, with latest action referred to Senate Finance.

Official Senate evidence shows the CONNECT Act appeared in Jon Husted's legislative record on May 29, 2026. That is formal support for the specific bill named in the promise during his current Senate term.

delivered same_term A for effort

Legislative Record - Senator Jon Husted
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The release says Husted toured The Village Network, which provides trauma-informed treatment, residential care, and specialized foster care services to youth and families.

This official release shows Husted engaging foster-care issues before the later CONNECT Act legislative-record entry, but by itself it does not prove support for the specific CONNECT Act.

partial same_term

Husted on the ground with Ohio aviation leaders and foster children
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Assessments

delivered same_term

The promise was to support the specific CONNECT Act, not necessarily to secure enactment. Husted's official Senate legislative record lists S.4634, the CONNECT Act, under sponsored/cosponsored legislation on May 29, 2026, during his current federal Senate term, with referral to the Senate Finance Committee. That constitutes formal legislative support for the named bill. The foster-care site visit evidence is only contextual and not independently sufficient, but the legislative-record entry fulfills the promise.

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unresolved unknown

As of June 14, 2026, Jon Husted has served in the U.S. Senate only since January 21, 2025. The available official evidence shows general engagement with foster-care issues, including an April 7, 2026 Senate press release about touring a foster-care provider and expressing support for safe homes for children, but it does not show him sponsoring, cosponsoring, voting for, or otherwise formally supporting the specific CONNECT Act named in the promise. Because the promise is about support for a specific federal bill, general sympathy for foster youth is not enough to count as delivery. At the same time, he remains in office and there is not enough evidence here to conclude the promise is definitively failed, so the best judgment is unresolved.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 86%