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.
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.
Occurrences
Evidence
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sen. Jon Husted's official Senate release says he introduced the Chafee Opportunities for New Networks and Existing Connection Trust (CONNECT) Act, a bipartisan bill focused on helping youth in foster care from ages 14 to 21 develop meaningful connections with support networks and plan for independence.
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Husted's official Senate legislative record lists S.4634, CONNECT Act, under sponsored legislation, with the latest action: read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Assessments
The promise was to support the CONNECT Act, not necessarily to secure final enactment. During his current federal Senate term, Jon Husted introduced S.4634, the Chafee Opportunities for New Networks and Existing Connection Trust Act, and his official Senate legislative record lists it under sponsored legislation with referral to the Senate Finance Committee. Introducing the named bill is direct, material support for the promised legislation, so the commitment is fulfilled in the same term even though the bill remained pending.
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.
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.