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hardships will support families and increase positive outcomes for youth and families that may otherwise become involved in the child welfare system. Treasury Response: In the final rule, Treasury is clarifying that services to foster youth, including those aging out of the system, and child welfare -involved families may encompass a wide array of financial, educational, child development, or health supports, or other supports necessary, including supports for kinship care. 9. Addressing the impacts of lost instructional time. Public Comment: The interim final rule included an enumerated eligible use to address educational disparities in disproportionately impacted communities, recognizing that underserved students have been more severely impacted by the pandemic and including responsive services for early learning, enhance funding to high -poverty districts, and providing evidence -based services to address the academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs of students. Some commenters expressed concerns that learning loss or the negative impacts of lost instructional time due to school closures or remote education during the pandemic had affected a significant share of students in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12), including students who may not fall within a disproportionally impacted group. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the widespread closure of schools across the nation. While many schools and districts reopened to in -person instruction or implemented remote learning, the shift was not immediate or without consequence. Children who received virtual only or combined remote and in -person instruction were more likely to 100