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110-hr-7001 110 hr 7001 Starting Early Starting Right Act Families 2008-09-23 2008-09-23 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] WI D B001230 0 Starting Early Starting Right Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to establish, within the Administration for Children and Families, an Office of Child Care to serve as the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families on issues regarding state-funded child care programs. Requires the state plan under the Act to certify that the state has in effect: (1) licensing requirements applicable to child care providers within the state that include one annual announced and one annual unannounced visit to each site at which the provider provides child care services; and (2) licensing or registration requirements pertaining to training. Requires the state plan to: (1) demonstrate the manner in which the state will meet the specific child care needs of low-income and working families and how the state is implementing practices and procedures to help ensure that children receive continuous care from the same provider; (2) provide information demonstrating that the state is ensuring that payment rates for the provision of child care services for which assistance is provided are equal to or exceed the 75th percentile of the current market rate for all types of child care; and (3) describe efforts to address the need for child care for special populations. Increases from 4% to 15% the maximum amount of child care and development block grant funds that a state may use for specified activities designed to improve the quality of child care. Provides for minimum funding set-asides for: (1) extension of full-day care; and (2) high-quality care for infants and toddlers. Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for increased appropriations for child care assistance grants under the TANF program for FY2009-FY2014. 2021-06-07T20:06:42Z  
110-hr-7004 110 hr 7004 Federal Youth Coordination Act of 2008 Families 2008-09-23 2008-09-23 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] KY D Y000062 0 Federal Youth Coordination Act of 2008 - Amends the Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act to establish in the Executive Office of the President the White House Office of National Youth Policy, headed by a Director, to: (1) develop, coordinate, promulgate, oversee the implementation of, and evaluate the National Youth Strategy to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of youth services; (2) review and make recommendations with respect to the budgets for federal youth services to ensure the adequacy of those budgets; (3) coordinate the youth services provided by federal departments and agencies and coordinate federal interagency youth services; (4) consult, coordinate with, facilitate joint efforts among, and support state, local, and tribal governments, nongovernmental entities, and youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, with respect to improving youth services; and (5) make grants and provide training and technical assistance to states to support state Youth Services Coordinating Entities and state Youth Advisory Boards. Requires the Director to submit to the President and Congress, and make available to the public, a National Youth Strategy that shall set forth a comprehensive plan for that year to improve outcomes for youth in the United States, particularly disadvantaged youth. Requires coordination of federal departments and agencies with the White House Office. Places the existing National Youth Development Council within the White House Office to assist the Director by coordinating: (1) the youth services provided by federal departments and agencies; and (2) federal interagency youth services. Requires the Council also to assist in the development, coordination, implementation, evaluation, and promulgation of the Strategy. Establishes within the White House Office the National Youth Advisory Board. 2020-02-10T16:54:30Z  
110-s-3492 110 s 3492 Resource Family Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008 Families 2008-09-16 2008-09-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] AR D L000035 6 Resource Family Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the requirement that state foster care and adoption assistance plans require development of standards to ensure that children in foster care placements in public or private agencies receive quality services that protect their safety and health. Requires such standards to require each public and private placement agency, subject to renewal of its license or other state approval, to certify annually to the state that it provides foster parents with specified services and information. Numbers among such services and information: (1) notifications of scheduled meetings to allow foster parents the opportunity to participate actively in the case planning and decision-making regarding placement of a child in their home; (2) support services to assist with care of the child; (3) information about the child's medical history, educational history, general behaviors, life experiences, the placement circumstances of the child, and the relationship between the child and his or her parents; (4) timely and complete information about all permanency options available to the child; and (5) assistance with the coordination of services for dealing with family loss and separation when a child leaves the foster home. Amends SSA title IV part B (Child and Family Services) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible states for innovative programs to empower, provide leadership for, and improve the recruitment, support, training, and retention of foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents. 2022-02-03T05:10:20Z  
110-s-3502 110 s 3502 Children's Environmental Health and Safety Risk Reduction Act Families 2008-09-16 2008-09-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] NY D C001041 0 Children's Environmental Health and Safety Risk Reduction Act - Establishes the Task Force on Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children to: (1) recommend to the President federal strategies for children's environmental health and safety; and (2) develop a proposed plan for use in ensuring that researchers and federal research agencies have access to information on federal research that relates to adverse health risk in children resulting from exposure to environmental health and safety risks.Directs each federal agency, for each regulatory action submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review that may concern an environmental health risk or safety risk that may disproportionately affect children, to provide: (1) an evaluation of the environmental health and safety effects of the planned regulation; and (2) an explanation of why the planned regulation is preferable to other potentially effective and reasonable feasible alternatives considered by the agency. Requires agencies to comply with such requirements to the maximum extent practicable in emergency situations.Requires the Director of OMB to convene the Forum on Child and Family Statistics to: (1) publish an annual report that describes the most important indicators of the well-being of U.S. children; (2) provide an ongoing review of federal collection and dissemination of data on children and families; and (3) make recommendations to improve the coverage and coordination of data collection and to reduce duplication and overlap.Applies this Act only to the executive branch. 2017-12-15T00:40:01Z  
110-hr-6893 110 hr 6893 Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 Families 2008-09-15 2008-10-07 Became Public Law No: 110-351. House Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] WA D M000404 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 - Title I: Connecting and Supporting Relative Caregivers - (Sec. 101) Amends part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give state plans the option of providing for the state to enter into agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have: (1) cared as foster parents; and (2) committed to care on a permanent basis. Requires the state, according to such an agreement, to pay up to $2,000 of the total cost of nonrecurring expenses associated with obtaining legal guardianship of the child. Makes children who exit foster care for relative guardianship or adoption after age 16 eligible for independent living services and education and training vouchers under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program. Makes individuals with whom kinship guardianship assistance payments are being made categorically eligible for Medicaid. (Sec. 102) Amends SSA title IV part B (Child and Family Services) to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make matching grants to state, local, or tribal child welfare agencies, and experienced private nonprofit organizations to help children in, or at risk of entering, foster care to reconnect with family members. Cites as components of a family reconnect program: (1) a kinship navigator program to assist kinship caregivers in learning about, finding, and using programs and services to meet the needs of the children they are raising and their own needs; (2) intensive family-finding efforts, including work to reestablish relationships and explore ways to find a permanent family placement for the children; (3) family group decision-making meetings for children in the child welfare system; and (4) r… 2023-11-13T20:12:00Z  
110-hres-1432 110 hres 1432 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children in foster care awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, recognizing current programs and efforts designed to promote adoption, and encouraging people in the United States to seek improved safety, permanency, and well-being for all children. Families 2008-09-15 2008-09-18 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3] NV R P000589 3 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Supports the goals and ideals of National Adoption Day (November 15, 2008) and National Adoption Month (November 2008). Recognizes that every child in foster care deserves a permanent and loving family and the significant commitment of taxpayers to support adoption. 2022-02-03T05:15:14Z  
110-hres-1430 110 hres 1430 Expressing support for the goals of the National Step Up For Kids Day by promoting national awareness of the needs of the children, youth, and families of the United States, celebrating children, and expressing the need to make their future and well-being a national priority. Families 2008-09-11 2008-09-26 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] IA D L000565 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Supports the goals and ideals of the National Step Up For Kids Day and recognizes that wise investments in children will lead to a better-educated citizenry and a more competitive workforce in the United States. 2023-01-11T13:15:50Z  
110-hres-1394 110 hres 1394 Applauding organizations that engage in the prevention of domestic violence and provide outreach and support services for victims. Families 2008-07-31 2008-07-31 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] NY D T000326 7 Applauds the efforts of Sanctuary for Families, the New York City Family Justice Center in Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, the North Brooklyn Coalition Against Family Violence, and all organizations that engage in domestic violence prevention and provide outreach and support services for victims of domestic violence. Supports raising awareness about domestic violence and its tragic consequences for women, families, and communities. 2020-02-10T16:53:28Z  
110-hres-1397 110 hres 1397 Commending the important achievements of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence as it celebrates 30 years of service to local domestic violence shelter and service programs and the victims of domestic violence. Families 2008-07-31 2008-07-31 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] TX R P000592 24 Commemorates the 30th anniversary of the creation of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and recognizes its exemplary work. 2021-09-29T14:58:03Z  
110-sres-630 110 sres 630 A resolution recognizing the importance of connecting foster youth to the workforce through internship programs, and encouraging employers to increase employment of former foster youth. Families 2008-07-29 2008-07-29 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7638) Senate Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] NY D C001041 7 Recognizes the importance of connecting foster youth to the workforce through internship programs that provide foster youth the foundation upon which to build their careers and to be successful members of the work force.Encourages employers of all sectors and federal, state, and local governmental agencies to increase employment of the young men and women who have been discharged from foster care in the United States. 2020-02-10T17:02:01Z  
110-hr-6459 110 hr 6459 Adoption Improvement Act of 2007 Families 2008-07-10 2008-07-10 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] PA D F000043 1 Adoption Improvement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a pilot program of grants to child welfare agencies to effect long-range improvements in the adoption process by increasing prospective adoptive parent access to adoption information and strengthening agency responsiveness to prospective adoptive parents. Requires the Secretary also to: (1) research, through grant or contract, the successes and challenges of the programs established under the pilot program grants; and (2) include in the national annual review of child welfare agencies an examination of each state's progress regarding adoption information accessibility and agency responsiveness to prospective adoptive parents. 2020-02-10T16:53:29Z  
110-hres-1332 110 hres 1332 Recognizing the importance of connecting foster youth to the workforce through internship programs, and encouraging employers to increase employment of former foster youth. Families 2008-07-10 2008-07-31 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18] CA D C001050 36 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes the importance of connecting foster youth to the workforce through internship programs that provide foster youth the foundation upon which to build their careers and to be successful members of the work force. Encourages employers of all sectors and federal, state, and local governmental agencies to increase employment of the young men and women who have been discharged from foster care in the United States. 2022-02-03T05:18:48Z  
110-hjres-97 110 hjres 97 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights. Families 2008-06-26 2008-07-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. House Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] MI R H000676 0 Constitutional Amendment - States that the liberty of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children is a fundamental right.States that neither the United States nor any state shall infringe upon this right without demonstrating that its governmental interest as applied to the person is of the highest order and not otherwise served.Provides that no treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply to the rights guaranteed by this amendment. 2019-11-15T21:37:55Z  
110-sjres-43 110 sjres 43 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. Families 2008-06-25 2008-06-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] MS R W000437 17 Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that: (1) marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman; and (2) neither the U.S. Constitution nor the constitution of any state shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union. 2019-11-15T21:58:59Z  
110-hr-6358 110 hr 6358 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008 Families 2008-06-24 2008-06-26 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. House Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] CA D M000725 0 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to require each location of a covered program to meet specified minimum standards if individually or together with other locations it has an effect on interstate commerce. Defines "covered program" as one operated by a public or private entity that with respect to one or more children unrelated to the program owner or operator: (1) provides a residential environment; and (2) operates with a focus on serving children with emotional, behavioral, or mental health problems or disorders, or problems with alcohol or substance abuse. Directs the Assistant Secretary to: (1) implement an on-going review process for investigating and evaluating reports of child abuse and neglect; (2) establish public websites with information about each covered program, as well as a national toll-free telephone hotline to receive complaints; (3) establish civil penalties for violations of standards; and (4) establish a process to ensure that complaints received by the hotline are promptly reviewed by persons with appropriate expertise. (Sec. 4) Requires the Assistant Secretary to refer any violation of such standards to the Attorney General for appropriate action if the Assistant Secretary determines that a violation has not been remedied through the enforcement process. Authorizes the Attorney General to file such a complaint on his or her own initiative regardless of whether such a referral has been made.(Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013. (Sec. 7) Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to establish additional eligibility requirements for grants to states to prevent child abuse and neglect at residential programs. Require such states to develop policies and procedures to prevent child abuse a… 2022-02-03T05:18:45Z  
110-hr-6307 110 hr 6307 Fostering Connections to Success Act Families 2008-06-19 2008-06-25 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. House Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] WA D M000404 27 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Fostering Connections to Success Act - (Sec. 2) Amends Part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give state plans the option of providing for the state to enter into agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have cared as foster parents and for whom they have committed to care on a permanent basis. (Sec. 3) Amends SSA title IV part B (Child and Family Services) to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make matching grants to state, local, or tribal child welfare agencies, and experienced private nonprofit organizations to help children in, or at risk of entering, foster care to reconnect with family members. (Sec. 4) Requires the applicable state agency, within 30 days after placing a child in foster care, to attempt to: (1) locate and notify any of the child's adult family members of the child's removal from parental custody; and (2) explain the options for participating in the child's care and placement. (Sec. 5) Gives states the option of covering under part E certain children in foster care, and certain children in an adoptive or guardianship placement, after attaining age 18.(Sec. 6) Provides for short-term training for child welfare agencies and prospective relative guardians.Phases in increased expenditures for such training. (Sec. 7) Allows an Indian tribe to receive direct federal SSA title IV part E funds if specified requirements are met. Authorizes an Indian tribe to receive a portion of a state plan allotment as part of an agreement to operate the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program. (Sec. 8) Requires each state child welfare services plan to provide that the state will develop a plan for the ongoing oversight and coordination of health c… 2022-02-03T05:14:53Z  
110-hr-6175 110 hr 6175 ABC Act Families 2008-06-04 2008-06-04 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] NY D M000087 0 Access to Books for Children Act, or the ABC Act - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to local agencies to provide vouchers to women participating in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) for the purchase of educational books for their infants and children. Limits to one $5 voucher the maximum amount any one woman may receive, regardless of the number of her infants or children. 2020-02-10T16:53:30Z  
110-hjres-89 110 hjres 89 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. Families 2008-05-22 2008-07-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. House Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] GA R B001262 91 Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Defines marriage in the United States as consisting only of the union of a man and a woman. Prohibits either the U.S. Constitution or the constitution of any state from being construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union. 2019-11-15T21:37:56Z  
110-hr-6115 110 hr 6115 State Regulation of Marriage Is Appropriate Act Families 2008-05-21 2008-07-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. House Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] MA D F000339 0 State Regulation of Marriage Is Appropriate Act - Amends the Defense of Marriage Act to repeal the statutory definition of "marriage" as meaning only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and of "spouse" as referring only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife. 2022-02-03T05:21:11Z  
110-s-3038 110 s 3038 Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008 Families 2008-05-20 2008-09-16 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 972. Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 18 Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008 - Title I: Extension and Improvement of Adoption Incentives - (Sec. 101) Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) extend the adoption incentives program through FY2012; (2) increase the incentive payment to a state, according to a specified formula, for exceeding the highest ever foster child adoption rate; and (3) increase incentive payments for special needs adoptions and older child adoptions. (Sec. 102) Revises requirements for the adoption assistance program with respect to the adoption of children with special needs. Title II: Support for Relative Guardianships - (Sec. 201) Gives states the option to provide for relative guardianship assistance payments for children. Prescribes requirements for such payments. Requires the use of unawarded adoption incentive funds to make relative guardianship incentive payments. Makes children who exit foster care for relative guardianship or adoption after age 16 eligible for independent living services and education and training vouchers under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program. Requires a state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to provide that, within 30 days after removal of a child from the parent's or parents' custody, the state shall exercise due diligence to identify and notify all the child's adult relatives of the removal, and: (1) explain the relative's options to participate in the child's care and placement; (2) describe the requirements to become a foster family home, and the additional services and supports available for children placed in such a home; and (3) explain the availability, if any, of kinship guardianship assistance payments. Provides for a penalty in connection with the state's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families grant for noncompliance with such notice requirements. Requires the state to inform any individual who is adopting, or whom the state is made aware is considering adop… 2022-02-03T05:09:16Z  
110-hres-1208 110 hres 1208 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that youth who age out of foster care should be given special care and attention. Families 2008-05-19 2008-05-20 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] GA D L000287 4 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Supports former foster care youth as they overcome many emotional, physical, and social obstacles in the pursuit of healthy, independent, and fulfilling lives.Recognizes former foster care youth organizations for their dedication to reforming and improving the foster care system.Encourages reviews of federal and state programs conducted under title IV of the Social Security Act that would improve services to help former foster care youth succeed in their transition to adulthood and independence. 2018-11-08T23:33:56Z  
110-hres-1185 110 hres 1185 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should recognize the important contributions of Americans who serve as foster parents and, in doing so, unselfishly open their homes and family lives to children in need. Families 2008-05-08 2008-05-20 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] WA D M000404 11 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Expresses the sense of Congress that all Americans should work together to strengthen families and reduce the need of foster care placement for children.Urges Congress to continue its commitment to providing critical assistance to children and families involved in the foster care system through part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act and other programs designed to help children reunite with their parents or find a loving and permanent home when they cannot return to their biological parents. 2022-02-03T05:14:24Z  
110-s-2980 110 s 2980 Starting Early Starting Right Act Families 2008-05-06 2008-05-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] PA D C001070 1 Starting Early Starting Right Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to establish, within the Administration for Children and Families, an Office of Child Care to serve as the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families on issues regarding state-funded child care programs. Requires the state plan under the Act to certify that the state has in effect: (1) licensing requirements applicable to child care providers within the state that include one annual announced and one annual unannounced visit to each site at which the provider provides child care services; and (2) licensing or registration requirements pertaining to training. Requires the state plan to: (1) demonstrate the manner in which the state will meet the specific child care needs of low-income and working families and how the state is implementing practices and procedures to help ensure that children receive continuous care from the same provider; (2) provide information demonstrating that the state is ensuring that payment rates for the provision of child care services for which assistance is provided are equal to or exceed the 75th percentile of the current market rate for all types of child care; and (3) describe efforts to address the need for child care for special populations. Increases from 4% to 15% the maximum amount of child care and development block grant funds that a state may use for specified activities designed to improve the quality of child care. Provides for minimum funding set-asides for: (1) extension of full-day care; and (2) high-quality care for infants and toddlers. Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for increased appropriations for child care assistance grants under the TANF program for FY2009-FY2014. 2020-02-10T17:02:00Z  
110-s-2982 110 s 2982 Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 Families 2008-05-06 2008-10-08 Became Public Law No: 110-378. Senate Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] VT D L000174 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 25, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to revise requirements for services provided under grants from the Secretary of Health and Human Services for centers for runaway and homeless youth and their families. Limits the length of stay in such a center to 21 days. Increases grant minimum allotments from $100,000 to $200,000 for states and from $45,000 to $70,000 for the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Prohibits the allotted amounts for a state for FY2009-FY2010 from being less than the allotted amount for FY2008. Requires the plan proposed by grant applicants for a runaway and homeless youth center to include an adequate emergency preparedness and management plan. (Sec. 4) Revises requirements for transitional living programs. Specifies that shelter and services may be provided by grant, agreement, or contract (currently, directly or indirectly) to homeless youth. Increases the maximum length of continuous stay in such programs from 540 days to 635 days, if a youth would benefit to an usual extent from additional time in the program. Requires a transitional living program also to develop an adequate emergency preparedness and management plan. (Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to give priority (currently, special consideration) to grant applicants for specified research, evaluation, demonstration, and service projects regarding runaway youth and homeless youth. Requires the Secretary to give special consideration to proposed projects relating to: (1) behavior (currently, mental) health care for runaway and homeless youth; (2) access to educational and workforce programs to achieve outcomes such as decreasing secondary school dropout rates, increasing rates of attaining a secondary school diploma (or equivalent), or increasing placement and retention in postseconda… 2023-11-13T20:12:29Z  
110-s-2944 110 s 2944 Child Welfare Workforce Improvement Act Families 2008-04-30 2008-04-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] NY D C001041 0 Child Welfare Workforce Improvement Act - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to the Secretary and Congress on child welfare staff.Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary to treat as necessary for proper and efficient state administration all state expenditures for training the child welfare workforce.Allows funds from private nonprofit educational institutions to be considered as the state's share in claiming federal reimbursement for such expenditures, without regard to certain requirements. 2019-11-15T21:57:48Z  
110-hr-5876 110 hr 5876 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008 Families 2008-04-23 2008-06-24 DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Bachmann motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to add an amendment requiring parents or legal guardians to give consent before prescription medication is administered to children. During the course of debate, further proceedings on H.R. 5876 were postponed until a time to be announced. House Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] CA D M000725 18 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to require each location of a covered program to meet specified minimum standards if individually or together with other locations it has an effect on interstate commerce. Defines "covered program" as one not operated by a governmental entity that for children unrelated to the program owner or operator: (1) provides a residential environment; and (2) operates with a focus on serving children with emotional, behavioral, or mental health problems or disorders, or problems with alcohol or substance abuse. Directs the Assistant Secretary to require each location of a covered program that, individually or together with other locations, has an effect on interstate commerce, to meet certain minimum health and safety standards. Directs the Assistant Secretary also to: (1) establish a process for conducting unannounced site inspections of each covered program location to determine compliance with such standards; (2) implement an ongoing review process for investigating and evaluating reports of child abuse and neglect; (3) establish civil penalties for violations of standards; (4) establish public websites with information about each covered program, as well as a national toll-free telephone hotline to receive complaints; and (5) establish a process to ensure that complaints received by the hotline are promptly reviewed by persons with appropriate expertise. (Sec. 4) Requires the Assistant Secretary to refer any violation of such standards to the Attorney General for appropriate action. Authorizes the Attorney General to file such a complaint on his or her own initiative regardless of whether such a referral has been made. (Sec. 5) Authorizes a private right of action in a U.S. district court for harm caused by a violation of minimum standards. (Sec. 7) Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013. (Sec. 8) Amends the Child Abuse Prev… 2022-02-03T05:20:33Z  
110-s-2900 110 s 2900 Partnership for Children and Families Act Families 2008-04-22 2008-04-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3901-3902) Senate Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] OH D B000944 0 Partnership for Children and Families Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise the eligibility requirements for adoption assistance and foster care maintenance payments, eliminating certain income criteria.Allows each state with an approved part E plan to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) receive foster care maintenance payment savings achieved (in a "child welfare reinvestment fund") by reducing the total number of days children in the state experience in foster care during the fiscal year; and (2) use the savings to provide children with family preservation services, family support services, time-limited family reunification services, and adoption promotion and support services, and to train the staff of state and local child welfare agencies in effective service practices. 2019-11-15T21:57:47Z  
110-hr-5640 110 hr 5640 Birthparent Assistance Act of 2008 Families 2008-03-14 2008-03-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Schmidt, Jean [R-OH-2] OH R S001164 5 Birthparent Assistance Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide certain post-legal adoption services, counseling, and a nationally-available hotline for birthparents who have placed a child for adoption. 2020-02-10T16:53:25Z  
110-s-2771 110 s 2771 White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 Act Families 2008-03-13 2008-03-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR 3/14/2008 S2151-2153) Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 15 White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 Act - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 to: (1) encourage improvements in each state and local child welfare system; and (2) develop recommendations for actions to implement express policy regarding federal, state, and local programs. 2020-02-10T17:02:00Z  
110-hr-5524 110 hr 5524 Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 Families 2008-03-04 2008-06-10 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 773. House Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] KY D Y000062 27 Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to revise requirements for services provided under grants from the Secretary of Health and Human Services for centers for runaway and homeless youth and their families. Limits the length of stay in such a center to 15 days, unless it is located in a state or locality with a child or youth-serving-facility licensure law or regulation that permits a longer length of stay not in excess of 21 days. Increases grant allotments from $100,000 to $150,000 for states and from $45,000 to $70,000 for the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Prohibits such allotted amounts for a state for FY2009-FY2010 from being less than the allotted amount for FY2008. (Sec. 4) Requires the plan proposed by grant applicants for a runaway and homeless youth center to include an adequate emergency preparedness and management plan. (Sec. 5) Revises requirements for transitional living programs. Specifies that shelter may be provided by contract and that services to homeless youth may be direct or indirect. Increases the length of continuous stay in such programs from 540 days to 635 days if the program is located in a state or locality that permits it. Requires a transitional living program also to develop an adequate emergency preparedness and management plan. (Sec. 6) Requires the Secretary to give priority (currently, special consideration) to grant applicants for specified research, evaluation, demonstration, and service projects regarding runaway youth and homeless youth. Requires the Secretary to give special consideration to proposed projects relating to: (1) behavior (currently, mental) health care for runaway and homeless youth; (2) access to educational and workforce programs with outcomes such as decreasing the secondary school drop-out rate, increasing diploma or equivalent attainment rates, or increasing placement and retention in postsecondary education or advanced workforce tr… 2022-02-03T05:18:33Z  
110-hr-5461 110 hr 5461 White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 Act Families 2008-02-14 2008-02-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] PA D F000043 54 White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 Act - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 to: (1) encourage improvements in each state and local child welfare system; and (2) develop recommendations for actions to implement express policy regarding federal, state, and local programs. 2023-01-11T13:15:44Z  
110-hjres-74 110 hjres 74 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. Families 2007-12-19 2008-01-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. House Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] TX R G000552 0 Constitutional Amendment - Defines marriage in the United States as consisting only of a legal union of one man and one woman. 2023-01-11T20:07:43Z  
110-sconres-59 110 sconres 59 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that joint custody laws for fit parents should be passed by each State, so that more children are raised with the benefits of having a father and a mother in their lives. Families 2007-12-18 2007-12-18 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15925) Senate Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D A000069 0 Expresses the sense of the Congress that joint custody laws for fit parents should be passed by each state, so that more children are raised with the benefits of having a father and a mother in their lives. 2023-01-11T13:15:23Z  
110-s-2395 110 s 2395 Adoption Improvement Act of 2007 Families 2007-11-16 2007-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] NY D C001041 1 Adoption Improvement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a pilot program of grants to child welfare agencies to effect long-range improvements in the adoption process by increasing prospective adoptive parent access to adoption information and strengthening agency responsiveness to prospective adoptive parents.Requires the Secretary also to: (1) research, through grant or contract, the successes and challenges of the programs established under the pilot program grants; and (2) include in the national annual review of child welfare agencies an examination of each state's progress regarding adoption information accessibility and agency responsiveness to prospective adoptive parents. 2023-01-11T20:08:08Z  
110-hr-4198 110 hr 4198 Foster and Adoptive Parent Recruitment Programs Act of 2007 Families 2007-11-15 2007-11-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. House Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22] TX D L000043 18 Foster and Adoptive Parent Recruitment Programs Act of 2007 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make competitive grants to support establishment and expansion of programs that use networks of public, private, and faith-based organizations to recruit and train foster and adoptive parents and provide support services to foster and adoptive children and their families. Makes eligible for such grants state or local governments, local public agencies, community-based or nonprofit organizations, or private entities, including charitable or faith-based organizations. Directs the Secretary to provide for a National Clearinghouse for Adoption Promotion and Foster Parent Recruitment Programs through a contract with a nationally recognized, nonprofit adoption promotion and foster parent recruitment organization. 2023-01-11T20:11:38Z  
110-hr-4207 110 hr 4207 Partnership for Children and Families Act Families 2007-11-15 2007-11-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. House Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] NV D B001231 9 Partnership for Children and Families Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise the eligibility requirements for adoption assistance and foster care maintenance payments, eliminating certain income criteria. Allows each state with an approved part E plan to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) receive foster care maintenance payment savings achieved (in a "child welfare reinvestment fund") by reducing the total number of days children in the state experience in foster care during the fiscal year; and (2) use the savings to provide children with family preservation services, family support services, time-limited family reunification services, and adoption promotion and support services, and to train the staff of state and local child welfare agencies in effective service practices. 2023-01-11T20:11:36Z  
110-s-2341 110 s 2341 Focusing Investments and Resources for a Safe Transition Act Families 2007-11-13 2007-11-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] NY D C001041 5 Focusing Investments and Resources for a Safe Transition Act, or FIRST Act - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make competitive grants to and enter into contracts with states (or state partners) to enable them to establish Individual Development Accounts for qualified foster youth to assist them in achieving self-support for housing, education, vocational training, and specified other purposes after leaving foster care. 2023-01-11T14:50:57Z  
110-hconres-241 110 hconres 241 Expressing the support for the enacting of joint custody laws for fit parents, so that more children are raised with the benefits of having a father and a mother in their lives. Families 2007-10-25 2007-10-25 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] MD R B000208 4 Expresses congressional support for passage by the states of joint custody laws for fit parents, so that more children are raised with the benefit of having a father and a mother in their lives, careful to protect victims of domestic violence, abuse, neglect, as well as children from potential kidnapping by a parent. 2023-01-11T20:26:53Z  
110-hr-3870 110 hr 3870 Quality Child Care for America Act Families 2007-10-17 2007-10-17 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] CT D D000216 16 Quality Child Care for America Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations for child care workforce development initiatives. Provides for funds to state and local governments and Indian tribes to carry out one or more specified child care workforce development initiatives. Requires a state plan to specify the activities that it will provide through any particular workforce development initiative. 2023-01-11T20:23:49Z  
110-s-2187 110 s 2187 Quality Child Care for America Act Families 2007-10-17 2007-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] NY D C001041 2 Quality Child Care for America Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations for child care workforce development initiatives. Provides for funds to state and local governments and Indian tribes to carry out one or more specified child care workforce development initiatives. Requires a state plan to specify the activities that it will provide through any particular workforce development initiative. 2023-01-11T20:20:40Z  
110-hr-3495 110 hr 3495 Kids in Disasters Well-being, Safety, and Health Act of 2007 Families 2007-09-07 2007-12-26 For Further Action See P.L. 110-161, Division G, Title VI, Sections 601 through 603 (H.R. 2764). House Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] FL D B000911 29 Kids in Disasters Well-being, Safety, and Health Act of 2007 - Establishes the National Commission on Children and Disasters, which shall: (1) conduct a comprehensive study that assesses childrens' needs as they relate to preparation for, response to, and recovery from all hazards, including major disasters and emergencies; (2) identify, review, and evaluate existing law relevant to such needs; (3) identify, review, and evaluate the lessons learned from past disasters relative to addressing such needs; and (4) report to the President and Congress on its findings and recommendations to address such needs, including regarding the need for a national resource center on children and disasters, coordination of resources and services, administrative actions, policies, regulations, financing, and legislative changes.Sets forth provisions regarding the Commission's powers, staffing, reporting and record-keeping requirements, and termination. Authorizes appropriations. 2023-01-11T20:31:03Z  
110-hr-3409 110 hr 3409 Place to Call Home Act Families 2007-08-03 2007-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. House Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] TX D H000636 26 Place to Call Home Act - Amends and reauthorizes the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase funding for the safe and stable families program. Amends the Public Health Service Act with respect to substance abuse prevention and the treatment performance partnership block grant program. Amends SSA title IV part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) with respect to the curtailment of involuntary separation of children from their families.Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to prohibit the involuntary separation of youth from their families. Provides for: (1) expanded eligibility for foster care and adoption assistance; (2) kinship guardianship assistance payments; (3) eligibility for foster care maintenance payments and adoption assistance payments through age 20; and (4) youth access to the child welfare system. Runaway and Homeless Youth Act Reauthorization of 2008 - Reauthorizes the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a national homeless youth awareness campaign. Revises requirements for the use of funds under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program. Directs the Attorney General to establish a Youth Offender Reentry Grants program. Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to provide for transitional housing assistance for youth victims of commercial sexual exploitation. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified homeless youth a targeted group of the work opportunity credit. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 with respect to unaccompanied youth access to workforce investment activities.Amends the Public Health Service Act with respect to the prioritization of services for runaway, homeless, and street youth. Provides for enhanced youth access to medical assistance under SSA title XIX (Medicaid). Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act with respect to the acce… 2023-01-11T20:37:25Z  
110-s-1965 110 s 1965 Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act Families 2007-08-02 2008-06-03 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Senate Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] AK R S000888 20 Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act - Title I: Promoting a Safe Internet for Children - (Sec. 101) Declares that the issue of Internet safety includes issues regarding the use of the Internet in a manner that promotes safe online activity for children, protects children from cybercrimes, including crimes by online predators, and helps parents shield their children from material that is inappropriate for minors. (Sec. 102) Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to carry out a nationwide program to increase public awareness and provide education on strategies to promote the safe use of the Internet by children. (Sec. 103) Requires the FTC to submit annual reports (by March 31) to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the activities of its public awareness campaign. (Sec. 104) Directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an Online Safety and Technology working group to review and evaluate: (1) the status of industry efforts to promote online safety for children; (2) the recordkeeping practices of electronic communications and remote computing service providers in connection with crimes against children; and (3) the development of technologies to help parents protect their children from inappropriate material on the Internet. Requires the working group to report to the Assistant Secretary and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on its findings. Renders the Federal Advisory Committee Act inapplicable to the working group. (Sec. 105) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require elementary and secondary schools with computer access to the Internet to educate minors about appropriate online behavior, including online interaction with other individuals in social networking websites and in chat rooms and cyberbullying awareness and response.Title II: Enhancing Child Pornography Enforcement - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to impose a forfeiture penalty on Internet service providers who violate requirem… 2023-01-11T20:36:17Z  
110-s-1970 110 s 1970 Kids in Disasters Well-being, Safety, and Health Act of 2007 Families 2007-08-02 2007-11-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 508. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 6 Kids in Disasters Well-being, Safety, and Health Act of 2007 - Establishes the National Commission on Children and Disasters, which shall: (1) conduct a comprehensive study that assesses childrens' needs as they relate to preparation for, response to, and recovery from all hazards, including major disasters and emergencies; (2) identify, review, and evaluate existing laws, regulations, policies, and programs relevant to such needs; (3) identify, review, and evaluate the lessons learned from past disasters relative to addressing such needs; and (4) report to the President and Congress on its findings and recommendations to address such needs, including regarding the need for a national resource center on children and disasters, coordination of resources and services, administrative actions, policies, regulations, and legislative changes.Sets forth provisions regarding the Commission's powers, staffing, reporting, and record-keeping requirements, and termination. Authorizes appropriations. 2023-01-11T20:36:16Z  
110-hr-2409 110 hr 2409 Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 2007 Families 2007-05-21 2007-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. House Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] NY D L000480 0 Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a business-incentive grant program to provide child care through public-private partnerships. Provides program grants to cover up to one-third of the costs for: (1) businesses or consortia to start up, or provide additional, employee child care services; and (2) nonprofit business organizations to provide technical information and assistance to enable businesses to provide such services. Requires such services to: (1) be provided equitably and affordably to low- and moderate-income employees; and (2) comply with state and local licensing requirements. Gives priority in grant selection to businesses with fewer than 100 full-time employees. 2023-01-11T16:03:25Z  
110-hr-2392 110 hr 2392 Balancing Act of 2007 Families 2007-05-17 2007-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. House Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] CA D W000738 71 Family and Workplace Balancing Act of 2007, or Balancing Act of 2007 - Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make five-year grants to a state or local government to pay for the federal share of projects that assist families by providing wage replacement for eligible individuals responding to family caregiving needs, especially those related to the birth or adoption of a child. Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) and federal civil service law to allow employees covered by FMLA and civil servants to take specified additional leave for: (1) parental involvement in their children's or grandchildren's educational and extracurricular activities; and (2) routine family medical care needs. Amends FMLA to revise criteria for covered employees. Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to authorize additional funds for expanding child care activities for young children under age three. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the Secretary of Education, to make grants to enable states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to establish or expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation. Establishes: (1) the Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program; and (2) the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program. Healthy Early Education Workforce Grant Program Act - Authorizes the HHS Secretary to allot funds to eligible states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to pay the federal share of providing access to affordable health benefits coverage for: (1) eligible child care providers; and (2) at state option, the spouses, domestic partners, and dependents of such providers. Child Care Construction and Renovation Incentive Grants Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide for use of community development block grants to establish child care facilities. Amends the National Housing Act to p… 2023-01-11T16:03:25Z  
110-hr-2236 110 hr 2236 Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2007 Families 2007-05-09 2007-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. House Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] NY D M000087 32 Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2007 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include lactation (breastfeeding, including expression of milk) as protected conduct under such Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for breast pumps and other equipment to assist employed mothers to breastfeed or express milk for their children and for consultation services relating to breastfeeding. Safe and Effective Breast Pumps Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) put into effect a performance standard for breast pumps irrespective of the class to which the breast pumps have been classified under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and (2) issue a compliance policy guide which will assure that women who want to breastfeed a child are given full and complete information respecting breast pumps. Expands the definition of medical care in the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of the tax deduction for medical expenses to include qualified breastfeeding equipment and services. 2023-01-11T15:47:56Z  
110-hr-2188 110 hr 2188 Kinship Caregiver Support Act Families 2007-05-07 2007-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. House Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] IL D D000096 88 Kinship Caregiver Support Act - Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible entities to pay for the federal share of the cost of carrying out kinship navigator programs. Amends part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize all states to opt to enter agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of children to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have cared as foster parents and have committed to care for on a permanent basis. Provides that adoptive parents of children with special needs remain eligible for adoption assistance, even if they receive kinship guardianship assistance. Authorizes the use of foster care independence program funds to provide independent living services and education and training vouchers for children who exit foster care to kinship guardianship or adoption after age 14. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with eligible entities to conduct demonstration kinship guardianship assistance projects. Requires states to: (1) notify all adult grandparents and other adult relatives (with exceptions due to family or domestic violence) when a child is removed from custody of a parent or parents; and (2) explain the options the relative has to participate in the child's care and placement. Allows state agencies to establish separate standards for foster family homes in which a foster parent is a relative of the foster child. Expands the definition of family support services to include assisting kinship caregivers or guardians in locating and accessing needed services. Requires that states inform case workers and families considering guardianship of all permanency options and service eligibility. 2023-01-11T15:47:58Z  
110-hr-2097 110 hr 2097 Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act of 2007 Families 2007-05-01 2007-07-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. House Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] NJ D R000462 6 Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to local educational agencies, state and local public health agencies, and nonprofit private entities for projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies. Gives priority to communities with significantly above averages rates of teen pregnancy. Requires the Secretary to establish criteria to evaluate such projects. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to increase authorized appropriations for community learning centers. Authorizes appropriations for physical education programs. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize appropriations for TRIO and GEARUP programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants to public or nonprofit private entities for demonstrating innovative approaches to prevent teen pregnancies. 2023-01-11T15:48:00Z  
110-hr-1894 110 hr 1894 Child Care Construction and Renovation Act of 2007 Families 2007-04-17 2007-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. House Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] NY D M000309 0 Child Care Construction and Renovation Act of 2007 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the use of community development block grants to construct and renovate child care facilities.Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to insure mortgages for: (1) new or rehabilitated child care and development facilities, including for fire safety equipment loans; and (2) acquiring or refinancing debt of existing child care facilities.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to study the availability of secondary markets for mortgages on child care facilities.Authorizes HUD grants to eligible nonprofit organizations for technical and financial assistance to assist eligible child care providers in acquiring or improving facilities or equipment.Applies the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act to actions taken under this Act. 2023-01-11T19:43:54Z  
110-hres-299 110 hres 299 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should increase public awareness of child abuse and neglect and should continue to work with the States to reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect through such programs as the Child Welfare Services and Promoting Safe and Stable Families programs. Families 2007-04-17 2007-04-24 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] WA D M000404 7 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should increase public awareness of child abuse and neglect and should continue to work with the states to reduct the incidence of child abuse and neglect through such programs as the Child Welfare Services and Promoting Safe and Stable Families programs. 2023-01-11T19:42:32Z  
110-s-1137 110 s 1137 Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act of 2007 Families 2007-04-17 2007-04-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] NJ D M000639 3 Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to local educational agencies, state and local public health agencies, and nonprofit private entities for projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies. Gives priority to communities with significantly above averages rates of teen pregnancy. Requires the Secretary to establish criteria to evaluate such projects. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to increase authorized appropriations for community learning centers. Authorizes appropriations for physical education programs. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize appropriations for TRIO and GEARUP programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants to public or nonprofit private entities for demonstrating innovative approaches to prevent teen pregnancies. 2023-01-11T19:41:34Z  
110-hr-1793 110 hr 1793 Logan's Law Families 2007-03-29 2007-03-29 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. House Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] TX D G000410 0 Logan's Law - Requires the head of a federal agency that is carrying out a project involving the construction or modification of a culvert or other enclosed flood or drainage system to ensure that: (1) the system intake is protected by a covering sufficient to ensure that a child may not be swept into the system; (2) a sign warning of the hazard for a child is clearly posted at such intake; and (3) the system has a hinged opening, or other type of opening and closing mechanism, to permit emergency services personnel access.Requires a federal agency providing financial assistance to a state or local government or other entity for a project carried out with federal funds to require compliance with this Act as a condition for the award of such assistance or any letter of intent. 2023-01-11T19:49:47Z  
110-hres-263 110 hres 263 Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity for Congress to improve the foster care system throughout the United States. Families 2007-03-23 2007-05-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. House Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18] CA D C001050 1 Provides that, in recognition of National Foster Care Month, and in order to improve the foster care system throughout the United States, it is the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should ensure that improving the foster care system remains a top priority for both Congress and the Nation. 2023-01-11T19:48:16Z  
110-hr-1473 110 hr 1473 Anthony DeJuan Boatwright Act Families 2007-03-12 2007-10-30 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. House Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] GA D B001252 32 Anthony DeJuan Boatwright Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require a state to include, as part of its regulatory process for issuance and renewal of licenses to providers of child care services, a recommendation to each provider that it carry current liability insurance covering the operation of its child care business.Requires state plans for the use of child care and development block grant funds to certify that there are in effect state or local health and safety requirements that each child care provider: (1) post publicly and conspicuously in the service area of its premises a notice specifying whether it carries current liability insurance covering the operation of its child care business; and (2) give written notice to parents about whether it carries such insurance, obtain the signature of at least one parent per child acknowledging receipt of such notice, and maintain records of such signed notice while a child receives services. 2023-01-11T19:54:05Z  
110-hr-1438 110 hr 1438 Choices in Child Care Act Families 2007-03-09 2007-06-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. House Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] CT D D000216 3 Choices in Child Care Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to five to seven states for demonstration projects to provide at-home infant care benefits to low-income families. Allows grants to Indian tribes. Requires the Secretary to seek to ensure geographic diversity among participants and to give priority to states that demonstrate a commitment to improving the quality of infant care and the choices available to parents of infants, that have relevant experience, and that have a shortage of infant care.Requires states, to participate in the demonstration project, to certify to the Secretary that the state: (1) will not reduce expenditures for child care services while carrying out the project; (2) will not give priority or preference to low-income families seeking to receive at-home infant care benefits over other families on a waiting list for child care assistance through other state programs, but will select a combination of such families; and (3) will ensure that applicants are permitted to choose between receipt of at-home care subsidies and certificates for child care needed for employment.Sets forth eligibility requirements for families seeking assistance, including having a parent who had a recent work history prior to the application for benefits. Requires states to permit two-parent families to participate in the project, but prohibits states from limiting participation in the project to such families. 2023-01-11T19:54:17Z  
110-hr-1410 110 hr 1410 Emergency Child Care for the Gulf Coast Region Act of 2007 Families 2007-03-08 2007-06-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. House Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] LA D J000070 7 Emergency Child Care for the Gulf Coast Region Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish grant programs for: (1) businesses and consortia in the Gulf Coast Region to pay start-up costs and to provide additional child care services for employees; (2) nonprofit business organizations in the Region to provide technical assistance to such businesses for child care services; (3) entities to develop distance learning child care training technology infrastructures and model technology-based training courses for child care providers and workers in the Region; and (4) child care providers in the Region to improve the qualifications and promote the retention of such providers. Defines "Gulf Coast Region" to mean the area declared by the President to be a major disaster as a consequence of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make scholarship grants to child care providers to improve their educational qualifications to provide services. 2023-01-11T19:54:48Z  
110-s-820 110 s 820 Choices in Child Care Act Families 2007-03-08 2007-03-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] NY D C001041 0 Choices in Child Care Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to five to seven states for demonstration projects to provide at-home infant care benefits to low-income families. Allows grants to Indian tribes. Requires the Secretary to seek to ensure geographic diversity among participants and to give priority to states that demonstrate a commitment to improving the quality of infant care and the choices available to parents of infants, that have relevant experience, and that have a shortage of infant care.Requires states, to participate in the demonstration project, to certify to the Secretary that the state: (1) will not reduce expenditures for child care services while carrying out the project; (2) will not give priority or preference to low-income families seeking to receive at-home infant care benefits over other families on a waiting list for child care assistance through other state programs, but will select a combination of such families; and (3) will ensure that applicants are permitted to choose between receipt of at-home care subsidies and certificates for child care needed for employment.Sets forth eligibility requirements for families seeking assistance, including having a parent who had a recent work history prior to the application for benefits. Requires states to permit two-parent families to participate in the project, but prohibits states from limiting participation in the project to such families. 2023-01-11T19:46:23Z  
110-hr-1386 110 hr 1386 Child Support Protection Act of 2007 Families 2007-03-07 2007-03-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. House Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] WA D M000404 90 Child Support Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to repeal a provision that prohibited federal matching funds to a state for expenditures from federal amounts paid to the state for child support and establishment of paternity to carry out an agreement for services of the Federal Parent Locator Service. 2023-01-11T19:55:08Z  
110-s-803 110 s 803 Child Support Protection Act of 2007 Families 2007-03-07 2007-03-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2819) Senate Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] WV D R000361 38 Child Support Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to repeal a provision that prohibited federal matching funds to a state for expenditures from federal amounts paid to the state for child support and establishment of paternity to carry out an agreement for services of the Federal Parent Locator Service. 2023-01-11T19:46:31Z  
110-s-661 110 s 661 Kinship Caregiver Support Act Families 2007-02-16 2007-02-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] NY D C001041 31 Kinship Caregiver Support Act - Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants for kinship navigator programs to state agencies, metropolitan agencies, or tribal organizations with experience in addressing needs of kinship caregivers or children and connecting them with services and assistance.Amends part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize all states to opt to enter agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of children to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have cared as foster parents and have committed to care for on a permanent basis. Allows states to use part E funds to make such payments under specified conditions. Provides that adoptive parents of children with special needs remain eligible for adoption assistance, even if they receive kinship guardianship assistance. Authorizes the use of foster care independence program funds to provide independent living services and education and training vouchers for children who exit foster care to kinship guardianship or adoption after age 16. Authorizes kinship guardianship demonstration projects.Requires states to: (1) notify all adult grandparents and other adult relatives (with exceptions due to family or domestic violence) when a child is removed from custody of a parent or parents; and (2) explain the options the relative has to participate in the child's care and placement.Allows state agencies to establish separate standards for foster family homes in which a foster parent is a relative of the foster child. 2023-01-11T19:57:41Z  
110-hr-1074 110 hr 1074 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act Families 2007-02-15 2007-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. House Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17] OH D R000577 40 Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies.Provides for: (1) grants to prevent teen pregnancy; and (2) a national center for parents of adolescents to support parents in preventing teen pregnancy.Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of Social Security Act to expand coverage of family planning services. Sets forth requirements for primary care clinics that receive federal financial assistance and provide abortion services.Expands state options to provide health care coverage to low-income pregnant women.Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for voluntary family planning projects.Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit individual health insurance coverage from excluding pregnancy as a preexisting condition. Provides for: (1) grants for ultrasound equipment and prenatal testing for pregnant women; and (2) programs to better identify and treat pregnant women and mothers who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Allows the Secretary to make grants to public institutions of higher education to assist students who have decided to carry their pregnancies to term and parenting students in continuing their studies and graduating. Requires the Secretary to require that federally funded group homes for pregnant and parenting women provide, upon request, adoption counseling and counseling on parenting skills.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax credit for adoption expenses; (2) make such tax credit refundable; and (3) increase the exclusion from gross income for employer-paid adoption expenses.Provides for: (1) education of teen and first-time mothers through home visits by registered nurses; and (2) the collection and reporting of abortion surveillance data. 2023-01-11T20:02:49Z  
110-hr-1082 110 hr 1082 Safe Babies Act of 2007 Families 2007-02-15 2007-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. House Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] CT D D000216 22 Safe Babies Act of 2007 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award a grant to a national early childhood development organization to establish a National Court Teams Resource Center to: (1) promote the well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers and their families; (2) help prevent the recurrence of abuse and neglect of children; (3) promote timely reunification of families or other successful permanency outcomes for maltreated infants and toddlers in foster care; and (4) select, and provide assistance to, local Court Teams created to achieve those goals.Sets forth organization selection criteria and application requirements, including assurance that at least one qualified judge will serve as Judicial Leader of each Court Team receiving assistance.Requires the Center to: (1) develop materials to guide judges in the decision-making process regarding, and to train Court Teams in the appropriate care for, maltreated infants and toddlers; (2) develop a database to track the progress of and to evaluate such Teams; and (3) provide information to communities and courts seeking to adopt the Court Teams approach. Requires Center assistance to each Team to include: (1) direction, coordination, oversight, training, and technical assistance; and (2) providing a Local Community Coordinator to serve as a resource of child development expertise. 2023-01-11T20:02:45Z  
110-hr-1104 110 hr 1104 Foster Children Self-Support Act Families 2007-02-15 2007-02-15 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] CA D S000810 13 Foster Children Self-Support Act - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to ban the use of Social Security or SSI benefits, paid to representative payees on behalf of foster children, to reimburse foster care maintenance payments by states. Amends SSA title IV part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) to require the state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to provide for screening of foster children for eligibility for Social Security and SSI benefits and assistance. Requires written notice to the attorney or guardian ad litem appointed to represent a foster child of the Commissioner of Social Security's initial determination to certify payment of such benefits to a representative payee. Requires a state plan to require the appropriate state agency to develop a plan for each foster care child receiving Social Security or SSI benefits which is designed to best meet the individual's current and future needs and enable the child to achieve self-support after leaving foster care. Requires a representative payee to manage the benefits paid on behalf of such a foster child in accordance with the plan developed for the child. Excludes from the calculation of an individual's resources under the SSI program any assets managed on the individual's behalf in accordance with such plan. Disregards support and maintenance furnished in cash or in kind in determining the income of foster children under the SSI program. 2023-01-11T20:02:38Z  
110-s-627 110 s 627 Safe Babies Act of 2007 Families 2007-02-15 2007-03-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 88. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 13 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Safe Babies Act of 2007 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award a grant to a national early childhood development organization to establish a National Court Teams Resource Center to: (1) promote the well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers and their families; (2) help prevent the recurrence of abuse and neglect of children; (3) promote timely reunification of families or other successful permanency outcomes for maltreated infants and toddlers in foster care; and (4) select, and provide assistance to, local Court Teams created to achieve those goals.Sets forth organization selection criteria and application requirements, including assurance that at least one qualified judge will serve as Judicial Leader of each Court Team receiving assistance.Requires the Center to: (1) develop materials to guide judges in the decision-making process regarding, and to train Court Teams in the appropriate care for, maltreated infants and toddlers; (2) develop a database to track the progress of and to evaluate such Teams; and (3) provide information to communities and courts seeking to adopt the Court Teams approach.Requires Center assistance to each Team to include: (1) direction, coordination, oversight, training, and technical assistance; and (2) providing a Local Community Coordinator to serve as a resource of child development expertise. 2023-01-11T19:57:52Z  
110-hjres-22 110 hjres 22 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. Families 2007-02-06 2007-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. House Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] CA R L000517 46 Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of a legal union of a man and a woman. Prohibits any federal or state court from having jurisdiction to determine whether the U.S. Constitution or any state constitution requires the legal incidents of marriage to be conferred upon any union other than a legal union between one man and one woman. Provides that no state shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state concerning a union between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage, or as having the legal incidents of marriage, under the laws of such other state. 2023-01-11T20:03:25Z  
110-hr-854 110 hr 854 City Youth Violence Recovery Act Families 2007-02-06 2007-05-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. House Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] CT D L000557 56 City Youth Violence Recovery Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to partnerships between a state mental health authority and one or more local public or private entities to prevent or alleviate the effects of youth violence in urban communities with a high or increasing incidence of such violence by providing violence-prevention education, mentoring, counseling, and mental health services to children and adolescents. Gives priority to grant applicants that agree to use the grant in communities that lack the resources to address youth violence. Requires grant applicants to agree to use no more than 15% of a grant for violence-prevention education. 2023-01-11T20:00:54Z  
110-hr-687 110 hr 687 Keeping Families Together Act of 2007 Families 2007-01-24 2007-02-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3] MN R R000033 45 Keeping Families Together Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award competitive matching grants to states to establish systems of care to provide mental health treatment and services to all children who are in the custody of the state or at-risk of entering into the custody of the state for the purpose of receiving mental health services. Requires states to use grant funds for certain activities, including to: (1) expand public health insurance programs to cover community-based mental health and family support services for such children and their families that will be sustainable after the grant has expired; (2) provide outreach and public education concerning available programs and activities; and (3) provide training and professional development for personnel who work with such children. Requires the Administrator to establish a task force to examine: (1) problems of mental health in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems; (2) issues with respect to access by children and youth to mental health services; and (3) the role of federal agencies in promoting access by children and youth to mental health services. 2019-11-15T21:21:05Z  
110-s-379 110 s 379 Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2007 Families 2007-01-24 2007-01-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 0 Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2007 - Amends title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to states to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using networks of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care. Authorizes a grant award directly to a political subdivision if the subdivision serves a substantial number of foster care youth. Prescribes program implementation guidelines, including: (1) application requirements; (2) training; (3) screening; (4) educational requirements; (5) federal and nonfederal share of funds for the program; (6) considerations in awarding grants; and (7) use of funds. Sets forth a maximum grant amount to be awarded to a state or political subdivision. Authorizes the Secretary to award a competitive grant to an eligible entity to establish a National Hotline Service or website to provide information to individuals interested in becoming mentors to youth in foster care. Instructs the Secretary of Education to implement a program to provide for the discharge or cancellation of the federal student loan indebtedness of an eligible mentor. 2023-01-11T20:04:53Z  
110-s-382 110 s 382 Keeping Families Together Act Families 2007-01-24 2007-01-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] ME R C001035 21 Keeping Families Together Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award competitive matching grants to states to establish systems of care to treat and provide services to all children who are in the custody of the state or at-risk of entering into the custody of the state for the purpose of receiving mental health services. Requires states to use grant funds for certain activities, including to: (1) expand public health insurance programs to cover community-based mental health and family support services for such children and their families that will be sustainable after the grant has expired; (2) provide outreach and public education concerning available programs and activities; and (3) provide training and professional development for personnel who work with such children. Requires the Administrator to establish a task force to examine: (1) problems of mental health in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems; (2) issues with respect to access by children and youth to mental health services; and (3) the role of federal agencies in promoting access by children and youth to mental health services. 2023-01-11T20:04:52Z  
110-hr-532 110 hr 532 Seniors Offering Quality Child Care Act of 2007 Families 2007-01-17 2007-05-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. House Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] MA D L000562 1 Seniors Offering Quality Child Care Act of 2007 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBGA) to: (1) increase the portion of funds states must use for activities to improve the quality of child care services; (2) include among such activities examining methods to increase recruitment, retention, and compensation of child care workers age 55 and older; and (3) exempt allowances, earnings, and payments to such older individuals under CCDBGA from consideration as income in determining eligibility for and amount of income transfer and in-kind aid under any federal or federally assisted program based on need. Amends the Social Security Act to exempt compensation for child caregiving services of employees of eligible child care providers from consideration under the Social Security earnings test. 2020-02-10T16:53:00Z  
110-hr-259 110 hr 259 Baby Abandonment Prevention Act of 2007 Families 2007-01-05 2007-05-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. House Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] TX D J000032 0 Baby Abandonment Prevention Act of 2007 - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to establish the Task Force on Baby Abandonment to: (1) collect information and maintain a database on incidents of child abandonment, including information on demographics, circumstances, outcomes, and trends; and (2) submit annual reports and recommendations to Congress. 2021-06-07T19:41:14Z  
110-hr-289 110 hr 289 Religious Freedom for Providers of Adoption, Foster Care, and Child Welfare Services Act Families 2007-01-05 2007-01-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. House Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] PA R E000187 11 Religious Freedom for Providers of Adoption, Foster Care, and Child Welfare Services Act - Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance to a state or local government that discriminates against any entity that provides adoption or foster care services to only those couples who are united in marriage (defined as a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife) and to only those individuals whose conduct is in accordance with such entity's religious principles and practices. 2022-02-03T05:08:52Z  
110-s-100 110 s 100 Healthy Students Act of 2007 Families 2007-01-04 2007-01-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] CA D B000711 0 Healthy Students Act of 2007 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a Commission to Improve School Meals composed of nutrition and children's health experts tasked with developing new nutritional standards for the School Lunch, Summer Food Service, Child and Adult Care Food, and School Breakfast programs. Requires such standards to ban foods of minimal nutritional value. Provides for the adjustment of program payment rates to compensate for compliance with such standards. Repeals the current requirement that the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) issue guidance to states and school food authorities to increase the consumption of foods and food ingredients recommended in the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Requires the Secretary to establish a pilot program providing grants to school districts or nonprofit organizations for use in promoting healthy food alternatives under the School Lunch and School Breakfast programs. Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to elementary and secondary schools for Healthy Hour pilot programs which increase each school day by an hour that is exclusively devoted to physical activity. Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a student loan forgiveness program for nurses who agree to employment as full-time nurses in elementary or secondary schools for three complete school years. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow corporations a tax deduction for the charitable contribution to a private foundation of exercise or gymnasium equipment for use by elementary and secondary school students. 2023-01-11T20:06:50Z  

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