H.R. 4207 would provide States with the incentives, flexibility and resources to develop child welfare services that focus on improving circumstances for children, whether in foster care or in their own homes.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inPartnership for Children and Families Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to editrevise the wikieligibility requirements for adoption assistance and be the firstfoster care maintenance payments, eliminating certain income criteria.

Allows each state with an approved part E plan to provideapply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) receive foster care maintenance payment savings achieved (in a detailed summary&quot;child welfare reinvestment fund&quot;) by reducing the total number of days children in the bill!)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.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 11/15/2007:11/19/2007: Referred to House committee.subcommittee. Status: Referred to the House CommitteeSubcommittee on WaysIncome Security and Means.Family Support.
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== Points in Favor ==

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