WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Adoption

P.L. 110-351, The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $3.75

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 6893 would amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to connect and support relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in foster care, provide for tribal foster care and adoption access, improve incentives for adoption....

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S. 3492, The Resource Family Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3492 would amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure States follow best policies and practices for supporting and retaining foster parents and to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to improve the empowerment, leadership, support, training, recruitment, and retention of foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents....

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S. 3038, The Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008 - Savings per Average Family: $1.90

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3038 would amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend the adoption incentives program, to authorize States to establish a relative guardianship program, and to promote the adoption of children with special needs....

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P.L. 110-275, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.29

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6331 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, it would improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, it would enhance low-income benefit programs, and it would maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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S. 3173, The Keeping Families Safe Act of 2008

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3173 would amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow children in foster care to be placed with their parents in residential family treatment centers that provide safe environments for treating addiction and promoting healthy parenting....

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H.R. 6307, The Fostering Connections to Success Act

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6307 would amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to assist children in foster care in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school....

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S. 3140, The Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3140 would provide that 4 of the 21 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave....

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H.R. 6215, The Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6215 would amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program....

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S. 3079, The Family Tax Relief Act of 2008

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3079 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide income tax relief for families....

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H.R. 6014, The Birthmother Assistance Act of 2008

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6014 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for birthmothers whose children are adopted....

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H.R. 5781, The Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $7.77

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5781 would provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave....

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H.R. 5968, The Adoption Information Act

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5968 would require assurances that certain family planning service projects and programs will provide pamphlets containing the contact information of adoption centers....

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S. 2944, The Child Welfare Workforce Improvement Act

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2944 would amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to examine and improve the child welfare workforce....

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S. 2900, The Partnership for Children and Families Act

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2900 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....

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P.L. 110-374, The Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.18

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1810 would amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions....

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H.R. 5718, The Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5718 would provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave....

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H.R. 5640, The Birthparent Assistance Act of 2008

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5640 would authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide services for birthparents who have placed a child for adoption....

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S. 2771, The White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 Act

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2771 would require the president to call a White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010....

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H.R. 5461, The White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 Act

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5461 would require the President to call a White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010....

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H.R. 5466, The Invest in KIDS Act

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5466 would improve outcomes for vulnerable children by investing in families, improving accountability in the child welfare system, and finding safe, stable, and permanent homes for foster children....

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H.R. 4688, The Tribal Foster Care and Adoption Access Act of 2007

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4688 would amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide equitable access for foster care and adoption services for Indian children in tribal areas....

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H.R. 4313, The Advocates Dedicated to Older Child Parental Tax Credit (ADOPT) Act of 2007

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4313 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an additional credit against income tax for the adoption of an older child....

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S. 2407, The Pregnant Women Support Act

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2407 would provide for programs that reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents....

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S. 2395, The Adoption Improvement Act of 2007

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2395 would establish an adoption process improvement pilot program....

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H.R. 4198, The Foster and Adoptive Parent Recruitment Programs Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4198 would provide for competitive grants for the 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 children and their families....

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