WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Child welfare

H.R. 6893, The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

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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H.R. 6504, The Coordinate to Educate Act

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6504 would authorize grants to local educational agencies to develop and implement coordinated services programs....

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H.R. 6402, The Increasing Student Achievement through School Attendance Act

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6402 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish grants to increase student attendance....

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H.R. 6358, The Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6358 would require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs....

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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. 3061, The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3061 would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and it would enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons....

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S. 3038, The Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008 - Savings per Average Family: $2.19

Tue, 20 May 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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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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H.R. 5876, The Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $7.10

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5876 would require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs....

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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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H.R. 5810, The Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2008

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5810 would amend title V of the Social Security Act to provide grants for school-based mentoring programs for at risk teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy, and it would provide student loan forgiveness for mentors participating in such programs....

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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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S. 2560, The Reconnecting Youth to Prevent Homelessness Act of 2007

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2560 would create the income security conditions and family supports needed to ensure permanency for the Nation's unaccompanied youth....

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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. 4208, The Reconnecting Youth to Prevent Homelessness Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4208 would create the income security conditions and family supports needed to ensure permanency for the Nation's unaccompanied youth....

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H.R. 4207, The Partnership for Children and Families Act

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

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....

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H.R. 4091, The Adoption Equality Act of 2007

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4091 would amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to promote the adoption of children with special needs....

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H.R. 3887, The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $8.36

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3887 would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and it would enhance measures to combat forced labor....

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H.R. 3762, The WE CARE Act

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3762 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to foster community involvement....

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S. 2141, The Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2141 would amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program....

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H.R. 3676, The Family Friendly Flights Act of 2007

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3676 would amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for a child safe viewing area within which covered air carriers shall not display violent in-flight programming....

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H.R. 3495, The Kids in Disasters Well-being, Safety, and Health Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.04

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3495 would establish a National Commission on Children and Disasters and a National Resource Center on Children and Disasters....

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S. 2014, A bill to provide for statewide longitudinal data systems to improve elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2014 would provide for statewide longitudinal data systems to improve elementary and secondary education....

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