WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Parent and child

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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H.R. 6901, The Meth Free Families and Communities Act

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6901 would amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, it would support residential methamphetamine treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, and it would improve the prevention and treatment of methamphetamine addiction....

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H.R. 6617, The Strengthening Communities Through Education and Integration Act of 2008

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6617 would strengthen communities through English literacy, civics, education, and immigrant integration programs....

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S. 3334, The Strengthening Communities Through Education and Integration Act of 2008

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3334 would strengthen communities through English literacy, civic education, and immigrant integration programs....

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H.R. 6490, The Promoting the Safe Use of the Internet by Students Act of 2008

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6490 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to promote the safe use of the Internet by students....

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H.R. 2343, The Education Begins at Home Act - Cost per Average Family: $7.01

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2343 would expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays, including potential mental health concerns....

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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. 6292, The Parents' Right to Know Improvement Act

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6292 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies to provide to parents, on request, information regarding the professional qualifications of their child's specialized instructional support persons....

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H.R. 6281, The High School Sports Anti-Drug Act

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6281 would provide States with the resources needed to rid our schools of performance-enhancing drug use....

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P.L. 110-378, The Runaway and Homeless Youth Protection Act - Cost per Average Family: $7.10

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2982 would amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations....

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S. 3074, The Internet Safety Education Act of 2008

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3074 would establish a grant program to provide Internet crime prevention education....

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H.R. 5876, The Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $7.30

Thu, 22 May 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. 2792, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2792 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel....

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H.R. 5654, To authorize a program to provide grants to youth-serving organizations that carry out child-parent visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5654 would authorize a program to provide grants to youth-serving organizations that carry out child-parent visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents....

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H.R. 5563, The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5563 would reauthorize and reform the national service laws....

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H.R. 5513, The Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5513 would reduce youth usage of tobacco products and it would enhance State efforts to eliminate retail sales of tobacco products to minors....

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S. 2543, The Child Custody Protection Act

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2543 would amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions....

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S. 2344, The Internet Safety Education Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.31

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2344 would create a competitive grant program to provide for age-appropriate Internet education for children....

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H.R. 4900, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2007

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4900 would reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, modernize firearms laws and regulations, protect the community from criminals....

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H.R. 4449, The Prescribe A Book Act

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4449 would aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education....

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H.R. 4453, The Underage Drinking Prevention Act of 2007

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4453 would establish a grant to increase enforcement of laws to prohibit underage drinking through social sources, it would improve reporting of Federal underage drinking data, and it would establish grants to increase parental involvement in school-based efforts to reduce underage drinking....

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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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H.R. 4194, The Underage Drinking Prevention Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4194 would establish a grant to increase enforcement of laws to prohibit underage drinking through social sources, it would improve reporting of Federal underage drinking data, and it would establish grants to increase parental involvement in school-based efforts to reduce underage drinking....

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S. 2365, The Parents' Rights Empowerment and Protection Act' (PREP Act)

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2365 would require educational institutions that receive Federal funds to obtain the affirmative, informed, written consent of a parent before providing a student information regarding sex, and it would provide parents the opportunity to review such information....

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