Adoption And Foster Care
US Congress 117th Congress
Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act [HB-485]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
To reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and for other purposes.
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Family Support Services for Addiction Act of 2021 [HB-433]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
To establish a grant program for family community organizations that provide support for individuals struggling with substance use disorder and their families.
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STEM Opportunities Act [HB-204]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To direct the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to carry out programs and activities to ensure that Federal science agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool, and for other purposes.
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Protection of Children Act of 2019 [HB-3940]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
[Immigration ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide for the expedited removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last habitual residence, and for other purposes.
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A resolution expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Month and National Adoption Day by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children waiting for adoption, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children. [SR-787]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
This resolution expresses support for National Adoption Month and National Adoption Day and encourages people to consider adoption.
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A resolution designating September 2016 as "National Kinship Care Month". [SR-597]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
A resolution designating September 2016 as "National Kinship Care Month". Supports the designation of September 2016 as National Kinship Care Month.
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A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster-care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster-care system. [SR-466]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster-care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster-care system. Supports designation of National Foster Care Month, and recognizes it as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges that children face in the foster-care system.
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A resolution expressing support for the goals of both National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children. [SR-315]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
A resolution expressing support for the goals of both National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children. Supports the goals and ideals of both National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month. Recognizes that every child should have a permanent and loving family. Encourages the people of the United States
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A resolution designating September 2015 as "National Kinship Care Month". [SR-266]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
A resolution designating September 2015 as "National Kinship Care Month". This bill designates September 2015 as National Kinship Care Month.
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A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system. [SR-168]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system. Supports the designation of May 2015 as National Foster Care Month and recognizes it as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges that children face in the foster care system.
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Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2015 [S.950]
[Taxes ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the tax credit for adoption expenses refundable.
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Tribal Adoption Parity Act [S.835]
[Taxes ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Children and Youth ]
Tribal Adoption Parity Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow Indian tribes to make the determination that a child is a child with special needs for purposes of the adoption tax credit.
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Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2015 [S.667]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Religion ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2015 Prohibits the federal government, and any state that receives federal funding for any program that provides child welfare services under part B (Child and Family Services) or part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct), from discriminating or taking an adverse action against a child welfare service provider that declines to provide, facilitate, or refer for a child welfare service that conflicts with the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs or moral
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Foster Care Tax Credit Act [S.664]
[Taxes ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
Foster Care Tax Credit Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a partially refundable tax credit for each qualifying foster child who resides in the home of an eligible taxpayer for at least one calendar month during the taxable year. Defines "qualifying foster child" as a child in foster care who has not attained age 17, who is a citizen, national, or resident of the United States, and with respect to whom the child tax credit is not allowable. Requires the name and taxpayer identification number of a foster child to be included on the taxpayer's
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SONG Act Saving Our Next Generation Act [S.473]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
SONG Act Saving Our Next Generation Act Expresses the sense of the Senate that the federal programs most critical to improving child well-being should be fully funded. Establishes the President's Commission on Children. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with the Institute of Medicine to study evidence-based best practices and innovations for fostering safe and stable families, including implementing mentoring programs. Requires the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to implement best practices and innovations
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Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act of 2015 [S.469]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Military ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to furnish fertility treatment and counseling, including through the use of assisted reproductive technology, to a spouse, partner, or gestational surrogate of a severely wounded, ill, or injured member of the Armed Forces who has an infertility condition incurred or aggravated while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces. Requires provision of fertility treatment and counseling to a spouse, partner, or gestational surrogate of a member of the Armed
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Family-Based Foster Care Services Act [S.429]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Social Security ]
Family-Based Foster Care Services Act Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend medical assistance coverage to therapeutic foster care services. Requires a qualified therapeutic foster care program to be state-licensed and provide: foster care children under 21 with structured daily activities, including the development of age-appropriate social, communication and behavioral skills, trauma-informed and gender-responsive services, crisis intervention and crisis support services, medication monitoring, counseling, and case management;
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Supporting Adoptive Families Act [S.369]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Supporting Adoptive Families Act Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to make it a purpose of the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program to promote efforts to prevent children from entering the foster care system through the provision of pre- and post-adoptive support services. Extends adoption promotion and support services to those designed to support adoptions from other countries as well as domestic adoptions. Specifies related pre- and post-adoptive support services. Amends SSAct
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Family First Prevention Services Act of 2016 [S.3065]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Mental Health ]
[Social Security ]
Family First Prevention Services Act of 2016 This bill amends Part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) regarding: (1) mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services and in-home parenting skill-based programs, (2) foster care maintenance payments for children with parents in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility for substance abuse, and (3) payments for evidence-based kinship navigator programs. Part B (Child and Welfare Services) of SSAct title IV is amended
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Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2017 [S.2937]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2017 This bill directs the Department of State to: (1) submit to Congress a U.S. strategy and implementing plan for combating sexual exploitation and abuse in U.N. peacekeeping operations, and (2) designate a country as a "peacekeeping abuse country of concern" if indications are that personnel from its U.N. peacekeeping contingent have engaged in acts of sexual exploitation. The State Department may withhold specified assistance from a foreign security unit that has engaged in such acts. The Government
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