3.0.0 2880 2023-01-15T05:47:33Z 2023-01-15T05:47:33Z House H HR 2003-07-24 108 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2003-08-13T14:29:26Z Referred to 2003-07-24T14:00:50Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee Referred to 2003-07-30T21:07:50Z Referred to 2003-07-24T14:00:45Z Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2003 108 1419 S 2003-07-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS Companion bill Senate 2003-08-13 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. Committee 2003-07-30 hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Committee 2003-07-24 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2003-07-24 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-24 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2003-07-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000714 Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD D CA M. 37 N J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2003-09-10 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2003-09-10 False J000284 Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11] STEPHANIE JONES D OH TUBBS 11 2003-09-10 False C000754 Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] JAMES COOPER D TN H. 5 2003-09-10 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2003-09-10 False F000392 Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] MARTIN FROST D TX 24 2003-09-10 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2003-09-10 False B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 2003-09-10 False V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2003-10-01 False W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2003-10-15 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2003-10-15 False L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2003-10-15 False K000113 Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] PATRICK KENNEDY D RI J. 1 2003-11-10 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2003-11-17 False S000030 Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47] LORETTA SANCHEZ D CA 47 2003-11-20 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2003-11-21 False O000165 Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3] TOM OSBORNE R NE 3 2004-05-17 False Families Academic performance Adoption Alcohol and youth Child abuse Child development Child welfare Church and social problems Community organization Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Dropouts Drug abuse Drugs and youth Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Evaluation research (Social action programs) Family violence Federal aid to education Federally-guaranteed loans Foster home care Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government paperwork Graduate education Higher education Homeless Identification of criminals Indian children Information services Internet Juvenile delinquency Labor and Employment Mentoring Minorities Native Americans Problem children Religion Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Social Welfare Student loan funds Teenage pregnancy Telephone Volunteer workers Web sites Youth services Families 00 2003-07-24 Introduced in House 2004-03-09T23:15:02Z Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2003 - Amends title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using networks of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care. Authorizes a grant award directly to a political subdivision if the subdivision serves a substantial number of foster care youth.

Prescribes program implementation guidelines, including: (1) application requirements; (2) training; (3) screening; (4) educational requirements; (5) Federal and non-Federal share of funds for the Program; (6) considerations in awarding grants; and (7) use of funds.

Sets forth a maximum grant amount to be awarded to a State or political subdivision.

Authorizes the Secretary to award a competitive grant to an eligible entity to establish a National Hotline Service or Website to provide information to individuals interested in becoming mentors to youth in foster care.

Instructs the Secretary of Education to implement a program to provide for the discharge or cancellation of the Federal student loan indebtedness of an eligible mentor.]]>

Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2003 Display Title Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-07-24T04:00:00Z 2003-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.