3.0.0 1679 2023-01-13T04:50:01Z 2023-01-13T04:50:01Z Senate S S 2005-09-12 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-09-12T21:25:46Z 2005-09-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9933-9939) IntroReferral 2005-09-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9932-9933) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH N R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2005-09-12 True Social Welfare Administration of justice Adoption Child abuse Child health Child safety Child welfare Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Day care Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Employee training Evaluation research (Social action programs) Families Family courts Federal aid to education Foster home care Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Guardian and ward Health Higher education Housing and Community Development Interstate compacts Interstate relations Judges Judicial ethics Judicial officers Law Lawyers Legal education Legal ethics Medical records Mental health services Performance measurement Social work State courts Student loan funds Student records Urban affairs Urban areas Social Welfare 00 2005-09-12 Introduced in Senate 2005-11-07T21:37:51Z Working to Enhance Courts for At-Risk and Endangered Kids Act of 2005 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to courts for at-risk children.

Provides or revises requirements for: (1) collaboration among state IV-B (Child and Family Services) and IV-E agencies; (2) outcome performance standards for abuse and neglect courts; (3) court model standards; (4) state flexibility for public access to courts; (5) orderly and timely processing for interstate placement of children; (6) complete background checks, including child abuse registries, before approval of any foster or adoptive placement; (7) health and education records; (8) the right to be heard in foster care proceedings; (9) court improvement; and (10) use of interjurisdictional resources.

Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to allow courts access to the Federal Parent Locator Service to locate parents in foster care or adoptive placement cases.

Amends SSA title XI part A (General Provisions) to require each state administering a program under SSA title IV part B or part E to establish a permanent, multidisciplinary, broad-based commission on state child welfare programs.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for loan forgiveness for: (1) family law, juvenile law, and domestic relations attorneys who work in the defense of low-income families, individuals, or children; and (2) child welfare workers.

Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to reauthorize at increased levels the Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, including such programs in rural and underserved urban areas.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Chief Justice for each state and other state court leadership should take the lead in providing for the health, safety, and permanency of children before state abuse and neglect courts.

]]> Working to Enhance Courts for At-Risk and Endangered Kids Act of 2005 Display Title Working to Enhance Courts for At-Risk and Endangered Kids Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to strengthen courts for at-risk children, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Working to Enhance Courts for At-Risk and Endangered Kids Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-09-12T04:00:00Z 2005-09-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9933-9939) 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.