3.0.0 985 2023-01-13T04:48:04Z 2023-01-13T04:48:04Z Senate S S 2005-05-10 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-05-10T18:43:01Z 2005-07-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8159) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-10 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-05-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4872) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2005-05-10 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2005-05-10 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2005-05-10 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2005-05-26 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2005-07-28 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2005-10-20 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2006-02-09 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2006-03-02 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2006-03-02 False J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2006-05-11 False Families AIDS (Disease) Adoption Agriculture and Food Aid to dependent children Caregivers Cash welfare block grants Child health Child support Child welfare Church and social problems Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Custody of children Day care Department of Health and Human Services Disabled Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drug abuse treatment Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic government information Elementary and secondary education Family services Family violence Federal aid to child health services Food stamps Foster home care Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Grandparents Grants-in-aid Guardian and ward Health Health insurance Higher education Housing and Community Development Housing subsidies Human immunodeficiency viruses Identification of criminals Indian children Information services Interstate compacts Labor and Employment Legal aid Legal fees Legal services Medicaid Medically uninsured Mental health services Metropolitan areas Minorities Native Americans Nonprofit organizations Old age, survivors and disability insurance Ombudsman Parent and child Parents Poor children Prisoners Public-private partnerships Religion Respite care Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Siblings Social Welfare Special education Standards Students Supplemental security income program Telephone Urban affairs Vocational and technical education Web sites Welfare eligibility Families 00 2005-05-10 Introduced in Senate 2005-06-09T21:32:39Z Kinship Caregiver Support Act - Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants for kinship navigator programs to state agencies, metropolitan agencies, or tribal organizations with experience in addressing needs of kinship caregivers or children and connecting them with services and assistance.

Amends part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize all states to opt to enter agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of children to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have cared as foster parents and have committed to care for on a permanent basis. Allows states to use part E funds to make such payments under specified conditions.

Provides that adoptive parents of children with special needs remain eligible for adoption assistance, even if they receive kinship guardianship assistance.

Authorizes kinship guardianship demonstration projects.

Requires states to: (1) notify all adult grandparents and other adult relatives (with exceptions due to family or domestic violence) when a child is removed from custody of a parent or parents; and (2) explain the options the relative has to participate in the child's care and placement.

Allows state agencies to establish separate standards for foster family homes in which a foster parent is a relative of the foster child.

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