3.0.0 5524 2022-02-03T05:18:33Z 2022-05-20T16:27:20Z House H HR 2008-03-04 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed04 Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee Referred to 2008-04-17T16:12:06Z Referred to 2008-03-04T17:32:10Z Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 110 2982 S 2008-10-08 Became Public Law No: 110-378. Related bill CRS Companion bill Senate Related bill House 2008-06-10 Senate Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 773. Calendars 2008-06-09 16:39:13 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2008-06-09 16:39:11 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5069-5071) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2008-06-09 16:39:11 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5069-5071) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-09 16:23:42 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5524. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2008-06-09 16:23:39 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5069-5073) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-06-09 16:23:22 Mr. Yarmuth moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2008-04-17 hsed04 Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Committee 2008-03-04 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2008-03-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress Y000062 Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] John Yarmuth D KY A. 3 N B001232 Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] JUDY BIGGERT R IL 13 2008-03-04 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2008-03-04 True H000636 Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] RUBEN HINOJOSA D TX 15 2008-03-04 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2008-03-04 True B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 2008-03-04 True C001058 Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6] Ben Chandler D KY 6 2008-03-04 True R000486 Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34] LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD D CA 34 2008-03-04 True H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2008-03-04 True S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2008-03-04 True B001245 Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] Madeleine Bordallo D GU Z. 0 2008-03-04 True D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2008-03-04 True S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2008-04-10 False M001152 Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4] Marilyn Musgrave R CO N. 4 2008-04-10 False C001047 Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2 2008-04-10 False P000586 Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12] ADAM PUTNAM R FL H. 12 2008-04-10 False P000099 Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4] ED PASTOR D AZ 4 2008-04-10 False S000185 Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] Robert Scott D VA C. "Bobby" 3 2008-04-10 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2008-04-10 False J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2008-04-10 False W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 2008-04-10 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2008-04-10 False E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 2008-04-10 False L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2008-04-10 False C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2008-04-24 False L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2008-04-24 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2008-04-24 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2008-04-30 False Families Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Authorization Child sexual abuse Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Family services Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Government statistics Grants-in-aid Homeless Housing and Community Development Law Nonprofit organizations Performance measurement Public service advertising Runaway children Science, Technology, Communications Shelters for the homeless Social Welfare Standards Youth services Families 00 2008-03-04 Introduced in House 2008-04-09T19:48:14Z Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 - Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to revise requirements for services provided under grants from the Secretary of Health and Human Services for centers for runaway and homeless youth and their families. Limits the length of stay in such a center, unless it is located in a state or locality with a child or youth-serving-facility licensure law or regulation that permits a longer length of stay.

Increases grant allotments for states and specified U.S. territories.

Requires the plan proposed by grant applicants for a runaway and homeless youth center to include an adequate emergency preparedness and management plan.

Redefines age limits of homeless youth served under such Act.

Revises requirements for transitional living programs to provide a longer length of stay if the program is located in a state or locality that permits one.

Requires the Secretary to report periodically to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate estimates of the incidence and prevalence of runaway and homeless individuals between 13 to 25 years of age.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a national homeless youth awareness campaign; and (2) establish priorities for making grants for research, evaluation, demonstration, and service projects.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) give priority to public and, as under current law, nonprofit private agencies for sexual abuse programs; (2) establish performance standards for grant recipients; and (3) establish appeals procedures regarding amounts or denials of such grants.

Defines "runaway youth" as an individual under age 18 who absents himself or herself from home or place of legal residence without the permission of parents or legal guardians.

]]> 36 2008-06-09 Passed House amended 2008-06-30T16:00:39Z Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to revise requirements for services provided under grants from the Secretary of Health and Human Services for centers for runaway and homeless youth and their families.

Limits the length of stay in such a center to 15 days, unless it is located in a state or locality with a child or youth-serving-facility licensure law or regulation that permits a longer length of stay not in excess of 21 days.

Increases grant allotments from $100,000 to $150,000 for states and from $45,000 to $70,000 for the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Prohibits such allotted amounts for a state for FY2009-FY2010 from being less than the allotted amount for FY2008.

(Sec. 4) Requires the plan proposed by grant applicants for a runaway and homeless youth center to include an adequate emergency preparedness and management plan.

(Sec. 5) Revises requirements for transitional living programs. Specifies that shelter may be provided by contract and that services to homeless youth may be direct or indirect.

Increases the length of continuous stay in such programs from 540 days to 635 days if the program is located in a state or locality that permits it.

Requires a transitional living program also to develop an adequate emergency preparedness and management plan.

(Sec. 6) Requires the Secretary to give priority (currently, special consideration) to grant applicants for specified research, evaluation, demonstration, and service projects regarding runaway youth and homeless youth.

Requires the Secretary to give special consideration to proposed projects relating to: (1) behavior (currently, mental) health care for runaway and homeless youth; (2) access to educational and workforce programs with outcomes such as decreasing the secondary school drop-out rate, increasing diploma or equivalent attainment rates, or increasing placement and retention in postsecondary education or advanced workforce training programs; and (3) programs, including innovative programs, that assist youth in obtaining and maintaining safe and stable housing (which may include programs with supportive services that continue after program completion).

Requires the Secretary to ensure that such selected applicants: (1) are geographically representative of different U.S. regions; and (2) carry out projects that serve diverse populations of runaway or homeless youth.

(Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary, in coordination with the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, to report periodically to specified congressional committees and the public: (1) estimates of the incidence and prevalence of runaway and homeless individuals between 13 to 26 years of age; and (2) an assessment of such individual's characteristics.

(Sec. 8) Requires the Secretary to: (1) give priority to public and, as under current law, nonprofit private agencies for sexual abuse programs; and (2) conduct, directly or through grants or contracts, a national homeless youth awareness campaign. Specifies the use of, and prohibitions on, the obligation and expenditure of such campaign funds.

(Sec. 10) Redefines "homeless youth" to cover an individual seeking shelter in a runaway and homeless center until attaining a maximum age higher than 18, if the center is located in a state or locality with a child or youth-serving-facility licensure law or regulation that permits a higher maximum age.

Allows a homeless youth to participate in a transitional living program up to age 22 or higher, as of the expiration of the maximum stay permitted under the Act, if the individual commences such stay before attaining age 22.

(Sec. 11) Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-FY2013.

(Sec. 12) Requires the Secretary to establish performance standards for grant recipients.

(Sec. 13) Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to specified congressional committees on the processes for making grants under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.

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