3.0.0 3492 2022-02-03T05:10:20Z 2022-02-03T05:10:20Z Senate S S 2008-09-16 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-16T18:24:34Z 2008-09-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-09-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT N R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2008-09-16 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-09-16 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2008-09-16 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2008-09-16 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2008-09-16 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2008-09-16 True Families Adoption Caregivers Case management Child health Child welfare Economics and Public Finance Family services Foster home care Grants-in-aid Health Medical records Parent and child Social Welfare Standards Families 00 2008-09-16 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-06T21:05:21Z Resource Family Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the requirement that state foster care and adoption assistance plans require development of standards to ensure that children in foster care placements in public or private agencies receive quality services that protect their safety and health.

Requires such standards to require each public and private placement agency, subject to renewal of its license or other state approval, to certify annually to the state that it provides foster parents with specified services and information.

Numbers among such services and information: (1) notifications of scheduled meetings to allow foster parents the opportunity to participate actively in the case planning and decision-making regarding placement of a child in their home; (2) support services to assist with care of the child; (3) information about the child's medical history, educational history, general behaviors, life experiences, the placement circumstances of the child, and the relationship between the child and his or her parents; (4) timely and complete information about all permanency options available to the child; and (5) assistance with the coordination of services for dealing with family loss and separation when a child leaves the foster home.

Amends SSA title IV part B (Child and Family Services) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible states for innovative programs to empower, provide leadership for, and improve the recruitment, support, training, and retention of foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents.

]]> Resource Family Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Resource Family Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008 Display Title Resource Family Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure States follow best policies and practices for supporting and retaining foster parents and to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to improve the empowerment, leadership, support, training, recruitment, and retention of foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3492is/xml/BILLS-110s3492is.xml 2008-09-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.