3.0.0 420 2023-01-11T13:20:25Z 2023-01-11T13:20:25Z Senate S S 2011-02-28 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-02-28T22:11:09Z Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2011 112 2012 HR 2011-09-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Identical bill CRS 2011-02-28 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2011-02-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-02-28 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2011-02-28 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-12-12 False Education Adoption and foster care Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2011-02-28 Introduced in Senate 2011-03-04T16:48:40Z Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2011 - Amends part B (Child-Welfare Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) 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 nonfederal 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 2011 Display Title Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s420is/xml/BILLS-112s420is.xml 2011-02-28 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.