3.0.0 1932 2023-01-11T13:29:59Z 2023-01-11T13:29:59Z Senate S 2015-08-04 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-08-04T21:56:11Z All Kids Matter Act 114 5364 HR 2016-06-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Identical bill CRS 2015-08-04 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-08-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2015-09-08 False Social Welfare Adoption and foster care Child safety and welfare Family relationships Family services Housing and community development funding Medicaid Performance measurement Poverty and welfare assistance State and local government operations Social Welfare 00 2015-08-04 Introduced in Senate 2015-11-09T21:50:58Z All Kids Matter Act

This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to revise state plan requirements to require:

  • the state to identify and provide appropriate prevention, intervention, and support services before placing a child in foster care as part of its reasonable efforts to preserve and reunify families;
  • that all at-risk children, children in foster care, and children who have left foster care to return home through reunification or reinstatement of parental rights, or for kinship guardianship or adoption, be provided with a standard array of child welfare services;
  • the state to submit, update, and revise as necessary a description of its activities and delivery mechanisms for achieving increased permanency for all infants, children, and youth.

Payments to states shall incorporate: (1) an amount equal to the federal medical assistance percentage for the state under SSAct title XIX (Medicaid), and (2) a performance achievement payment.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall establish criteria for assessing state performance in order to award performance achievement payments to the states.

States may elect an alternative allotment for specified administrative costs.

Aid to Families with Dependent Children eligibility under SSAct title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) is removed from eligibility requirements under the Foster Care Maintenance Program.

States may provide services to an individual age 18-21 who is pursing legal permanency through family reunification, permanent placement with a planned permanent living arrangement, or such other pathways to permanency as the state, in consultation with HHS, may specify.

Eligibility for John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program services and education and training vouchers shall extend to youth who return home after attaining age 16.

HHS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Education shall jointly develop and disseminate to states permanency-supportive housing options.

]]> All Kids Matter Act Display Title All Kids Matter Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide States with flexibility to use Federal IV-E funding for State child welfare programs to improve safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes for all children who need child welfare services. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced All Kids Matter Act Introduced in Senate 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1932is/xml/BILLS-114s1932is.xml 2015-08-04 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.