3.0.0 1964 2023-01-11T13:29:58Z 2023-01-11T13:29:58Z Senate S 2015-08-05 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-08-05T19:45:34Z Family Stability and Kinship Care Act of 2015 114 3781 HR 2015-10-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Related bill CRS 2015-08-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6386-6387) IntroReferral 2015-08-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-08-05 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2015-08-05 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2015-08-05 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-08-05 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2015-08-05 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2015-08-05 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2015-08-05 True W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2015-09-21 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-10-21 False Social Welfare Adoption and foster care Child safety and welfare Family services Indian social and development programs Performance measurement Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Social Welfare 00 2015-08-05 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-19T18:28:35Z Family Stability and Kinship Care Act of 2015

This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) (renamed by this Act Federal Payments for Foster Care and Permanency) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to give states the option of providing certain time-limited family services, including parenting and family skills training and counseling, to a child meeting certain criteria or the child's parents or kin caregivers.

SSAct title IV part B is also amended to:

  • eliminate the time-limit for family reunification services,
  • increase the mandatory funding authorization for the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program, and
  • extend funding for Family Connection Grants for one year.
]]> Family Stability and Kinship Care Act of 2015 Display Title Family Stability and Kinship Care Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to invest in funding prevention and family services to help keep children safe and supported at home with their families, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Family Stability and Kinship Care Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1964is/xml/BILLS-114s1964is.xml 2015-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6386-6387) 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.