3.0.0 1630 2023-01-11T13:37:03Z 2023-01-11T13:37:03Z Senate S 2017-07-25 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-07-25T22:27:05Z Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017 115 3381 HR 2017-07-25 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Related bill CRS Urban Progress Act of 2018 115 5164 HR 2018-04-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Related bill CRS 2017-07-25 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-07-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-07-25 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-07-25 True Social Welfare Advisory bodies Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Department of Agriculture Department of Education Department of Health and Human Services Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Justice Department of Labor Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Intergovernmental relations Policy sciences Poverty and welfare assistance Racial and ethnic relations State and local government operations Unemployment Social Welfare 00 2017-07-25 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-20T21:01:25Z Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017

This bill establishes, within the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty. The primary goal of the working group shall be to develop a national plan for reducing to zero, within specified timeframes, the number of children living in poverty and extreme poverty in the United States.

The national plan devised by the working group shall also include recommendations for: (1) understanding the root causes of child poverty, (2) improving access to anti-poverty programs, (3) eliminating disparate rates of child poverty based on specified demographic factors, (4) improving access to quality jobs, (5) connecting low-income children and families to education and job training, and (6) shifting the measures and policies of federal anti-poverty programs toward the goal of helping individuals and families achieve long-term economic stability.

The bill also specifies additional duties, membership, and reporting requirements for the working group.

]]> Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017 Display Title Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish in the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty to develop a national strategy to eliminate child poverty in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1630is/xml/BILLS-115s1630is.xml 2017-07-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.