3.0.0 1660 2022-11-01T06:02:36Z 2022-11-01T06:02:36Z Senate S 2019-05-23 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-23T18:50:14Z 116 2967 HR 2019-05-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2019-05-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-05-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-05-23 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-05-23 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-05-23 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-05-23 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-09-09 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-12-04 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-12-11 False Families Adoption and foster care Child health Child safety and welfare Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Employment and training programs Family relationships Family services Food assistance and relief Housing and community development funding Low- and moderate-income housing Medicaid Poverty and welfare assistance Public housing Separation, divorce, custody, support Social security and elderly assistance State and local government operations Families

00 2019-05-23 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-21T17:20:43Z Grandfamilies Act of 2019

This bill expands access to specified programs for children living with grandparents or other family members who are not their legal guardian. Specifically, the bill provides that a child of a relative eligible for Old-Age and Survivors Insurance benefits is eligible for such benefit payments if that child (1) began living with such relative before age 18, (2) receives at least 50% of their support from such relative, and (3) has lived with such relative pursuant to a court order for at least 12 months.

Additionally, the bill revises the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) eligibility requirements for children living with specified caretaker relatives. First, the bill lessens the requirement for TANF applicants to assign their rights to child support when such assignment may impact the likelihood of reunifying the child with their noncustodial parent, such as where the noncustodial parent is working to gain financial stability so they may reunify with their child. Further, when a child, but not the caretaker relative, receives TANF benefits (i.e., child-only cases), or if the caretaker relative is 55 or older, the bill (1) excludes such caretaker’s income from that child’s eligibility determination, (2) removes the 5-year cap on assistance, and (3) exempts such caretaker relatives from TANF work requirements.

The bill also (1) encourages states to enact temporary guardianship laws, (2) establishes the National Technical Assistance Center on Grandfamilies, and (3) provides grants supporting caretaker relatives.

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