3.0.0 4916 2023-01-11T13:44:10Z 2023-01-11T13:44:10Z Senate S 2020-11-18 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-11-18T22:16:58Z Finding Alternatives to Mass Incarceration: Lives Improved by Ending Separation Act of 2020 116 8774 HR 2020-11-18 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2020-11-18 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-11-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N Crime and Law Enforcement Adult day care Appropriations Cardiovascular and respiratory health Child care and development Child health Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Crime victims Criminal procedure and sentencing Department of Justice Disability and paralysis Disability assistance Domestic violence and child abuse Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Family relationships Food assistance and relief Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Higher education Infectious and parasitic diseases Intergovernmental relations Judges Judicial procedure and administration Law enforcement administration and funding Lawyers and legal services Low- and moderate-income housing Mental health Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations State and local government operations Wages and earnings Women's health Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2020-11-18 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-11T18:06:26Z Finding Alternatives to Mass Incarceration: Lives Improved by Ending Separation Act of 2020 or the FAMILIES Act

This bill establishes and provides funds for a program to divert eligible individuals (e.g., parents of minor children and caregivers) from a term of imprisonment or probation into comprehensive support services (e.g., education, jobs, in-home parenting, and substance abuse treatment programs). Additionally, the bill provides funds for the training of district court judges, a study on the effects of incarceration on children of incarcerated parents, and grants to states for parenting sentencing alternative programs.

]]> FAMILIES Act Display Title FAMILIES Act Short Title(s) as Introduced FAMILIES Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Finding Alternatives to Mass Incarceration: Lives Improved by Ending Separation Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to divert certain parents of minor children, expectant parents, and other caregivers from incarceration and into comprehensive programs providing resources, services, and training to those individuals and their families. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4916is/xml/BILLS-116s4916is.xml 2020-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.