3.0.0 2477 2023-01-14T05:16:36Z 2023-01-14T05:16:36Z Senate S 2021-07-27 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-07-27T19:11:31Z FAMILIES Act 117 4709 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Identical bill CRS 2021-07-27 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2021-07-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2021-07-27 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2021-07-27 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-07-27 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-07-27 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2021-07-27 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-07-27 True W000790 Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] Raphael Warnock D GA G. 2021-07-27 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2021-08-02 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-09-20 False 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 2021-07-27 Introduced in Senate 2023-01-11T17:48:54Z Finding Alternatives to Mass Incarceration: Lives Improved by Ending Separation Act of 2021 or the FAMILIES Act

This bill establishes a federal statutory framework to divert certain defendants who are parents or caregivers away from prison and probation and into a comprehensive support services program.

At the federal level, the bill establishes and provides funds for the comprehensive support services program, or FAMILIES Program. The bill authorizes federal courts to sentence a parent or caregiver to participation in the FAMILIES Program as a condition of supervised release or instead of probation or prison.

At the state level, the bill funds grants for states to replicate successful state parenting sentencing alternatives programs that have the potential to keep parents out of prison.

The bill also provides funds for a study on the effects of incarceration on children of incarcerated parents and for training district court judges to carry out the FAMILIES Program.

]]> FAMILIES Act 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 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 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2477is/xml/BILLS-117s2477is.xml 2021-07-27 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.