[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 17 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 17

Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Academy of Sciences, 
 through the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, should convene an 
  expert panel to recommend the best practices and measures to use in 
  data collection relating to foster care and to research and develop 
   methods for streamlining the application and approval process for 
       moving a child from foster care to a permanent residence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2005

 Ms. Millender-McDonald submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Academy of Sciences, 
 through the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, should convene an 
  expert panel to recommend the best practices and measures to use in 
  data collection relating to foster care and to research and develop 
   methods for streamlining the application and approval process for 
       moving a child from foster care to a permanent residence.

Whereas in May 2003, the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care committed to 
        improving existing Federal financing mechanisms to facilitate faster 
        movement of children from foster care to permanent residence and to 
        improve court oversight of child welfare cases;
Whereas in the report titled ``Fostering the Future: Safety, Permanence and 
        Well-being for Children in Foster Care'', the Pew Commission recommended 
        improving the financing of child welfare and strengthening court 
        oversight in such cases; and
Whereas in that report, the Pew Commission further recommended that Congress 
        direct the National Academy of Sciences, through the Board on Children, 
        Youth, and Families, to convene an expert panel to recommend the best 
        practices and measures to use in data collection relating to foster 
        care: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That it is the sense of Congress that the National Academy of Sciences, 
through the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, should convene an 
expert panel to--
            (1) recommend the best practices and measures to use in 
        data collection relating to foster care; and
            (2) research and develop methods for streamlining the 
        application and approval process for moving a child from foster 
        care to a permanent residence.
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