Ways and Means Committee, Work and Welfare Subcommittee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Supporting Kinship Connections Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants for developing, enhancing, or evaluating kinship navigator programs. Such programs help grandparents and other relative caregivers find and use services to meet the needs of the caregivers and the children they are raising. Program requirements include a referral system for kinship support groups and service providers and the promotion of partnerships between public and private agencies to improve such services.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Families
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Supporting Kinship Connections Act
USA116th CongressHR-4352| House
| Updated: 9/17/2019
Supporting Kinship Connections Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants for developing, enhancing, or evaluating kinship navigator programs. Such programs help grandparents and other relative caregivers find and use services to meet the needs of the caregivers and the children they are raising. Program requirements include a referral system for kinship support groups and service providers and the promotion of partnerships between public and private agencies to improve such services.
Ways and Means Committee, Work and Welfare Subcommittee
Families
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Adoption and foster careAmerican SamoaChild care and developmentChild safety and welfareFamily relationshipsFamily servicesGovernment information and archivesGuamIndian social and development programsLawyers and legal servicesNorthern Mariana IslandsOceaniaPoverty and welfare assistancePublic-private cooperationState and local government operationsU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin Islands