Kinship Caregiver Support Act

To establish kinship navigator programs, to establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes.

5/7/2007--Introduced.
Kinship Caregiver Support Act - Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible entities to pay for the federal share of the cost of carrying out kinship navigator programs. Amends part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize all states to opt to enter agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of children to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have cared as foster parents and have committed to care for on a permanent basis. Provides that adoptive parents of children with special needs remain eligible for adoption assistance, even if they receive kinship guardianship assistance. Authorizes the use of foster care independence program funds to provide independent living services and education and training vouchers for children who exit foster care to kinship guardianship or adoption after age 14. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with eligible entities to conduct demonstration kinship guardianship assistance projects. Requires states to:
(1) notify all adult grandparents and other adult relatives (with exceptions due to family or domestic violence) when a child is removed from custody of a parent or parents; and
(2) explain the options the relative has to participate in the child's care and placement. Allows state agencies to establish separate standards for foster family homes in which a foster parent is a relative of the foster child. Expands the definition of family support services to include assisting kinship caregivers or guardians in locating and accessing needed services. Requires that states inform case workers and families considering guardianship of all permanency options and service eligibility.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
• and 82 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Thomas Allen [D, ME-1]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Rep. Leonard Boswell [D, IA-3]
  • Rep. Nancy Boyda [D, KS-2]
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite [R, FL-5]
  • Rep. Kathy Castor [D, FL-11]
  • Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5]
  • Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Artur Davis [D, AL-7]
  • Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
  • Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6]
  • Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
  • Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
  • Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
  • Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Baron Hill [D, IN-9]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. William Jefferson [D, LA-2]
  • Rep. Timothy Johnson [R, IL-15]
  • Rep. Paul Kanjorski [D, PA-11]
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Ray LaHood [R, IL-18]
  • Rep. Steven LaTourette [R, OH-14]
  • Rep. Ron Lewis [R, KY-2]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
  • Rep. Donald Manzullo [R, IL-16]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. Gregory Meeks [D, NY-6]
  • Rep. Charles Melancon [D, LA-3]
  • Rep. Alan Mollohan [D, WV-1]
  • Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3]
  • Rep. Jerry Moran [R, KS-1]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. James Oberstar [D, MN-8]
  • Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
  • Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
  • Rep. Deborah Pryce [R, OH-15]
  • Rep. Rick Renzi [R, AZ-1]
  • Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R, FL-18]
  • Rep. Timothy Ryan [D, OH-17]
  • Rep. Linda Sanchez [D, CA-39]
  • Rep. H. James Saxton [R, NJ-3]
  • Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13]
  • Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
  • Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
  • Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. Zackary Space [D, OH-18]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
  • Rep. Gene Taylor [D, MS-4]
  • Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R, OH-12]
  • Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6]
  • Rep. James Walsh [R, NY-25]
  • Rep. Timothy Walz [D, MN-1]
  • Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
  • Rep. Charles Wilson [D, OH-6]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]
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Committees

• House Ways and Means
• 3 more
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2188

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
May 07, 2007

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• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
• May 15, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
• May 11, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1026-1027)
• May 07, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor
• May 07, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• May 07, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on May 07, 2007.

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