H.R.687 - Keeping Families Together Act of 2007

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children. as introduced.
  • Short: Keeping Families Together Act of 2007 as introduced.

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1/24/2007--Introduced.Keeping Families Together Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award competitive matching grants to
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1/24/2007--Introduced.
Keeping Families Together Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award competitive matching grants to states to establish systems of care to provide mental health treatment and services to all children who are in the custody of the state or at-risk of entering into the custody of the state for the purpose of receiving mental health services. Requires states to use grant funds for certain activities, including to:
(1) expand public health insurance programs to cover community-based mental health and family support services for such children and their families that will be sustainable after the grant has expired;
(2) provide outreach and public education concerning available programs and activities; and
(3) provide training and professional development for personnel who work with such children. Requires the Administrator to establish a task force to examine:
(1) problems of mental health in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems;
(2) issues with respect to access by children and youth to mental health services; and
(3) the role of federal agencies in promoting access by children and youth to mental health services.

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08/01/11
House Roll Call #687 Details - OpenCongress

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02/13/11
H.R.687: Military Spouses Employment Act - U.S. Congress ...

Bill H.R. 687 was referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 14th of this year. This bill, named the “Military Spouses Employment Act” would expand the WOTC credit to include “qualified military ... Source: TALX ... OpenCongress is

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12/01/08
OpEdNews » Yes. I voted for Obama because he has a nice six-pack.

Obama endorsed the Keeping Families Together Act (HR 687 and S 382), which aims to end the practice of families of seriously mentally ill children who cannot afford the care their kids need from surrendering custody to the state so the ...

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