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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.

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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 gran... more

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December 02, 2008 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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October 19, 2008 Both the Obama and McCain campaigns say that mental health care is ...

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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September 21, 2008 The Hill Blog» Blog Archive » Let’s Talk About Mental Health ...

No matter who wins the presidency in 2008, passing the “Keeping Families Together Act” (S.382/H.R.687) should be an explicit White House priority. Let’s bring kids home—by providing flexible service options in local communities and ...

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