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.
Other Bill Titles (2 more) 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... moreSee Full Bill Text
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| Introduced | ![]() | Voted on by House | ![]() | Voted on by Senate | ![]() | Considered By President | ![]() | Bill Becomes Law |
| January 24, 2007 |
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December 20, 2007 HR 687: Keeping Families Together Act of 2007
Does anyone know anything about HR 687: Keeping Families Together Act of 2007? Is this a bill worth starting letter-writing campaigns or something for?
Source: Activism Now
April 24, 2007 I found this really disturbing
Write your senators and representatives now asking them to support HR 687 and S. 382, the Keeping Families Together Act. I find it hard to believe that parents have do this to a child just because their child has a mental illness and is ...
February 13, 2007 ACTION ALERT: Urge Lawmakers to Co-Sponsor KFTA
382 and HR 687) is vital to address the tragically common practice of child custody relinquishment solely to gain access to necessary mental health treatment. The bill targets a child mental health system in crisisone that too often ...
Source: TheUnderRepresented








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