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      "id": 100332,
      "date": "2002-01-24",
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      "title": "Child Welfare: Reauthorization of the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program in the 107th Congress",
      "summary": "President Bush signed the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments of 2001\n( H.R. 2873 ) into law on January 17, 2002 ( P.L. 107-133 ). The new law reauthorizes the\nprogram for 5 years (FY2002-FY2006), sets its annual mandatory funding level at $305 million, and\nauthorizes additional discretionary funds up to $200 million annually. Separately it grants new\nprogram authority for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fund programs that\nmentor children of prisoners and it expands the Foster Care Independence Program by authorizing\nnew discretionary funds for education and training vouchers. The FY2002 Labor-HHS-Education\nAppropriations Act ( P.L. 107-116 ) provides $375 million for the Promoting Safe and Stable Families\nprogram ($305 million mandatory, $70 million discretionary) but does not fund the newly authorized\nmentoring services for children of prisoners nor the education and training vouchers. \n  First created in 1993 (under a different name), the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program\n(Title IV-B, Subpart 2 of the Social Security Act) provides grants to states for four kinds of child\nwelfare services: family preservation, family support, time-limited family reunification, and\nadoption promotion and support. Funds are reserved from Safe and Stable's annual appropriation\nto allow national evaluations of program activities and for state court grants (to improve child\nwelfare proceedings).  P.L. 107-133  expands the definition of family preservation services under the\nPromoting Safe and Stable Families Program to include infant safe haven programs; clarifies the\nmeaning of family support to include services that \"strengthen parental relationships and promote\nhealthy marriages\"; provides for reallocation of unused program funds; and stipulates that, out of any\ndiscretionary funds appropriated for the program, 3.3% will be added to the existing $10 million\nset-aside for Court Improvement Grants; 3.3% will be added to the existing $6 million reservation\nfor evaluation, technical assistance, research and training; and 2% will be added to the existing\nset-aside for Indian tribes (1% of mandatory funds).\n  The Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program is administered by HHS and the House Ways\nand Means and Senate Finance committees have jurisdiction. Like Safe and Stable Families, grants\nto states for child welfare services (Title IV-B, Subpart 1) and Adoption Incentive payments (part\nof Title IV-E), are under the Social Security Act, have related purposes, and share committee\njurisdictions. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (expired with FY2001, but received\nFY2002 funding) authorized programs that share goals with Safe and Stable Families, but is under\nHouse Education and Workforce and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions jurisdiction. \nFinally, the Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act, under Senate and House Judiciary\ncommittees jurisdiction, authorizes grants to improve handling of child welfare cases. They are to\nbe administered, primarily, by the Department of Justice and received initial funding of $2 million\nin FY2002.\n  This report reflects legislative action through the first session of the 107th Congress and will\n not\nbe updated.",
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