Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program Reauthorization in the 109th Congress

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adoption.

Child welfare.

Families.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2007

Summary:

Tracks legislative efforts in the 109th Congress to reauthorize the promoting safe and stable families (PSSF) program, established under Title IV-B, Subpart 2 of the Social Security Act to provide formula grants to States, territories, and tribes for services to children and families, including family support, family preservation, time-limited reunification, and adoption promotion and support. Describes provisions enacted by P.L. 109-288, the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006; and provides information on PSSF funding. Compares provisions in prior law to those proposed and enacted, provides legislative history of PSSF, and discusses selected policy issues and related Federal funding programs

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program

Publisher Number:

CRS-2007-DSP-0257

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