S. 657 · 108th Congress
Strengthening Families Act of 2003
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Strengthening Families Act of 2003 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary to award grants to eligible States and entities to conduct demonstration programs to promote responsible fatherhood.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 19, 2003
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to contract with a nonprofit fatherhood promotion organization to: (1) develop and distribute a media campaign that addresses the issue of responsible fatherhood to States, local governments, public agencies, and private entities; and (2) develop a national clearinghouse to assist States and community efforts to promote and support marriage and responsible fatherhood by disseminating information regarding media campaigns and programs instituted by States using grant funds under this Act.
Directs the Secretary to make grants to States desiring to conduct policy reviews and develop recommendations with the goals of: (1) obtaining and retaining employment, increasing child support payments, and increasing the involvement of low-income, noncustodial parents with their children; and (2) coordinating policies and services for low-income, noncustodial parents among the different systems or programs in which such parents are involved, including the criminal justice system, the State program funded under SSA title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), the State program funded under SSA title IV part D, and job training or employment programs.
Requires the Secretary to make grants to States desiring to conduct a demonstration project for the purpose of: (1) testing innovative policies and to better coordinate policies and services for low-income, noncustodial parents to accomplish such goals; or (2) if the State conducted a policy review with such a grant and desires to implement the recommendations of that review, implementing such recommendations.
Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor jointly to award grants to eligible States for the purpose of establishing, in coordination with counties and other local governments, court- supervised employment programs for noncustodial parents who have a history of nonpayment of child support obligations, as determined by a court, and who are determined by the court to be in need of employment services or placement in order to pay such child support obligations.
Amends SSA title IV part A to replace provisions on bonus grants to States to reward a decrease in illegitimacy ratio with provisions on grants to States to States to prevent teen pregnancy.
Directs the Secretary to make a grant to a nationally recognized, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that meets specified contractor requirements to establish and operate a national teen pregnancy prevention resource center.
Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 with respect to establishing national goals to prevent teen pregnancy.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Strengthening Families Act of 2003
Latest action (Mar 19, 2003): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Families · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 19, 2003
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.