S. 1964 · 115th Congress
Child Welfare Oversight and Accountability Act of 2017
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This bill address foster care services in state child welfare programs, including the use of private, for-profit foster care services.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Oct 16, 2017
Child Welfare Oversight and Accountability Act of 2017
This bill address foster care services in state child welfare programs, including the use of private, for-profit foster care services.
Specifically, the bill:
- supports states placing children with family members, including by providing financial support to states for all children placed with family members, not just children removed from poor families;
- expands oversight of state child welfare systems, including by requiring states to annually review child fatalities from maltreatment;
- establishes workload and training standards for child welfare workers;
- requires states to assess and report to the Department of Health and Human Services on the performance of foster care providers; and
- gives an individual who is or was a child in foster care the right to seek relief in civil court if a state fails to meet certain case plan and case review requirements.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Child Welfare Oversight and Accountability Act of 2017
Latest action (Oct 16, 2017): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Families · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Oct 16, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.