S. 162 · 119th Congress
Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025
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- Senate Introduced Jan 21, 2025
- Senate Passed Jun 11, 2026
This bill requires state plans for child welfare services to provide for the development and implementation of a family partnership plan to improve foster care placement stability, increase rates of kinship placements, and align the composition of foster and adoptive families with the needs of children in or entering foster care.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jan 21, 2025
Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025
This bill requires state plans for child welfare services to provide for the development and implementation of a family partnership plan to improve foster care placement stability, increase rates of kinship placements, and align the composition of foster and adoptive families with the needs of children in or entering foster care.
The Children's Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families also must include in its annual report information from states about the number, demographics, and characteristics of foster and adoptive families as well as a summary of the challenges related to recruiting and being foster or adoptive parents.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025
Latest action (Jun 15, 2026): Held at the desk.
Policy area: Families · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 21, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Jan 21, 2025
- Senate Passed Jun 11, 2026
No recorded floor vote found.