Child Welfare: The Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program

Stoltzfus, Emilie ; Spar, Karen

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Children;    Child welfare - Law and legislation;   

RP-ID  :  RL30894
RP-ID  :  RL30894 2002-01-24

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The report describes the authorization of funding for the Promoting Safe and Stable Families program (first created in 1993 under a different name) that has expired in the end of FY2001; thus, the 107th Congress acted to reauthorize this program and make some program changes (H.R. 2873, P.L. 107-133). P.L. 107-133 expands the definition of family preservation services under the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program to include infant safe haven programs; clarifies the meaning of family support to include services that “strengthen parental relationships and promote healthy marriages”; provides for reallocation of unused program funds; and states that, out of any discretionary funds appropriated for the Safe and Stable Families Program, 3.3% will be added to the existing $10 million setaside for Court Improvement Grants; 3.3% will be added to the existing $6 million reservation for evaluation, technical assistance, research and training; and 2% will be added to the existing set-aside for Indian tribes (1% of mandatory funds).