To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to provide for the placement of a foster child in a cottage home, and to make a child so placed eligible for foster care maintenance payments.
USA115th CongressHR-4983| House
| Updated: 2/14/2018
Mark Meadows
Republican Representative
North Carolina
Cosponsors (9)
Ways and Means Committee, Work and Welfare Subcommittee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Caring Homes and Improved Lives for Dependents (CHILD) Act This bill requires states to consider foster family homes or cottage homes to be the least restrictive setting for children who have attained six years of age and have been removed from their homes, if suitable relatives or other designated caregivers are not available. A cottage home is a residential operation: in which not more than 12 children reside; that implements a trauma-informed treatment plan for its residents; that involves family members of a child in the treatment for the child, and maintains contact with the family of the child, if available and if the involvement is clinically appropriate for the well-being of the child; that is licensed by the state where it is located; and that is accredited. The bill makes cottage homes eligible for foster care maintenance payments.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Families
Adoption and foster careChild safety and welfareFamily servicesPoverty and welfare assistanceState and local government operations
To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to provide for the placement of a foster child in a cottage home, and to make a child so placed eligible for foster care maintenance payments.
USA115th CongressHR-4983| House
| Updated: 2/14/2018
Caring Homes and Improved Lives for Dependents (CHILD) Act This bill requires states to consider foster family homes or cottage homes to be the least restrictive setting for children who have attained six years of age and have been removed from their homes, if suitable relatives or other designated caregivers are not available. A cottage home is a residential operation: in which not more than 12 children reside; that implements a trauma-informed treatment plan for its residents; that involves family members of a child in the treatment for the child, and maintains contact with the family of the child, if available and if the involvement is clinically appropriate for the well-being of the child; that is licensed by the state where it is located; and that is accredited. The bill makes cottage homes eligible for foster care maintenance payments.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Mark Meadows
Republican Representative
North Carolina
Cosponsors (9)
Ways and Means Committee, Work and Welfare Subcommittee
Families
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Adoption and foster careChild safety and welfareFamily servicesPoverty and welfare assistanceState and local government operations