A bill to establish in the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty to develop a national strategy to eliminate child poverty in the United States, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-1630| Senate
| Updated: 7/25/2017
Robert P. Casey
Democratic Senator
Pennsylvania
Cosponsors (2)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017 This bill establishes, within the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty. The primary goal of the working group shall be to develop a national plan for reducing to zero, within specified timeframes, the number of children living in poverty and extreme poverty in the United States. The national plan devised by the working group shall also include recommendations for: (1) understanding the root causes of child poverty, (2) improving access to anti-poverty programs, (3) eliminating disparate rates of child poverty based on specified demographic factors, (4) improving access to quality jobs, (5) connecting low-income children and families to education and job training, and (6) shifting the measures and policies of federal anti-poverty programs toward the goal of helping individuals and families achieve long-term economic stability. The bill also specifies additional duties, membership, and reporting requirements for the working group.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Social Welfare
Advisory bodiesChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of EducationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentDepartment of JusticeDepartment of LaborEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesIntergovernmental relationsPolicy sciencesPoverty and welfare assistanceRacial and ethnic relationsState and local government operationsUnemployment
A bill to establish in the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty to develop a national strategy to eliminate child poverty in the United States, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-1630| Senate
| Updated: 7/25/2017
Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017 This bill establishes, within the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty. The primary goal of the working group shall be to develop a national plan for reducing to zero, within specified timeframes, the number of children living in poverty and extreme poverty in the United States. The national plan devised by the working group shall also include recommendations for: (1) understanding the root causes of child poverty, (2) improving access to anti-poverty programs, (3) eliminating disparate rates of child poverty based on specified demographic factors, (4) improving access to quality jobs, (5) connecting low-income children and families to education and job training, and (6) shifting the measures and policies of federal anti-poverty programs toward the goal of helping individuals and families achieve long-term economic stability. The bill also specifies additional duties, membership, and reporting requirements for the working group.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Robert P. Casey
Democratic Senator
Pennsylvania
Cosponsors (2)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Social Welfare
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- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Advisory bodiesChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of EducationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentDepartment of JusticeDepartment of LaborEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesIntergovernmental relationsPolicy sciencesPoverty and welfare assistanceRacial and ethnic relationsState and local government operationsUnemployment