S 162 · in committee · major
Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025
- government reform
What this bill does
- States must create family partnership plans to improve foster care stability and increase kinship placements.
- Foster care agencies and prospective foster and adoptive families are affected by new reporting requirements.
- States implement plans using existing child welfare infrastructure; federal agencies collect demographic data annually.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would mandatory family partnership plans affect the timeline and cost for states already struggling with child welfare funding?
- 02
What specific demographic data will federal agencies collect from states, and how might that information be used beyond foster care placement decisions?
- 03
Would prioritizing kinship placements over traditional foster care improve outcomes for children, and what evidence supports this approach?
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Sponsor · R-IA
Chuck Grassley
Citizen cosponsors
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Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-21
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-21 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2025-01-21 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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