Prioritize Prevention through Title IV-B
On September 18, 2024, the US House of Representatives voted (405 yays to 10 nays) to advance legislation to reform and re-authorize Title IV-B under the Protecting America’s Children by Strengthening Families Act (H.R. 9076). This is a first-in-a-generation reauthorization and reform of the Title IV-B child welfare program, tasked with helping prevent child abuse and neglect, protecting the safety and well-being of children in the foster care system, and keeping families together.
This is a bill within a larger package of priorities that refocuses the child welfare system including a number of reforms. The last time the program received any significant reforms was in 2008 and authorization for the program expired in 2021. The bill reauthorizes Title IV-B for five years and the program is tasked with:
- helping prevent child abuse and neglect,
- keeping families together, and
- ensuring children are not separated from their parents solely because of poverty, among other reforms.
The legislation is now taken up by the Senate for consideration. Reach out to your Senators today to encourage them to prioritize this important piece of legislation!
Prioritize Prevention through Title IV-B
On September 18, 2024, the US House of Representatives voted (405 yays to 10 nays) to advance legislation to reform and re-authorize Title IV-B under the Protecting America’s Children by Strengthening Families Act (H.R. 9076). This is a first-in-a-generation reauthorization and reform of the Title IV-B child welfare program, tasked with helping prevent child abuse and neglect, protecting the safety and well-being of children in the foster care system, and keeping families together.
This is a bill within a larger package of priorities that refocuses the child welfare system including a number of reforms. The last time the program received any significant reforms was in 2008 and authorization for the program expired in 2021. The bill reauthorizes Title IV-B for five years and the program is tasked with:
- helping prevent child abuse and neglect,
- keeping families together, and
- ensuring children are not separated from their parents solely because of poverty, among other reforms.
The legislation is now taken up by the Senate for consideration. Reach out to your Senators today to encourage them to prioritize this important piece of legislation!