legislation: 115-s-1964

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115-s-1964 115 s 1964 Child Welfare Oversight and Accountability Act of 2017 Families 2017-10-16 2017-10-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 1 Child Welfare Oversight and Accountability Act of 2017 This bill address foster care services in state child welfare programs, including the use of private, for-profit foster care services. Specifically, the bill: supports states placing children with family members, including by providing financial support to states for all children placed with family members, not just children removed from poor families; expands oversight of state child welfare systems, including by requiring states to annually review child fatalities from maltreatment; establishes workload and training standards for child welfare workers; requires states to assess and report to the Department of Health and Human Services on the performance of foster care providers; and gives an individual who is or was a child in foster care the right to seek relief in civil court if a state fails to meet certain case plan and case review requirements. 2023-01-11T13:38:16Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1964

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