Senate / Congress

On December 20th, as part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, the President signed the Family First Transition Act into law. View the full text here. The Family First... (Read more)

U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio) introduced bipartisan legislation, the Child Abuse Deaths Disclosure Act, which would require states to report data on all child-abuse related deaths... (Read more)

The bill (S. 2777/H.R. 4980) presents a bipartisan effort to help jurisdictions implement the Family First Prevention Services Act more effectively and proposes to provide resources to states, tribes and... (Read more)

Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, along with colleagues in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, introduced the “Family First Transition and... (Read more)

A letter signed by the Chair and Ranking Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance as well as the Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. House Committee on... (Read more)

Senator Wyden wrote a letter praising Oregon State Senator Gelser for leading legislative effort to implement Family First. See Oregon's proposed legislative changes here . The Letter(Read more)

Background on foster care data and need for reform, basis for and goals of reform efforts, timeline of legislative actions leading to Family First, and an overview of provisions. Presented... (Read more)

Full text of Public Law No: 115-123 (02/09/2018) including the Family First Prevention Services Act. View it here(Read more)

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, along with Sens. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Michael Bennet of Colorado and Todd Young of Indiana, sent a letter to U.S. Department... (Read more)

The following table shows relevant law as it read just prior to enactment of Family First, the provisions of Family First as passed the House in June 2016 (H.R. 5456,... (Read more)