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HR 2437 108th Congress House

Child Protection Services Workforce Improvement Act

Official title: To provide for grants to State child welfare systems to improve quality standards and outcomes, to increase the match for private agencies receiving training f… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide for grants to State child welfare systems to improve quality standards and outcomes, to increase the match for private agencies receiving training funds under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act, and to authorize the forgiveness of loans made to certain students who become child welfare workers.

Introduced: March 3, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Jun 30, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Jun 19, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jun 11, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 11, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1219)
Jun 11, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 30, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Child Protection Services Workforce Improvement Act - Amends part B (Child-Welfare Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Administration of Children and Families, to make grants to States to improve the quality of child welfare services by increasing the quality and capacity of their child welfare workforce or by increasing the coordination of their child welfare services; and (2) provide for an increase in payment rate for States for expenditures for short term training of staff of certain child welfare agencies and court personnel.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for loan forgiveness for child welfare workers who: (1) complete a degree in social work or related field with a focus on serving children and families; and (2) obtain employment in public or private child welfare services, and work full time for two consecutive years.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 6 Independent 1
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 3, 2004
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Sep 10, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jul 25, 2003
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 23, 2003
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jul 23, 2003
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 23, 2003
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 8, 2003
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 8, 2003
FROST, MARTIN
· Jun 11, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2437: Child Protection Services Workforce Improvement Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2437/
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"H.R. 2437: Child Protection Services Workforce Improvement Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2437/.
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H.R. 2437, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2437/.
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