S 3193 114th Congress Senate

CONNECT Act

Official title: A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to enhance collaboration be… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to enhance collaboration between State child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

Introduced: July 13, 2016 Introduced by: Peters, Gary C. Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov

Social Welfare Child safety and welfareCriminal justice information and recordsGovernment information and archivesJuvenile crime and gang violence

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Jul 13, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jul 13, 2016

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Childhood Outcomes Need New Efficient Community Teams or the CONNECT Act

This bill amends title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to state child welfare and juvenile justice agencies to:

collaborate in the collection of data relating to dual status youth (who come into contact with both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems and occupy various statuses in their relationship to those systems); and
develop practices, policies, and protocols to confront the challenges presented and experienced by such youth.

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