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S 2543 115th Congress Senate

Supporting Kinship Connections Act

Official title: A bill to amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide grants to develop and enhance, or to evaluate, kinship navigator programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 13, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 13, 2018
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 Latest action March 13, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Supporting Kinship Connections Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants for developing, enhancing, or evaluating kinship navigator programs; such programs help grandparents and other relative caregivers find and use services to meet the needs of the caregivers and the children they are raising.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7012 Related bill Supporting Kinship Connections Act
 Bill text 1 version

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Young, Todd
Indiana · Mar 13, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2543: Supporting Kinship Connections Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2543/
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"S. 2543: Supporting Kinship Connections Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2543/.
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S. 2543, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2543/.
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