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S. 4725 117th Congress Senate

Data-Driven Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention Act of 2022

Official title: A bill to amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to improve foster and adoptive parent recruitment and retention, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 2, 2022 Introduced by: Chuck Grassley Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 2, 2022
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 Latest action August 2, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Data-Driven Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention Act of 2022

This bill requires state plans for child welfare services to provide for the development and implementation of a family partnership plan to improve foster care placement stability, increase rates of kinship placements, and align the racial and ethnic composition of foster and adoptive families with that of children in need of homes.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Nov 14, 2022
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Aug 2, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4725: Data-Driven Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4725/
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"S. 4725: Data-Driven Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4725/.
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S. 4725, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4725/.
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