Congress 107 - HR 5695 - Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2002

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Academic performance Adopted children Adoption Alcohol and youth Child abuse Child development Child welfare Church and social problems Community organization Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Dropout prevention Dropouts Drug abuse Drugs and youth Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Evaluation research (Social action programs) Families Family violence Federal aid to child welfare Federal aid to higher education Federal aid to youth services Federally-guaranteed loans Foster home care Government lending Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Graduate education Higher education Homeless children Identification of criminals Indian youth Information services Internet Juvenile delinquency Labor and Employment Mentoring Minorities Native Americans Problem children Religion Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Social Welfare Student loan funds Teenage pregnancy Telephone Volunteer workers in social service Web sites

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Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2002 - Amends title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using networks of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care.

Prescribes program implementation guidelines, including: (1) application requirements; (2) screening; (3) training; (4) educational requirements; (5) Federal and non-Federal share of funds for the Program; (6) considerations in awarding grants; and (7) use of funds.

Sets forth a maximum grant amount to be awarded to a State.

Authorizes the Secretary to award a competitive grant to an eligible entity to establish a National Hotline Service or Website to provide information to individuals interested in becoming mentors to youth in foster care.

Instructs the Secretary of Education to implement a program to provide for the discharge or cancellation of the Federal student loan indebtedness of an eligible mentor.

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Oct 17, 2002

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.
Oct 17, 2002

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