Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2003
Latest action · Apr 7, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 20, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prescribes program implementation guidelines, including: (1) application requirements; (2) training; (3) screening; (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.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2003 to May 20, 2003.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 27, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Mar 27, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Mar 27, 2003 | |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Mar 27, 2003 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Mar 27, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Mar 27, 2003 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 27, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 27, 2003 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Mar 27, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Mar 27, 2003 | |
| D-IL | William O. Lipinski | Mar 27, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 20, 2003 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 20, 2003 |
| Work and Welfare Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2003 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 20, 2003 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Apr 7, 2003 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 7, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Mar 27, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- Mar 20, 2003Introduced in House
- Mar 20, 2003Referred 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.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Academic performance
- 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
- 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 education
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Foster home care
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Graduate education
- Higher education
- Homeless
- Identification of criminals
- Indian children
- 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
- Web sites
- Youth services
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 20, 2003Introduced in House
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