Congress 108 - HR 2437 - Child Protection Services Workforce Improvement Act

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Adoption Aid to dependent children Cash welfare block grants Child abuse Child care workers Child health Child safety Child welfare Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Education Employee training Families Family services Federal aid to education Federal aid to Indians Foster home care Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government statistics Health Higher education Indian children Labor and Employment Law Legal services Mental health services Minorities Occupational health and safety Performance measurement Recruiting of employees Salaries Scholarships Social Welfare State employees Student loan funds

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Child Protection Services Workforce Improvement Act - Amends part B (Child-Welfare Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Administration of Children and Families, to make grants to States to improve the quality of child welfare services by increasing the quality and capacity of their child welfare workforce or by increasing the coordination of their child welfare services; and (2) provide for an increase in payment rate for States for expenditures for short term training of staff of certain child welfare agencies and court personnel.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for loan forgiveness for child welfare workers who: (1) complete a degree in social work or related field with a focus on serving children and families; and (2) obtain employment in public or private child welfare services, and work full time for two consecutive years.

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Jun 30, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Jun 19, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jun 11, 2003

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.
Jun 11, 2003

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1219)
Jun 11, 2003

Introduced in House

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