Grandfamilies Act of 2023
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Progress
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- IntroducedDec 14, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Grandfamilies Act of 2023
This bill expands access to specified programs for children living with grandparents or other family members who are not their legal guardian. Specifically, the bill provides that a child of a relative eligible for Old-Age and Survivors Insurance benefits is eligible for such benefit payments if that child (1) began living with such relative before age 18, (2) receives at least 50% of their support from such relative, and (3) has lived with such relative pursuant to a court order for at least 12 months.
Additionally, the bill revises the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) eligibility requirements for children living with specified caregiver relatives. First, the bill lessens the requirement for TANF applicants to assign their rights to child support when such assignment may impact the likelihood of reunifying the child with their noncustodial parent, such as where the noncustodial parent is working to gain financial stability so they may reunify with their child. Further, when a child, but not the caregiver relative, receives TANF benefits (i.e., child-only cases), or if the caregiver relative is 55 or older, the bill (1) excludes such caregiver’s income from that child’s eligibility determination, (2) removes the 5-year cap on assistance, and (3) exempts such caregiver relatives from TANF work requirements.
The bill also (1) encourages states to enact temporary guardianship laws, (2) provides grants for state plans to support caregiver relatives, and (3) requires the Administration for Community Living to provide grants for establishing cross-sector partnerships that support families with caregiver relatives.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
- Dec 15, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 14, 2023Introduced in House
- Dec 14, 2023Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3501 | Grandfamilies Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Mar 12, 2024 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Administrative remedies
- Adoption and foster care
- Advisory bodies
- Child care and development
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Family relationships
- Family services
- Food assistance and relief
- Government information and archives
- Intergovernmental relations
- Nutrition and diet
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Social security and elderly assistance
- Social Welfare
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2023Introduced in House
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