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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 30, 2023
Find and Protect Foster Youth Act
This bill requires the Children's Bureau of the Office of the Administration for Children & Families to provide states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations with information, advice, educational materials, and technical assistance relating to eliminating obstacles to identifying and responding to reports of children missing from foster care and other vulnerable foster youth.
Specifically, the bureau must evaluate the protocols that states and tribes have developed to comply with the reporting requirements for locating children missing from foster care and identify the best practices for providing such children with effective interventions.
Additionally, the bureau must provide assistance for assessing and screening children who were missing and returned to foster care and children who are, or are at risk of, being victims of sex trafficking.
People & committees
Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] · R–TX
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 315.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-385.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-385.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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