A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide improved assistance to children and families in need of services, to promote greater accountability for children in foster care, to promote greater permanency for children, to facilitate the adoption of children who would otherwise remain in indeterminate foster placement, and to reduce the wasteful expenditure of federal funds, and for other purposes.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Testifies before Congress
Apr 17, 2026
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Foster Care and Adoption Reform Act of 1979 - Title I: Child-Welfare Services Program - Amends part B of title IV (Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to: (1) revise procedures for the payment to States for child-welfare service programs; and (2) prohibit payment to any State for such programs unless that State has in effect an action plan to assure foster care protection.
Title II: Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Amends part A of title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) to require States receiving payments under part A to make adoption support payments. States that parents of adopted children are eligible for such payments while the adopted child is either under the age of 18, or is under the age of 21 and is a student.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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