H.R. 3711 · 109th Congress
Emergency Action for Vulnerable Children Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jim McDermott
- Introduced
- 2005-09-08
- Latest action
- 2005-09-16 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Summary
Emergency Action for Vulnerable Children Act - Entitles each state which makes foster care maintenance payments on behalf of foster children in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, for a 12-month period beginning with September 2005, to payments equal to its total expenditures for: (1) such children in foster family homes or child care institutions; and (2) provision of child placement services, plan administration, or services to improve the children's well-being (as the Secretary of Health and Human Services finds necessary).