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Supporting America’s Children and Families Act (P.L. 118-258)

Current understanding

The Supporting America’s Children and Families Act (P.L. 118-258) reauthorizes core ACF child-welfare programs through FY2029, including Title IV-B family preservation and support services, court improvement, and regional partnership grants addressing family substance-use disorders. Housing-relevant provisions expand family preservation services to cover nonrecurring short-term crisis benefits such as housing and food assistance, add a tribal funding set-aside, authorize kinship-navigator evaluation grants, and provide guidance on virtual caseworker visits and remote court proceedings. For renters and families at risk of child removal, the law widens access to short-term housing supports; for state agencies and providers, it modernizes program rules through FY2029.

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  • 2025-01-04 — Supporting America’s Children and Families Act: cross-connection with family-preservation-housing-supports: The Act is the enacting vehicle that authorizes short-term housing/food crisis benefits within Title IV-B family preservation services. (novelty: 3)

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Supporting America’s Children and Families Act
04-jan-2025 novelty 3 per-area 3 introduces

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