What does Preamble of Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025 do?

This bill amends parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act. The purpose of the amendments is to improve foster and adoptive parent recruitment and retention.

What does SHORT TITLE. of Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025 do?

This bill is formally titled the Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025

What does STATE PLAN AMENDMENT. of Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025 do?

This section amends Section 422 of the Social Security Act to require states to develop and implement a family partnership plan. The plan must be developed in consultation with various stakeholders, including birth, kinship, foster, and adoptive families, service providers, and youth with lived experience. The plan must describe how the state will identify and support relatives, develop child-specific recruitment plans, and authentically engage children in recruitment efforts. States must use data to establish goals, assess needs, measure progress, and improve placement outcomes, including increasing kinship placements. The plan requires annual reporting on foster family capacity and congregate care utilization. States must include feedback from foster and adoptive parents and youth regarding licensure, training, and support. The plan must also address challenges and barriers to recruiting families who reflect the racial and ethnic background of children in foster care. The amendments generally take effect on October 1, 2026, but a delay is permitted if state legislation is required and hasn't been enacted yet.

What does INCLUSION OF INFORMATION ON FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES IN of Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025 do?

This section amends the Social Security Act to include information on foster and adoptive families in annual child welfare outcomes reports to Congress. The reports must include State-by-State data on foster and adoptive families, challenges and barriers to being a foster or adoptive parent, and efforts to recruit diverse families. The amendment applies to reports submitted for fiscal year 2025 and succeeding years.

Back to bills

Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025

Last updated: 3/5/2025 · Introduced: 1/21/2025

Author: Randy Feenstra (R-IA)

TL;DR (AI)

This bill requires states to develop and implement family partnership plans, utilizing data to improve foster and adoptive parent recruitment and retention, with a focus on kinship placements and addressing barriers to diverse family recruitment.
States must annually report on foster family capacity, congregate care utilization, and feedback from foster and adoptive parents and youth regarding licensure, training, and support.
The bill mandates that annual child welfare outcomes reports to Congress include state-by-state data on foster and adoptive families, challenges they face, and recruitment efforts.

119th Congresspassed houseS. 162(Passed Senate)Official page

Verified Votes

No verified votes yet.

Community Votes

No community votes yet. Be the first!

Voting as guest · Sign in for verified votes

Other Sections

Includes provisions on preamble, short title., and 2 more.

4 sections

Click "Show details" to explore individual sections. Use the community vote above or visit All Sections to vote per section.

Read official text

Want the full experience?

Create a free account to cast verified votes on each section, get a personalized summary, and track your voting history.

Create Free Account