Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8555 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8555 To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for better protections for children raised in kinship families outside of the foster care system. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2024 Ms. Scanlon (for herself and Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for better protections for children raised in kinship families outside of the foster care system. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds as follows: (1) More than 2,400,000 children are being raised in kinship families or ``grandfamilies'' by r…