Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008

Summary

Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) extend the adoption incentives program through FY2012; (2) increase the incentive payment to a state for exceeding the highest ever foster child adoption rate; (3) increase incentive payments for special needs adoptions and older child adoptions; (4) revise requirements for the adoption assistance program to promote the adoption of children with special needs; and (5) give states the option to provide for relative guardianship assistance payments for children. Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to authorize comparisons and disclosures of information in the Federal Parent Locator Service for child welfare, foster care, and adoption assistance program purposes.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

6 official files

• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 16 September 2008

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 16 September 2008

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 16 September 2008

  Open at official source

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 20 May 2008

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 20 May 2008

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 20 May 2008

  Open at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.