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handle is hein.crs/crsuntaakgl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS22178 Updated November 29, 2005 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Child Welfare: Program Reauthorizations and Recent and FY2006 Proposed Funding Levels Emilie Stoltzfus Specialist in Social Legislation Domestic Social Policy Division Summary Most of the final FY2006 funding levels for child welfare programs remain undetermined. In the interim, funding is available under the continuing resolution (H.J.Res. 72) through December 17,2005. Most child welfare programs receive funding through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and their proposed FY2006 funding is included in H.R. 3010. On November 17, 2005, the House rejected the conference agreement (H.Rept. 109-300) on this bill. A few child welfare programs receive funding through the Department of Justice, and the FY2006 funding for those programs is included in P.L. 109-108, which was signed by the President on November 22, 2005. (See Table 1.) Funding authorization for several small child welfare grant programs (Adoption Awareness, Children's Advocacy Centers, Court Appointed Special Advocates, and Training for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners) expired with FY2005. No reauthorization language has been introduced for most of these programs. Nonetheless, the final or pending appropriations language includes FY2006 funding for these expired programs. The Promoting Safe and Stable Families program (Title IV-B, Subpart 2 of the Social Security Act) will expire with FY2006, and Congress may act to reauthorize this program later in the 109th Congress. This report will be updated. Federal Child Welfare Programs Child welfare services are intended to protect children from abuse and neglect and to ensure their well-being. In FY2005 the federal government appropriated $7.8 billion for these purposes. Most of this funding is made available to states through open-ended entitlement programs or as formula grants and is authorized under Title IV-E and Title IV-B of the Social Security Act or under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA). Additional funds are authorized primarily as competitive grants to eligible applicants (e.g., local governments, and national or community-based service organizations). A brief description of these programs is included in Table 1 below. Most dedicated federal child welfare funding is administered by the Children's Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and funding for these programs is Congressional Research Service +o The Library of Congress

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