On September 20, the Senate approved, by unanimous consent, the House amendments to the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006 (S. 3525). The measure would reauthorize the Promoting Safe and Stable Families program (PSSFP), Child Welfare Services program, and the Mentoring Children of Prisoners program for FY2006-2011. The House approved the bill on July 25 (see The Source, 7/28/06).
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) said, “I applaud the Senate’s unanimous approval of the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006. I am proud to have cosponsored this legislation with Sens. Grassley [R-IA], [Jay] Rockefeller [D-WV], [Orrin] Hatch [R-UT] and [Olympia] Snowe [R-ME]…Every child deserves the chance to grow up in a safe and stable home, and we need to root out the problems that too often force children into the child welfare system, particularly the growing scourge of methamphetamine, or ‘meth’ abuse. This bill makes some real improvements to our child welfare system and gets us closer to the goal of a thriving, secure childhood for every American youngster.”
