Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-822
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Academic performance
Adoption
Alcohol and youth
Child abuse
Child development
Child welfare
Church and social problems
Community organization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Dropouts
Drug abuse
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Family violence
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Graduate education
Higher education
Homeless
Identification of criminals
Indian children
Information services
Internet
Juvenile delinquency
Labor and Employment
Mentoring
Minorities
Native Americans
Problem children
Religion
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Teenage pregnancy
Telephone
Volunteer workers
Web sites
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2005 - Amends title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to states to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using networks of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care. Authorizes a grant award directly to a political subdivision if the subdivision serves a substantial number of foster care youth.

Prescribes program implementation guidelines, including: (1) application requirements; (2) training; (3) screening; (4) educational requirements; (5) federal and nonfederal share of funds for the program; (6) considerations in awarding grants; and (7) use of funds. 
Sets forth a maximum grant amount to be awarded to a state or political subdivision. 
Authorizes the Secretary to award a competitive grant to an eligible entity to establish a National Hotline Service or website to provide information to individuals interested in becoming mentors to youth in foster care. 
Instructs the Secretary of Education to implement a program to provide for the discharge or cancellation of the federal student loan indebtedness of an eligible mentor.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E388)
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House