Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-2193
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2011-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Crime prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Domestic violence and child abuse
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Food assistance and relief
Income tax credits
Marriage and family status
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2011-06-15
text: 
Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2011 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to condition continued approval of a state plan upon state assessment of its policies with respect to barriers to employment and financial support of children.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states for an employment demonstration project involving a court- or state child support agency supervised-employment program for noncustodial parents who have barriers to employment and a history of nonpayment, so that they can pay their child support obligations. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to award grants for transitional jobs programs and for public-private career pathways partnerships.
 
Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) funding for responsible fatherhood programs, (2) activities promoting responsible fatherhood, and (3) elimination of a separate TANF work participation rate for two-parent families.
 
Prohibits a state from conditioning receipt of TANF or certain other benefits on: (1) participation in a healthy marriage or responsible fatherhood program, or (2) assignment to the state of certain support rights.
 
Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to prohibit a state from collecting any amount owed it by reason of costs it has incurred for the birth of a child for whom support rights have been assigned.
 
Requires a state to make a full distribution of collected child support to the family.
 
Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 with respect to: (1) deductions from family income for child support received in order to qualify for food stamps, (2) verification of child support payments, and (3) inclusion of economic opportunities programs in qualifying work programs.
 
Amends SSA title IV part A with respect to: (1) grants to healthy family partnerships for domestic violence intervention and prevention, and (2) grant recipients and their procedures for responding to the risks of domestic violence. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the credit percentage under the earned income tax credit for eligible individuals with no qualifying children.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2011-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2011-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
action_date: 2011-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2011-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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: 2011-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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: 2011-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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: 2011-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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: 2011-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-06-15
text: Introduced in House