1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS22178Updated November 29, 2005Child Welfare: Program Reauthorizations andRecent and FY2006 Proposed Funding Levels Emilie StoltzfusSpecialist in Social LegislationDomestic Social Pol
2、icy DivisionSummaryMost of the final FY2006 funding levels for child welfare programs remainundetermined. In the interim, funding is available under the continuing resolution(H.J.Res. 72) through December 17, 2005. Most child welfare programs receive fundingthrough the Department of Health and Human
3、 Services (HHS), and their proposedFY2006 funding is included in H.R. 3010. On November 17, 2005, the House rejectedthe conference agreement (H.Rept. 109-300) on this bill. A few child welfare programsreceive funding through the Department of Justice, and the FY2006 funding for thoseprograms is incl
4、uded in P.L. 109-108, which was signed by the President on November22, 2005. (See Table 1.) Funding authorization for several small child welfare grantprograms (Adoption Awareness, Childrens Advocacy Centers, Court Appointed SpecialAdvocates, and Training for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners) ex