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42 U.S.C. 627: Family connection grants

Created in 2008 by the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-351). Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 42 U.S.C. 629g, 42 U.S.C. 674, 42 U.S.C. 676.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2025

    • Pub. L. 118–258, §110(b)(1)(A), substituted "Kinship navigators" for "Family connection grants" in section catchline. (Supporting America's Children and Families Act) Law text
    • Pub. L. 118–258, §110(b)(1)(B)(ii), (iv)–(viii), struck out dash after "implementation of" and par. (1) designation before "a kinship navigator program"; redesignated subpars. (A) to (G) of former par. (1) as pars. (1) to (7), respectively; redesignated cls. (i) to (v) of former par. (… (Supporting America's Children and Families Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 118–258, §110(b)(1)(B)(i), substituted "administering programs to help" for "helping" in introductory provisions. (Supporting America's Children and Families Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 118–258, §110(b)(1)(B)(iii), added cl. (v), which was subsequently redesignated subpar. (E) of par. (3). (Supporting America's Children and Families Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 118–258, §110(b)(1)(C)(i), struck out "1 or more of" after "used to implement". (Supporting America's Children and Families Act) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 118–258, §110(b)(1)(C)(ii), added par. (3) and redesignated former pars. (3) and (4) as (4) and (5), respectively. (Supporting America's Children and Families Act) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 118–258, §110(b)(1)(C)(iii)–(v), added par. (6). (Supporting America's Children and Families Act) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 118–258, §110(b)(1)(D), added subsec. (d) and struck out former subsec. (d) which related to federal contribution of a grant payment. (Supporting America's Children and Families Act) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 118–258, §110(b)(1)(E), substituted "Reservation of funds for technical assistance" for "Reservations of funds" in heading, struck out par. (2) designation and heading "Technical assistance" before "The Secretary may reserve", substituted "section 629g(b)(6) of this title" for … (Supporting America's Children and Families Act) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 118–258, §110(b)(1)(F), struck out subsec. (h). Text read as follows: "Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Secretary for purposes of making grants under this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years… (Supporting America's Children and Families Act) Law text · (h)

    2014

    • Pub. L. 113–183, §221(b), struck out "and" before "private" and inserted "and institutions of higher education (as defined under section 1001 of title 20)," after "arrangements," in introductory provisions. (Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 113–183, §221(c), inserted "and other individuals who are willing and able to be foster parents for children in foster care under the responsibility of the State who are themselves parents" after "kinship care families". (Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 113–183, §221(d), redesignated pars. (2) and (3) as (1) and (2), respectively, and struck out former par. (1). Prior to amendment, text of par. (1) read as follows: "The Secretary shall reserve $5,000,000 of the funds made available under subsection (h) for each fisca… (Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 113–183, §221(a), substituted "2014" for "2013". (Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act) Law text · (h)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.