House Passes Recruiting Families Using Data Act to Fix Foster Care Shortages
The House passed this bill in March 2025 and sent it to the Senate Committee on Finance for review. Nothing has happened with the bill since March 2025, which is a period of 16 months. Because no action has occurred for so long, the bill is considered stalled.
This bill passed the House with broad support and addresses a non-partisan issue. Child welfare bills often move through the Senate when they have clear goals and data requirements.
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
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Children and youth in foster care benefit from improved recruitment efforts aimed at finding stable family placements rather than group care. The bill requires child-specific recruitment plans for every child needing a foster or adoptive family, authentic engagement of youth in recruitment, and data-driven goals to increase placement stability and permanency.
“how the State plans to develop and implement child-specific recruitment plans for every child in or entering foster care who needs a foster or adoptive family”
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H962-963)
The House fast-tracked this bill — limited debate, no amendments allowed, but needs two-thirds support to pass.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H962-963)
The House fast-tracked this bill — limited debate, no amendments allowed, but needs two-thirds support to pass.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 579.
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Recruiting Families Using Data Act, introduced by U.S. Reps. Brendan Boyle and Randy Feenstra. This bipartisan legislation addresses the nationwide foster parent shortage by directing states to modify data collection efforts.
The House also passed... the Recruiting Families Using Data Act (H.R. 579), to improve foster and adoptive parent recruitment and retention.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025
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