Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Family Poverty is Not Child Neglect Act”.
Family Poverty is Not Child Neglect Act
A BILL
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to ensure that child protective services systems do not permit the separation of children from parents on the basis of poverty, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Grants to States for child abuse or neglect prevention and treatment programs
Section 106(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(a)) is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking “neglect;” and inserting “neglect, ensuring that reports concerning a child’s living arrangements or subsistence needs are addressed through services and benefits and that no child is separated from the child’s parent for reasons of poverty;”; and
in paragraph (4), by striking “response;” and inserting “response, except that such system, tools, and protocols shall not authorize the separation of any child from the child’s parent or guardian on the basis of poverty;”.