AIDEN (Advancing Integrated Data for Equitable National Child Welfare)

This bill would require the U.S. Attorney General to give a survey to people in federal custody about any child welfare involvement they had as minors, such as abuse cases, foster care, caseworker visits, or juvenile detention, and how those cases ended. New offenders would get the survey at intake, and people already in custody would get it within 180 days of the law taking effect. The Attorney General would send a yearly report without personal identifying information to the federal Children's Bureau, which would then share the results with each state's governor. To remain eligible for Justice Department grant programs, states would have to give a similar survey to people in state custody and report the results to the Children's Bureau.

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Sponsors

• David Schweikert Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors