Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00135 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/13/2011

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 135
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 396
Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Children
Introduced by:
SEN. MEYER, 12th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 135 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 396

Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Children 

Introduced by:

SEN. MEYER, 12th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN IN KINSHIP CARE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to provide postsecondary educational financial assistance for children that the Department of Children and Families place with relative caregivers in a kinship care living arrangement.

Statement of Purpose: 

To encourage kinship care of children in the care or custody of the Department of Children and Families.