# 116-hr-5583: Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act

116-hr-5583, Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5583
- Congress: 116
- Title: Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2020-01-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Families
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act This bill expands the activities and functions of child welfare programs that support kinship caregiving (i.e., grandparents or other extended family members that provide child caregiving). The bill also expands grants programs for preventing child abuse to prioritize and support the needs of such kinship families.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2020-01-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2020-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7] (D-PA), 2020-09-29T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-5583 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5583)

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- [116-hr-7071: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7071)
- [116-hr-6956: Farming Support to States Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6956)
- [116-hr-4279: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 445 Ma…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4279)
- [116-hr-4248: Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4248)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5583 (as of 2025-11-18).