# 119-hr-579: Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025

119-hr-579, Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-15).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-579
- As of: 2026-07-15
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-579
- Congress: 119
- Title: Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Families
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-15

## Summary

**Boost recruitment and retention of foster and adoptive families** by requiring States to build a yearly Family Partnership Plan centered on families and youth and by expanding federal reporting to show who is available and who is unused.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More foster family data in federal reports: benefit, low. Starting with the fiscal year 2025 report, HHS would publish more state-by-state data on foster and adoptive families. States would report counts, demographics, and traits of licensed foster and prospective adoptive families. States would report how many potential families are not used and the reas…
- States would create family partnership plans: benefit, low. If enacted, States would need a Family Partnership Plan to recruit and keep foster and adoptive families. States would build the plan with birth, kin, foster and adoptive families, service providers, technical assistance providers, and youth with lived experience. The plan would explain how the Sta…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-579 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/579)

## Related
- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-579 (as of 2026-07-15).