# 119-s-5065: Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act

119-s-5065, Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-30).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-5065
- Congress: 119
- Title: Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-22
- Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Families
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-30

## Summary

**Prioritizes kinship placements** for children and boosts support for relatives who raise them. It changes the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to add kinship voices to advisory bodies and to require grants and programs to focus on kinship caregivers and kinship navigators. - Kinship families and grandparents: Federal programs and prevention grants would explicitly support relatives who raise children inside or outside foster care. Training would cover caring for children with behavioral or mental health needs and understanding substance use and trauma. - States, tribes, and child welfare agencies: Grant procedures must plan to prioritize placement with kin first, identify and engage kin supports during a child’s involvement, make licensing kin a priority, and report children diverted to kinship care outside the foster system. - Service providers and communities: The national clearinghouse must coordinate with the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network to share evidence based and exemplary practices. Community grants can fund kinship navigators and build local networks to support kin caregivers and foster care alumni.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME), 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More grants and priority for kin: benefit, medium. If enacted, community grants would expressly cover kinship families raising children inside or outside foster care. Local programs would be eligible to serve kinship caregivers and foster care alumni as participants. Grants would have to state that kinship placements will be prioritized. Grant reci…
- Better kinship coordination and training: benefit, low. If enacted, federal child welfare program lists would add kinship navigators and similar kin-focused roles. The Advisory Board would include organizations serving kinship families, birth parents, kin caregivers, and foster care alumni. The National Clearinghouse would coordinate with the Grandfamil…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3560: Closing the Contraception Coverage Gap Act
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-4639: IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act
- 119-s-4578: Gateway to Careers Act of 2026
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-560: EAGLES Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-5065 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5065)

## Related
- [119-s-3560: Closing the Contraception Coverage Gap Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3560)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-4639: IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4639)
- [119-s-4578: Gateway to Careers Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4578)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-560: EAGLES Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-560)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5065 (as of 2026-09-30).