family support services
Defined in 3 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
The term "family support services" includes costs of transportation, food, lodging, child care, supplies, fees, and training materials for immediate family members of members of the armed forces assigned to special operations forces while participating in programs under subsection (a).
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- 2018–202010 U.S.C. § 1788aArmed Forces · Support programs: special operations forces personnel; immediate family members · in this section
The term "family support services" includes psychological support, spiritual support, and costs of transportation, food, lodging, child care, supplies, fees, and training materials for covered individuals while participating in programs under subsection (a).
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- 2021–present10 U.S.C. § 1788aArmed Forces · Support programs: special operations forces personnel; immediate family members · in this section
The term "family support services" includes psychological support, spiritual support, and costs of transportation, food, lodging, child care, supplies, fees, and training materials for covered personnel while participating in programs under subsection (a).
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- 2020–202110 U.S.C. § 1788aArmed Forces · Support programs: special operations forces personnel; immediate family members · in this section
The term “family support services” means community-based services designed to carry out the purposes described in subparagraph (B).
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- 2011–202542 U.S.C. § 629AThe Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · as used in this subpart
The term “family support services” means community-based services, including services provided by family resource centers, designed to carry out the purposes described in subparagraph (B).
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- 2025–present42 U.S.C. § 629AThe Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · as used in this subpart
The term “family support services” means community-based services to promote the safety and well-being of children and families designed to increase the strength and stability of families (including adoptive, foster, and extended families), to increase parents’ confidence and competence in their parenting abilities, to afford children a safe, stable, and supportive family environment, and otherwise to enhance child development.
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- 1997–200142 U.S.C. § 629AThe Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · as used in this subpart
The term “family support services” means community-based services to promote the safety and well-being of children and families designed to increase the strength and stability of families (including adoptive, foster, and extended families), to increase parents’ confidence and competence in their parenting abilities, to afford children a safe, stable, and supportive family environment, to strengthen parental relationships and promote healthy marriages, and otherwise to enhance child development.
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- 2001–201142 U.S.C. § 629AThe Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · as used in this subpart
The term “family support services” means community-based services to promote the well-being of children and families designed to increase the strength and stability of families (including adoptive, foster, and extended families), to increase parents’ confidence and competence in their parenting abilities, to afford children a stable and supportive family environment, and otherwise to enhance child development.
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- 1994–199742 U.S.C. § 629AThe Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · as used in this subpart
The term “family support services” means services, supports, and other assistance, provided to families with members who have developmental disabilities, that are designed to—
(i) strengthen the family's role as primary caregiver;
(ii) prevent inappropriate out-of-the-home placement of the members and maintain family unity; and
(iii) reunite families with members who have been placed out of the home whenever possible.
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- 2000–present42 U.S.C. § 15002The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · in this subchapter