On June 20, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced Partners for Stable Families and Foster Youth Affected by Methamphetamine or Other Substance Abuse Act, a bill that would amend Part B of Title IV to reauthorize grants to assist children affected by methamphetamine or other substance abuse. The bill was referred on to the Senate Committee on Finance for review. The bill reauthorizes a portion of Promoting Safe and Stable Families that appropriated funds for the development of Regional Partnership Grants. The Regional Partnership grant's mission is to improved safety, permanency and well-being for children who are in out-of-home placement or at risk of such placement. Funds are available for children of parents or caretakers with substance abuse issues that impair their ability to care for their children. Sen. Grassley described the previous funding, "In September 2007, following the authorization of the Regional Partnership Grants, the Department of Health and Human Services awarded multi-year grants to 53 regional partnerships representing 29 states and 6 tribes. The first round of grants supported the creation or expansion of family treatment drug courts, improvement of system-wide collaboration, expanded access to comprehensive family centered treatment, use of evidence-based practice approaches such as motivational enhancement therapy, parent advocates, and recovery management approaches to drug treatment monitoring. The groups receiving these grants were split almost evenly between the public and private sectors, and they represent a great example of how both can assist the many youth and families."  With the steadily growing number of children coming into the foster care system because of substance abuse by caregivers, an infusion of additional resources could go a long way to support states in preventing children from coming into the foster care system.