US SB600

Amends the Social Security Act to add ensuring well-being of adopted children and preventing their entry into foster care as a stated purpose of child and family services programs

Expands the definition of "adoption promotion and support services" to include comprehensive pre-adoption services (training, counseling, peer mentoring, educational resources on children's backgrounds) and post-adoption services (respite care, specialized mental health treatment, crisis intervention, 24-hour emergency hotlines)

Reserves $20 million for a federal grant program to fund statewide or tribal post-adoption and post-legal guardianship mental health services from fiscal years 2026-2029, with at least 85% required to go toward direct services

Requires states to spend a significant portion of any savings from adoption assistance expenditures on pre- and post-adoption support services and submit annual reports to the Secretary detailing how funds were used

Mandates new data collection on adoption disruptions and dissolutions, including tracking children entering state custody after failed placements, reasons for disruption, and the agencies involved, with an advisory committee to study collection methods for cases not currently captured