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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8885 

To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to create a grant 

program to promote Federal, State, and local coordination to address 

substance use needs of families in the child welfare system, in order 

to improve child well-being and permanency. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 28, 2024 

Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Mr. HORSFORD) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act 

to create a grant program to promote Federal, State, 

and local coordination to address substance use needs 

of families in the child welfare system, in order to improve child well-being and permanency. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Partnership Grants 

5 to Strengthen Families Affected by Parental Substance 

6 Use Disorder Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE PARTNERSHIP GRANTS. 

2 (a) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP DEFINED; OTHER

3 DEFINITIONS.—Section 437(f)(2) of the Social Security 

4 Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

6 ‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.— 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 

8 partnership’ means a collaborative agree9 ment (which may be established on an 

10 interstate or intrastate basis) entered into 

11 by, at a minimum, each of the following: 

12 ‘‘(I) The State child welfare 

13 agency that is responsible for the ad14 ministration of the State plan under 

15 this part and part E. 

16 ‘‘(II) The State agency respon17 sible for administering the substance 

18 use disorder prevention and treatment 

19 block grant provided under subpart II 

20 of part B of title XIX of the Public 

21 Health Service Act. 

22 ‘‘(III) The Juvenile Court or Ad23 ministrative Office of the Court that 

24 is most appropriate to oversee the ad25 ministration of court programs in the 

26 region to address the population of 


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1 families who come to the attention of 

2 the court due to child abuse or ne3 glect. 

4 ‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL PARTNERS.—An eli5 gible partnership may include any of the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(I) The State agency respon8 sible for administering the State plan 

9 under title XIX. 

10 ‘‘(II) The State agency respon11 sible for administering the Maternal 

12 and Child Health Block Grant under 

13 title V of this Act. 

14 ‘‘(III) The unit of State govern15 ment responsible for administering the 

16 Community Mental Health Services 

17 Block Grant provided under subpart I 

18 of part B of title XIX of the Public 

19 Health Service Act. 

20 ‘‘(IV) Any other State agency re21 sponsible for administering programs 

22 that promote child and family well23 being, including programs that serve 

24 victims of domestic violence, early 

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1 mentary school and secondary school 

2 programs (as such terms are defined 

3 in section 8101 of the Elementary and 

4 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

5 U.S.C. 7801)), programs under the 

6 Individuals with Disabilities Edu7 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), 

8 hospital programs, early childhood 

9 home visitation programs using funds 

10 received under section 511(c) of this 

11 Act, and the program for block grants 

12 to States for temporary assistance for 

13 needy families under part A of this 

14 title. 

15 ‘‘(V) An Indian tribe or tribal 

16 consortium. 

17 ‘‘(VI) Community child welfare 

18 service providers. 

19 ‘‘(VII) Community health service 

20 providers. 

21 ‘‘(VIII) Community mental 

22 health service providers. 

23 ‘‘(IX) Community domestic vio24 lence service providers. 


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1 ‘‘(X) Community housing au2 thorities or providers. 

3 ‘‘(XI) Local law enforcement 

4 agencies. 

5 ‘‘(XII) Tribal child welfare agen6 cies (or a consortia of such agencies). 

7 ‘‘(XIII) Any other providers, 

8 agencies, personnel, officials, or enti9 ties that are related to the provision 

10 of child and family services under this 

11 subpart. 

12 ‘‘(iii) PARTNERSHIPS ENTERED INTO

13 BY INDIAN TRIBES OR TRIBAL CON14 SORTIA.—Notwithstanding clause (i), if an 

15 Indian tribe or tribal consortium enters 

16 into a partnership for purposes of this sub17 section, the partnership shall be considered 

18 an eligible partnership regardless of wheth19 er the partnership includes any entity re20 ferred to in clause (i), unless the partner21 ship consists solely of tribal child welfare 

22 agencies (or a consortium of such agen23 cies). 

24 ‘‘(B) STATE.—Notwithstanding section 

25 431(a)(4), the term ‘State’ means the 50 


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1 States, the District of Columbia, and each of 

2 the territories. 

3 ‘‘(C) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ 

4 means Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, 

5 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is6 lands, and the United States Virgin Islands. 

7 ‘‘(D) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZA8 TION.—The terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘tribal or9 ganization’ have the meanings given the terms 

10 in section 431(a).’’. 

11 (b) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.—Section 

12 437(f)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(3)) is amend13 ed— 

14 (1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to 

17 amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry 

18 out this section, the Secretary shall award, from 

19 the amounts reserved for each of fiscal years 

20 2024 through 2030 under section 436(b)(5)— 

21 ‘‘(i) regional partnership grants to eli22 gible partnerships that satisfy the require23 ments of this subsection; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) statewide partnership grants to 

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1 quirements of this subsection and dem2 onstrate an ability to operate statewide, in3 cluding jurisdictions that are urban, subur4 ban, or rural.’’; 

5 (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘not 

6 less than 2, and not more than 5,’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘5’’; 

8 (3) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘of a re9 gional partnership grant’’ before ‘‘from applying’’; 

10 and 

11 (4) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 

12 (C) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively, and 

13 inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: 

14 ‘‘(B) REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP GRANTS.— 

15 The Secretary shall provide to each eligible 

16 partnership awarded a regional partnership 

17 grant under this subsection— 

18 ‘‘(i) not less than $250,000 per grant 

19 for each fiscal year during a planning 

20 phase not to exceed 1 year; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) not less than $500,000 per grant 

22 for each fiscal year during the implementa23 tion phase of the grant. 

24 ‘‘(C) STATE PARTNERSHIP GRANTS.—The 

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1 ship awarded a statewide partnership grant 

2 under this subsection— 

3 ‘‘(i) not less than $250,000 per grant 

4 for each fiscal year during a planning 

5 phase not to exceed 2 years; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) not less than $750,000 per grant 

7 for each fiscal year during the implementa8 tion phase of the grant. 

9 ‘‘(D) LIMITATION ON PAYMENT FOR A FIS10 CAL YEAR.—No payment shall be made under 

11 subparagraph (B) or (C) for a fiscal year until 

12 the Secretary determines that the eligible part13 nership has made sufficient progress in meeting 

14 the goals of the grant and that the members of 

15 the eligible partnership are coordinating to a 

16 reasonable degree with the other members of 

17 the eligible partnership.’’. 

18 (c) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

19 437(f)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(4)) is amended 

20 to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a 

23 grant under this subsection, an eligible partner24 ship shall submit to the Secretary a written ap25 plication containing the following: 


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1 ‘‘(i) With respect to the planning 

2 phase of the grant, each of the following: 

3 ‘‘(I) A description of the nature 

4 and extent of the problem of sub5 stance use disorders among families 

6 who come to the attention of the State 

7 child welfare agency, including any re8 cent evidence demonstrating that sub9 stance abuse has had a substantial 

10 impact on the number of out-of-home 

11 placements for children, or the num12 ber of children who are at risk of 

13 being placed in an out-of-home place14 ment, in the partnership region or 

15 State. 

16 ‘‘(II) A description of any joint 

17 activities being undertaken among the 

18 entities described in paragraph 

19 (2)(A)(i) and other State agencies or 

20 regional partners on behalf of families 

21 with substance use disorder problems 

22 who come to the attention of the State 

23 child welfare agency, including any 

24 data on the effects of the joint activi25 ties, such as activities relating to— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) establishing standard2 ized screening protocols, or other 

3 methods to identify families in 

4 need of substance abuse preven5 tion and treatment services; 

6 ‘‘(bb) ensuring early access 

7 to assessment and treatment 

8 services such as securing expert 

9 consultation on cases involving 

10 substance use disorders, con11 ducting outreach and methods to 

12 engage and retain parents in 

13 treatment, and providing priority 

14 access to assessment and treat15 ment of families in the child wel16 fare system; 

17 ‘‘(cc) increasing manage18 ment and treatment of recovery 

19 services and monitoring compli20 ance such as co-location of serv21 ices, specialized recovery case 

22 management services, and ensur23 ing comprehensive treatment pro24 grams tailored to individual par25 ent and child needs; 


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1 ‘‘(dd) ensuring access to 

2 family-centered services, includ3 ing effective parenting programs 

4 focused on enhancing the parent 

5 and child relationship and the 

6 prevention needs of children; 

7 ‘‘(ee) ensuring appropriate 

8 judicial oversight including pro9 viding more frequent judicial or 

10 administrative reviews of treat11 ment access and compliance with 

12 case plans regarding participa13 tion in substance use disorder 

14 treatment; 

15 ‘‘(ff) having a system for ap16 propriate response to behavior of 

17 participants, such as evidence18 based contingency management 

19 approaches using appropriate in20 centives and sanctions; and 

21 ‘‘(gg) improving collabora22 tion between courts and child 

23 welfare and substance abuse 

24 treatment agencies providing 


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1 services to families with sub2 stance abuse issues, including— 

3 ‘‘(AA) cross-training of 

4 staff; 

5 ‘‘(BB) data collection 

6 and information sharing 

7 that is capable of monitoring 

8 outcomes of children and 

9 families receiving services 

10 from the agencies; 

11 ‘‘(CC) arrangements for 

12 addressing confidentiality 

13 and sharing of information; 

14 ‘‘(DD) identification by 

15 the State agencies or Indian 

16 tribal agencies, as the case 

17 may be, of funding barriers 

18 and how Federal, State, and 

19 local resources are being 

20 used to sustain programs of 

21 the agencies; and 

22 ‘‘(EE) consultation to 

23 ensure that programmatic 

24 approaches reflect the advice 


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1 of community members and 

2 persons in recovery. 

3 ‘‘(III) With respect to infants 

4 with prenatal substance exposure, a 

5 description of any special efforts to 

6 identify and assess the extent of the 

7 problem and any joint activities be8 tween 2 or more members of the eligi9 ble partnership that focus specifically 

10 on the needs of the infants, such as 

11 efforts to monitor and reduce infant 

12 fatalities among families affected by 

13 parental substance use disorders. 

14 ‘‘(IV) A description of the goals 

15 and outcomes to be achieved during 

16 the funding period for the grant that 

17 will— 

18 ‘‘(aa) enhance the well-being 

19 of children, parents, and families 

20 receiving services or taking part 

21 in activities conducted with funds 

22 provided under the grant; 

23 ‘‘(bb) lead to safety, perma24 nent caregiving relationships for 


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1 the children, and the well-being 

2 of the children and their families; 

3 ‘‘(cc) improve the substance 

4 abuse treatment outcomes for 

5 parents including retention in 

6 treatment and successful comple7 tion of treatment; and 

8 ‘‘(dd) decrease the number 

9 of out-of-home placements for 

10 children, or the number of chil11 dren who are at risk of being 

12 placed in an out-of-home place13 ment, in the partnership region 

14 or State. 

15 ‘‘(V) A description of a plan for 

16 sustaining the services provided by or 

17 activities funded under the grant after 

18 the conclusion of the grant period, in19 cluding through the use of other funds 

20 provided to the State for child welfare 

21 and substance abuse prevention and 

22 treatment services. 

23 ‘‘(VI) Assurances that— 

24 ‘‘(aa) substance use disorder 

25 treatment services provided using 


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1 funds provided during the imple2 mentation phase of a grant made 

3 under this subsection shall be li4 censed, certified, or otherwise ap5 proved by the appropriate State 

6 substance use disorder prevention 

7 and treatment agencies, the State 

8 agency responsible for admin9 istering the State plan approved 

10 under title XIX, or other des11 ignated licensing agency; 

12 ‘‘(bb) the activities funded 

13 during the implementation phase 

14 of a grant made under this sub15 section will be coordinated, to the 

16 extent feasible and appropriate, 

17 with the services or benefits pro18 vided under other Federal or fed19 erally assisted programs that 

20 serve families with substance use 

21 disorders who come to the atten22 tion of the State child welfare 

23 agency, including health, Med24 icaid, mental health, domestic vi25 olence, housing, and employment 


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1 programs, the State program 

2 funded under part A of this title, 

3 other child welfare and substance 

4 use disorder prevention and 

5 treatment programs, and the 

6 courts; 

7 ‘‘(cc) not more than 10 per8 cent of funds provided under the 

9 grant for any fiscal year shall be 

10 used for administrative costs; 

11 ‘‘(dd) Federal funds pro12 vided to the State during the im13 plementation phase of a grant 

14 made under this subsection will 

15 not be used to supplant Federal 

16 or non-Federal funds for services 

17 and activities that, as of Sep18 tember 30, 2015, are provided to 

19 assist families with substance use 

20 disorder services who come to the 

21 attention of the State child wel22 fare agency; and 

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1 ernor of the State endorses the 

2 plan. 

3 ‘‘(VII) A description of a plan 

4 that demonstrates the capability of 

5 the partnership to participate in a rig6 orous evaluation of program effective7 ness. 

8 ‘‘(VIII) Such other information 

9 as the Secretary may require. 

10 ‘‘(ii) With respect to the implementa11 tion phase of the grant, each of the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(I) A description of how the 

14 partnership will use any funds pro15 vided during the implementation 

16 phase of a grant to address com17 prehensively and in a timely manner 

18 the needs of families with substance 

19 use disorders to improve child safety, 

20 family stability, parent-child relation21 ships, permanence in children’s living 

22 arrangements, and family well-being, 

23 including by— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) improving services and 

2 procedures in the areas detailed 

3 in clause (i)(II); 

4 ‘‘(bb) improving services 

5 with respect to infants with pre6 natal substance exposure as de7 scribed in clause (i)(III); 

8 ‘‘(cc) satisfying the goals 

9 and outcomes described in clause 

10 (i)(IV); 

11 ‘‘(dd) providing sustain12 ability of services and activities 

13 after the conclusion of the grant 

14 period as described in clause 

15 (i)(V); 

16 ‘‘(ee) affirming each of the 

17 assurances described in clause 

18 (i)(VI); 

19 ‘‘(ff) in the case of a state20 wide partnership grant, expand21 ing the number of jurisdictions in 

22 the State (including urban, sub23 urban, and rural jurisdictions) 

24 where the activities under the 

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1 scribing the plans for expanding 

2 the activities to other parts of the 

3 State during the implementation 

4 phase of the grant and the meth5 ods to measure programs toward 

6 these goals; 

7 ‘‘(gg) measuring the per8 formance of the State agencies in 

9 implementing the plan in accord10 ance with performance and eval11 uation requirements established 

12 by the Secretary in paragraph 

13 (8) of this subsection and section 

14 435, and assessing remaining 

15 barriers to meeting the needs of 

16 families with substance use dis17 orders who come to the attention 

18 of the State child welfare agency; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(hh) developing additional 

21 supports and program outreach 

22 in areas with service availability 

23 gaps. 

24 ‘‘(II) A description of how the 

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1 ed under this subsection to improve 

2 implementation of services and pro3 grams specified in section 471(e)(1) 

4 and increase access to substance use 

5 disorder services for families who 

6 touch the child welfare system. 

7 ‘‘(III) Such other information as 

8 the Secretary may require. 

9 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of a 

10 State with county-based child welfare systems 

11 or agencies and a population of at least 

12 2,000,000 that elects not to apply for a grant 

13 under this subsection, the Secretary may accept 

14 and approve an application submitted pursuant 

15 to this subsection that is submitted by a county 

16 in the State.’’. 

17 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 437(f)(5) of such Act 

18 (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(5)) is amended— 

19 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

20 by inserting ‘‘and in accordance with the approved 

21 application for the grant’’ before ‘‘and may’’; 

22 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

23 through (F) as subparagraphs (C) through (F) and 

24 (H), respectively; 


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1 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(B) Medication-assisted treatment.’’; and 

4 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (F), as so 

5 redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection, the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(G) Domestic violence advocacy and serv8 ices.’’. 

9 (e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Section 437(f)(6) of 

10 such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(6)) is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(C) INDIAN TRIBES.—In the case of a 

13 grant awarded to a partnership that includes an 

14 Indian tribe, tribal consortium, tribal child wel15 fare agency, or a consortium of such agencies, 

16 the payment required by subparagraph (A) may 

17 be made directly, through donated funds, 

18 through nonpublic third-party in-kind contribu19 tions, or from Federal funds received under any 

20 of the following provisions of law: 

21 ‘‘(i) The Indian Child Welfare Act of 

22 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.). 

23 ‘‘(ii) The Indian Self-Determination 

24 and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

25 450b et seq.). 


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1 ‘‘(iii) Title I of the Housing and Com2 munity Development Act of 1974 (42 

3 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.).’’. 

4 (f) WAIVER OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

5 437(f)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(7)) is amended 

6 to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(7) WAIVER OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—To 

8 the extent the Secretary determines that any re9 quirement under this paragraph would be inappro10 priate to apply to an eligible partnership that in11 cludes a territory, an Indian tribe, tribal consortium, 

12 tribal child welfare agency, or a consortium of such 

13 agencies, the Secretary may exempt the eligible part14 nership from the requirement.’’. 

15 (g) REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.—Sec16 tion 437(f)(8) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(8)) is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘of this subsection’’ and in20 serting ‘‘of subparagraph (C) of this para21 graph’’; 

22 (B) by inserting ‘‘child permanency, reuni23 fication , re-entry into care,’’ before ‘‘parental 

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1 (C) by inserting ‘‘to serve families with 

2 substance use disorder including those that are 

3 overrepresented in foster care, difficult to place, 

4 or have disproportionately low permanency 

5 rates’’ before the period at the end; 

6 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

7 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

8 striking ‘‘regional partnership’’; and 

9 (B) by striking clause (iii) and inserting 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(iii) The Administrator of the Na12 tional Institute on Drug Abuse. 

13 ‘‘(iv) Representatives of States in 

14 which a State agency described in clause 

15 (i) or (ii) of paragraph (2)(A) is a member 

16 of a partnership that is a recipient of a re17 gional partnership grant under this sub18 section. 

19 ‘‘(v) Representatives of Indian tribes, 

20 tribal consortia, or tribal child welfare 

21 agencies that are members of a partner22 ship that is a recipient of a regional part23 nership grant under this subsection.’’; and 

24 (3) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(C) REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE INDICA2 TORS.— 

3 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 9 

4 months after the date of enactment of this 

5 subparagraph, the Secretary shall review 

6 the performance indicators established 

7 under subparagraph (A) and the knowl8 edge gained from other grant programs, 

9 and establish a set of core indicators. 

10 ‘‘(ii) CORE INDICATORS.—The set of 

11 core indicators shall include the following: 

12 ‘‘(I) Safety, including whether 

13 children remain at home and any oc14 currence of child maltreatment. 

15 ‘‘(II) Permanency, including the 

16 average length of stay in foster care, 

17 re-entries to foster care placement, 

18 timeliness of reunification, and timeli19 ness of permanency. 

20 ‘‘(III) Recovery, including access 

21 to treatment, retention in substance 

22 abuse treatment, substance use. 

23 ‘‘(IV) Child, adult, and family 

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1 ity, family relationships and func2 tioning. 

3 ‘‘(iii) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—In 

4 establishing the set of core indicators, the 

5 Secretary shall consult with the following: 

6 ‘‘(I) The Assistant Secretary for 

7 the Administration for Children and 

8 Families. 

9 ‘‘(II) The Administrator of the 

10 Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

11 Services Administration. 

12 ‘‘(D) EVALUATIONS.—In assessing the per13 formance of grant recipients as described in 

14 subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall— 

15 ‘‘(i) use each of the core indicators es16 tablished under subparagraph (C) and any 

17 other performance indicators the Secretary 

18 considers appropriate; 

19 ‘‘(ii) whenever possible, use existing 

20 data systems and appropriate comparison 

21 groups to monitor outcomes; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) assist grantees in establishing 

23 and analyzing performance indicators to 

24 ensure local capacity to examine out25 comes.’’. 


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1 (h) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Section 437(f)(9)(B) 

2 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(9)(B)) is amended— 

3 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ii); 

4 (2) by striking the period at the end of clause 

5 (iii) and inserting a semicolon; and 

6 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(iv) the progress that has been made 

8 on the national goals relating to substance 

9 abuse and child protection that were estab10 lished in the report, entitled ‘Blending Per11 spectives and Building Common Ground. A 

12 Report to Congress on Substance Abuse 

13 and Child Protection,’ published by the 

14 Department of Health and Human Serv15 ices in 1999; 

16 ‘‘(v) efforts to address the financing 

17 mechanisms available to States; 

18 ‘‘(vi) information from the Adminis19 trative Office of the United States Courts, 

20 each agency with principal responsibility 

21 for carrying out activities funded through 

22 the block grants for prevention and treat23 ment of substance abuse under subpart II 

24 of part B of title XIX of the Public Health 

25 Service Act, and State child welfare agency 


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1 directors on how to better meet the needs 

2 of families affected by substance use dis3 orders; 

4 ‘‘(vii) how the grants made under this 

5 subsection have contributed to the evidence 

6 base for serving families in, or at risk of 

7 entering, the child welfare system who are 

8 affected by substance use disorders; 

9 ‘‘(viii) whether any programs funded 

10 by the grants were submitted to the clear11 inghouse established under section 476(d) 

12 for review and the results of any such re13 view; 

14 ‘‘(ix) which evidence-based practices 

15 were fully implemented through the use of 

16 grants made under this subsection; 

17 ‘‘(x) any changes in programs or prac18 tices that led to positive outcomes for the 

19 population of children and families served, 

20 resulting from the use of grants made 

21 under this subsection; and 

22 ‘‘(xi) the extent to which activities 

23 pursuant to this subsection are meeting 

24 the needs of child welfare families affected 

25 by substance use disorders.’’. 


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1 (i) EVALUATIONS; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

2 (1) AMENDMENTS TO PART B.—Section 435 of 

3 such Act (42 U.S.C. 629e) is amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (c)(2)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘evaluations, research, 

6 and providing’’ and inserting ‘‘evaluations 

7 and research, with a priority for local eval8 uation to meet the goal of publishing and 

9 submitting evaluation findings to the Title 

10 IV–E Prevention Evidence-Based Clearing11 house, which may include augmenting local 

12 evaluations to publish findings, and for the 

13 provision of’’; and 

14 (ii) by inserting after ‘‘section 437(f)’’ 

15 the following: ‘‘, including by conducting 

16 an annual technical assistance and training 

17 meeting and an annual grantee meeting so 

18 that grantees can learn from the experi19 ences of other grantees’’; and 

20 (B) in subsection (d)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

22 paragraph (4); 

23 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

24 of paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(6) use grants under section 437 in coordina4 tion with other Federal funds to better serve families 

5 in the child welfare system that are affected by a 

6 substance use disorder.’’. 

7 (2) AMENDMENT TO PART E.—Section 476(a) 

8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 676(a)) is amended by in9 serting ‘‘including by providing technical assistance 

10 to the State agency operating the State plan ap11 proved under this part and, in States to which a 

12 grant is made under section 437(f), to eligible enti13 ties, during all phases of the grant cycle described 

14 in section 437(f)(3)(B), on how children placed with 

15 a parent in a licensed residential family based treat16 ment facility in accordance with section 472(j) could 

17 be eligible for foster care maintenance payments by 

18 reason of section 472(a)(2)(C), so that States may 

19 better understand how to access the funds and 

20 grantees may better understand, communicate with, 

21 and share data with the State agency operating the 

22 State plan approved under this part,’’ before ‘‘and 

23 shall periodically’’. 

24 (j) FUNDING.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 436(a) of such Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 629f(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017 

3 through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 2029’’. 

4 (2) RESERVATION FOR PARTNERSHIP

5 GRANTS.—Section 436(b)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 629f(b)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘$20,000,000 for 

7 each of fiscal years 2017 through 2023’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘$60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 

9 through 2029— 

10 ‘‘(A) of which $30,000,000 shall be used 

11 for regional partnership grants under such sec12 tion; and 

13 ‘‘(B) of which $30,000,000 shall be used 

14 for statewide partnership grants under such 

15 section.’’. 

16 (3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 

17 435(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629e(c)(2)), as 

18 amended by subsection (h) of this section, is further 

19 amended by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘$3,000,000’’. 

21 (4) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

22 437(f)(10) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(10)) is 

23 amended by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 2017 

24 through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year’’. 


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1 (k) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 437(f) of 

2 such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)) is amended— 

3 (1) in the subsection heading— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘, AND IMPROVE THE’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘AND SUPPORT PARTNER6 SHIPS THAT INCREASE’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘ABUSE’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘USE’’; 

9 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘regional’’; 

10 and 

11 (3) in paragraph (9)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘re12 gional’’. 

13 (l) REFERENCES TO ‘‘SUBSTANCE ABUSE’’ CHANGED

14 TO ‘‘SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER’’.—Section 437(f) of 

15 such Act is amended— 

16 (1) in each of paragraphs (1), (5)(F), and 

17 (9)(B)(iii), by striking ‘‘substance abuse’’ and in18 serting ‘‘substance use disorder’’; and 

19 (2) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘abuse’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘use’’. 

21 (m) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

22 this section shall apply with respect to partnership grants 

23 awarded after the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

2 The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 

3 prepare and submit to the Congress a report that— 

4 (1) addresses progress on the national goals re5 lating to substance abuse and child protection that 

6 were established in the report, entitled ‘‘Blending 

7 Perspectives and Building Common Ground. A Re8 port to Congress on Substance Abuse and Child Pro9 tection’’, published by the Department of Health 

10 and Human Services in 1999; 

11 (2) addresses the financing mechanisms avail12 able to States; and 

13 (3) has input from the Administrative Office of 

14 the United States Courts, each agency with principal 

15 responsibility for carrying out activities funded 

16 through the block grants for prevention and treat17 ment of substance abuse under subpart II of part B 

18 of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act, and 

19 State child welfare agency directors on how to better 

20 meet the needs of families affected by substance 

21 abuse disorders. 


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1 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT THAT STATES COORDINATE SUB2 STANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREAT3 MENT SERVICES AND CHILD WELFARE SERV4 ICES. 

5 (a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section 432(a) of 

6 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629b(a)) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

8 (9); 

9 (2) by striking the period at the end of para10 graph (10) and inserting a semicolon; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(11) provides that the child welfare agencies of 

13 the State shall have in effect a protocol for coordi14 nating substance abuse prevention and treatment 

15 services with child welfare services, which shall, at a 

16 minimum, provide for— 

17 ‘‘(A) meeting the need for timely access to 

18 services; 

19 ‘‘(B) reporting on the effects of parental 

20 substance use disorders on the child welfare 

21 agencies; 

22 ‘‘(C) how the child welfare agencies will 

23 address parental substance abuse treatment 

24 needs; and 

25 ‘‘(D) the establishment of a safe care plan 

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1 exposure, under which the provision of sub2 stance use treatment services will be coordi3 nated with health care providers; and 

4 ‘‘(12) contains descriptions of— 

5 ‘‘(A) all Federal funding sources used, or 

6 that are planned to be used, to support family7 centered treatment substance use disorder pro8 grams for families with children who are in, or 

9 at risk of entering or re-entering, the child wel10 fare system; and 

11 ‘‘(B) how the State agency is partnering 

12 with, or plans to partner with, public or private 

13 agencies providing substance use disorder treat14 ment services for families in, or at risk of enter15 ing, the child welfare system.’’. 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 

18 this section shall take effect on the 1st day of the 

19 1st calendar quarter that begins 1 year or more 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall 

21 apply to payments under part B of title IV of the 

22 Social Security Act for calendar quarters beginning 

23 on or after such date. 

24 (2) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION

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1 Services determines that State legislation (other 

2 than legislation appropriating funds) is required in 

3 order for a State plan developed pursuant to part B 

4 of title IV of the Social Security Act to meet the ad5 ditional requirements imposed by the amendments 

6 made by this section, the plan shall not be regarded 

7 as failing to meet any of the additional requirements 

8 before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter begin9 ning after the first regular session of the State legis10 lature that begins after the date of the enactment of 

11 this Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, if 

12 the State has a 2-year legislative session, each year 

13 of the session is deemed to be a separate regular 

14 session of the State legislature. 

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