I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 905
To provide funding for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Chil-
dren, to reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 2, 1999
Mr. CASTLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To provide funding for the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children, to reauthorize the Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Missing, Exploited,
and Runaway Children Protection Act’’.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED
CHILDREN.
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 402 of the Missing Chil-
dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(9) for 14 years, the National Center for Miss-
ing and Exploited Children has—
‘‘(A) served as the national resource center
and clearinghouse congressionally mandated
under the provisions of the Missing Children’s
Assistance Act of 1984; and
‘‘(B) worked in partnership with the De-
partment of Justice, the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, the Department of the Treasury,
the Department of State, and many other agen-
cies in the effort to find missing children and
prevent child victimization;
‘‘(10) Congress has given the Center, which is
a private non-profit corporation, access to the Na-
tional Crime Information Center of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, and the National Law En-
forcement Telecommunications System;
‘‘(11) since 1987, the Center has operated the
National Child Pornography Tipline, in conjunction
with the United States Customs Service and the
United States Postal Inspection Service and, begin-
ning this year, the Center established a new
CyberTipline on child exploitation, thus becoming
‘the 911 for the Internet’;
‘‘(12) in light of statistics that time is of the es-
sence in cases of child abduction, the Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in February of
1997 created a new NCIC child abduction (‘CA’)
flag to provide the Center immediate notification in
the most serious cases, resulting in 642 ‘CA’ notifi-
cations to the Center and helping the Center to have
its highest recovery rate in history;
‘‘(13) the Center has established a national and
increasingly worldwide network, linking the Center
online with each of the missing children clearing-
houses operated by the 50 States, the District of Co-
lumbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as with Scotland
Yard in the United Kingdom, the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police, INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon,
France, and others, which has enabled the Center to
transmit images and information regarding missing
children to law enforcement across the United States
and around the world instantly;
‘‘(14) from its inception in 1984 through March
31, 1998, the Center has—
‘‘(A) handled 1,203,974 calls through its
24-hour toll-free hotline (1–800–THE–LOST)
and currently averages 700 calls per day;
‘‘(B) trained 146,284 law enforcement,
criminal and juvenile justice, and healthcare
professionals in child sexual exploitation and
missing child case detection, identification, in-
vestigation, and prevention;
‘‘(C) disseminated 15,491,344 free publica-
tions to citizens and professionals; and
‘‘(D) worked with law enforcement on the
cases of 59,481 missing children, resulting in
the recovery of 40,180 children;
‘‘(15) the demand for the services of the Center
is growing dramatically, as evidenced by the fact
that in 1997, the Center handled 129,100 calls, an
all-time record, and by the fact that its new Internet
website (www.missingkids.com) receives 1,500,000
‘hits’ every day, and is linked with hundreds of other
websites to provide real-time images of breaking
cases of missing children;
‘‘(16) in 1997, the Center provided policy train-
ing to 256 police chiefs and sheriffs from 50 States
and Guam at its new Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement
Training Center;
‘‘(17) the programs of the Center have had a
remarkable impact, such as in the fight against in-
fant abductions in partnership with the healthcare
industry, during which the Center has performed
668 onsite hospital walk-throughs and inspections,
and trained 45,065 hospital administrators, nurses,
and security personnel, and thereby helped to reduce
infant abductions in the United States by 82 per-
cent;
‘‘(18) the Center is now playing a significant
role in international child abduction cases, serving as
a representative of the Department of State at cases
under The Hague Convention, and successfully re-
solving the cases of 343 international child abduc-
tions, and providing greater support to parents in
the United States;
‘‘(19) the Center is a model of public/private
partnership, raising private sector funds to match
congressional appropriations and receiving extensive
private in-kind support, including advanced tech-
nology provided by the computer industry such as
imaging technology used to age the photographs of
long-term missing children and to reconstruct facial
images of unidentified deceased children;
‘‘(20) the Center was 1 of only 10 of 300 major
national charities given an A+ grade in 1997 by the
American Institute of Philanthropy; and
‘‘(21) the Center has been redesignated as the
Nation’s missing children clearinghouse and resource
center once every 3 years through a competitive se-
lection process conducted by the Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Depart-
ment of Justice, and has received grants from that
Office to conduct the crucial purposes of the Cen-
ter.’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Missing Chil-
dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) the term ‘Center’ means the National Cen-
ter for Missing and Exploited Children.’’.
(c) DUTIES
AND FUNCTIONS
OF
THE ADMINIS-
TRATOR.—Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(b) ANNUAL GRANT TO NATIONAL CENTER FOR
MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall
annually make a grant to the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children, which shall be used
to—
‘‘(A)(i) operate a national 24-hour toll-free
telephone line by which individuals may report
information regarding the location of any miss-
ing child, or other child 13 years of age or
younger whose whereabouts are unknown to
such child’s legal custodian, and request infor-
mation pertaining to procedures necessary to
reunite such child with such child’s legal custo-
dian; and
‘‘(ii) coordinate the operation of such tele-
phone line with the operation of the national
communications system referred to in part C of
the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42
U.S.C. 5714–11);
‘‘(B) operate the official national resource
center and information clearinghouse for miss-
ing and exploited children;
‘‘(C) provide to State and local govern-
ments, public and private nonprofit agencies,
and individuals, information regarding—
‘‘(i) free or low-cost legal, restaurant,
lodging, and transportation services that
are available for the benefit of missing and
exploited children and their families; and
‘‘(ii) the existence and nature of pro-
grams being carried out by Federal agen-
cies to assist missing and exploited chil-
dren and their families;
‘‘(D) coordinate public and private pro-
grams that locate, recover, or reunite missing
children with their families;
‘‘(E) disseminate, on a national basis, in-
formation relating to innovative and model pro-
grams, services, and legislation that benefit
missing and exploited children;
‘‘(F) provide technical assistance and
training to law enforcement agencies, State and
local governments, elements of the criminal jus-
tice system, public and private nonprofit agen-
cies, and individuals in the prevention, inves-
tigation, prosecution, and treatment of cases in-
volving missing and exploited children; and
‘‘(G) provide assistance to families and law
enforcement agencies in locating and recovering
missing and exploited children, both nationally
and internationally.
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Ad-
ministrator 
to 
carry 
out 
this 
subsection,
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
‘‘(c) NATIONAL INCIDENCE STUDIES.—The Adminis-
trator, either by making grants to or entering into con-
tracts with public agencies or nonprofit private agencies,
shall—
‘‘(1) periodically conduct national incidence
studies to determine for a given year the actual
number of children reported missing each year, the
number of children who are victims of abduction by
strangers, the number of children who are the vic-
tims of parental kidnapings, and the number of chil-
dren who are recovered each year; and
‘‘(2) provide to State and local governments,
public and private nonprofit agencies, and individ-
uals information to facilitate the lawful use of school
records and birth certificates to identify and locate
missing children.’’.
(b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR CENTERS
AND SERVICES.—Section 311 of the Runaway and Home-
less Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5711) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(a) GRANTS FOR CENTERS AND SERVICES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make
grants to public and nonprofit private entities (and
combinations of such entities) to establish and oper-
ate (including renovation) local centers to provide
services for runaway and homeless youth and for the
families of such youth.
‘‘(2) Such services—
‘‘(A) shall be provided as an alternative to
involving runaway and homeless youth in the
law enforcement, child welfare, mental health,
and juvenile justice systems;
‘‘(B) shall include—
‘‘(i) safe and appropriate shelter; and
‘‘(ii) individual, family, and group
counseling, as appropriate; and
‘‘(C) may include—
‘‘(i) street-based services;
‘‘(ii) home-based services for families
with youth at risk of separation from the
family; and
‘‘(iii) drug abuse education and pre-
vention services.’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands,’’; and
(3) by striking subsections (c) and (d).
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 312 of the Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5712) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘criminal
charges against’’ and inserting ‘‘criminal or de-
linquency charges against or the coordinated
delivery of services to’’;
(B) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (7)’’;
(C) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’
at the end;
(D) in paragraph (11), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(12) shall submit to the Secretary an annual
report that includes, with respect to the year for
which the report is submitted—
‘‘(A) information regarding the activities
carried out under this part;
‘‘(B) the achievements of the project under
this part carried out by the applicant; and
‘‘(C) statistical summaries describing—
‘‘(i) the number and the characteris-
tics of the runaway and homeless youth,
and youth at risk of family separation, who
participate in the project; and
‘‘(ii) the services provided to such
youth by the project.’’; and
(2) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(c) APPLICANTS PROVIDING STREET-BASED SERV-
ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section
311(a)(2)(C)(i) to provide street-based services, the appli-
cant shall include in the plan required by subsection (b)
assurances that in providing such services the applicant
will—
‘‘(1) provide qualified supervision of staff, in-
cluding 
on-street 
supervision 
by 
appropriately
trained staff;
‘‘(2) provide backup personnel for on-street
staff;
‘‘(3) provide initial and periodic training of
staff who provide such services; and
‘‘(4) conduct outreach activities for runaway
and homeless youth, and street youth.
‘‘(d) APPLICANTS PROVIDING HOME-BASED SERV-
ICES.—To be eligible to use assistance under section
311(a) to provide home-based services described in section
311(a)(2)(C)(ii), an applicant shall include in the plan re-
quired by subsection (b) assurances that in providing such
services the applicant will—
‘‘(1) provide counseling and information to
youth and the families (including unrelated individ-
uals in the family households) of such youth, includ-
ing services relating to basic life skills, interpersonal
skill building, educational advancement, job attain-
ment skills, mental and physical health care, parent-
ing skills, financial planning, and referral to sources
of other needed services;
‘‘(2) provide directly, or through an arrange-
ment made by the applicant, 24-hour service to re-
spond to family crises (including immediate access to
temporary shelter for runaway and homeless youth,
and youth at risk of separation from the family);
‘‘(3) establish, in partnership with the families
of runaway and homeless youth, and youth at risk
of separation from the family, objectives and meas-
ures of success to be achieved as a result of receiv-
ing home-based services;
‘‘(4) provide initial and periodic training of
staff who provide home-based services; and
‘‘(5) ensure that—
‘‘(A) caseloads will remain sufficiently low
to allow for intensive (5 to 20 hours per week)
involvement with each family receiving such
services; and
‘‘(B) staff providing such services will re-
ceive qualified supervision.
‘‘(e) APPLICANTS PROVIDING DRUG ABUSE EDU-
CATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES.—To be eligible to
use assistance under section 311(a)(2)(C)(iii) to provide
drug abuse education and prevention services, an appli-
cant shall include in the plan required by subsection (b)—
‘‘(1) a description of—
‘‘(A) the types of such services that the ap-
plicant proposes to provide;
‘‘(B) the objectives of such services; and
‘‘(C) the types of information and training
to be provided to individuals providing such
services to runaway and homeless youth; and
‘‘(2) an assurance that in providing such serv-
ices the applicant shall conduct outreach activities
for runaway and homeless youth.’’.
(d) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 313 of
the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5713)
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 313. APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An application by a public or
private entity for a grant under section 311(a) may be
approved by the Secretary after taking into consideration,
with respect to the State in which such entity proposes
to provide services under this part—
‘‘(1) the geographical distribution in such State
of the proposed services under this part for which all
grant applicants request approval; and
‘‘(2) which areas of such State have the great-
est need for such services.
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In selecting applications for grants
under section 311(a), the Secretary shall give priority to—
‘‘(1) eligible applicants who have demonstrated
experience in providing services to runaway and
homeless youth; and
‘‘(2) eligible applicants that request grants of
less than $200,000.’’.
(e) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT
PROGRAM.—Section 321 of the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–1) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘PUR-
POSE AND’’;
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and
(3) by striking subsection (b).
(f) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 322(a)(9) of the Runaway
and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–2(a)(9)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘, and the services provided to such
youth by such project,’’ after ‘‘such project’’.
(g) COORDINATION.—Section 341 of the Runaway
and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–21) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 341. COORDINATION.
‘‘With respect to matters relating to the health, edu-
cation, employment, and housing of runaway and homeless
youth, the Secretary—
(1) through the Administrator of the Office of
Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention,
shall coordinate the activities of agencies of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services with activi-
ties under any other Federal juvenile crime control,
prevention, and juvenile offender accountability pro-
gram and with the activities of other Federal enti-
ties; and
(2) shall coordinate the activities of agencies of
the Department of Health and Human Services with
the activities of other Federal entities and with the
activities of entities that are eligible to receive
grants under this title.’’.
(h) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR RESEARCH,
EVALUATION, 
DEMONSTRATION, 
AND
SERVICE
PROJECTS.—Section 343 of the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–23) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘EVAL-
UATION,’’ after ‘‘RESEARCH,’’;
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘evaluation,’’
after ‘‘research,’’; and
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3)
through (10) as paragraphs (2) through (9), re-
spectively.
(i) ASSISTANCE TO POTENTIAL GRANTEES.—Section
371 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.
5714a) is amended by striking the last sentence.
(j) REPORTS.—Section 381 of the Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5715) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 381. REPORTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 1999,
and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit, to
the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the Senate, a report on the status, activities, and
accomplishments of entities that receive grants under
parts A, B, C, D, and E, with particular attention to—
‘‘(1) in the case of centers funded under part
A, the ability or effectiveness of such centers in—
‘‘(A) alleviating the problems of runaway
and homeless youth;
‘‘(B) if applicable or appropriate, reuniting
such youth with their families and encouraging
the resolution of intrafamily problems through
counseling and other services;
‘‘(C) strengthening family relationships
and encouraging stable living conditions for
such youth; and
‘‘(D) assisting such youth to decide upon a
future course of action; and
‘‘(2) in the case of projects funded under part
B—
‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of
homeless youth served by such projects;
‘‘(B) the types of activities carried out by
such projects;
‘‘(C) the effectiveness of such projects in
alleviating the problems of homeless youth;
‘‘(D) the effectiveness of such projects in
preparing homeless youth for self-sufficiency;
‘‘(E) the effectiveness of such projects in
assisting homeless youth to decide upon future
education, employment, and independent living;
‘‘(F) the ability of such projects to encour-
age the resolution of intrafamily problems
through counseling and development of self-suf-
ficient living skills; and
‘‘(G) activities and programs planned by
such projects for the following fiscal year.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—The Secretary shall
include in each report submitted under subsection (a),
summaries of—
‘‘(1) the evaluations performed by the Secretary
under section 386; and
‘‘(2) descriptions of the qualifications of, and
training provided to, individuals involved in carrying
out such evaluations.’’.
(k) REPORTS.—Section 383 of the Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5731) is amended by
striking ‘‘Records’’ and inserting ‘‘Except for the purposes
of the disposition of criminal or delinquency charges
against or the coordinated delivery of services to individual
youths, records’’.
(l) EVALUATION.—Section 384 of the Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5732) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 384. EVALUATION AND INFORMATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If a grantee receives grants for
3 consecutive fiscal years under part A, B, C, D, or E
(in the alternative), then the Secretary shall evaluate such
grantee on-site, not less frequently than once in the period
of such 3 consecutive fiscal years, for purposes of—
‘‘(1) determining whether such grants are being
used for the purposes for which such grants are
made by the Secretary;
‘‘(2) collecting additional information for the re-
port required by section 383; and
‘‘(3) providing such information and assistance
to such grantee as will enable such grantee to im-
prove the operation of the centers, projects, and ac-
tivities for which such grants are made.
‘‘(b) COOPERATION.—Recipients of grants under this
title shall cooperate with the Secretary’s efforts to carry
out evaluations, and to collect information, under this
title.’’.
(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
385 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.
5751) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 389. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to
be appropriated to carry out this title (other than
part E) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—
‘‘(A) PARTS A AND B.—From the amount
appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal
year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than
90 percent to carry out parts A and B.
‘‘(B) PART
B.—Of the amount reserved
under subparagraph (A), not less than 20 per-
cent, and not more than 30 percent, shall be re-
served to carry out part B.
‘‘(3) PARTS
C
AND
D.—In each fiscal year,
after reserving the amounts required by paragraph
(2), the Secretary shall use the remaining amount
(if any) to carry out parts C and D.
‘‘(b) SEPARATE IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED.—No
funds appropriated to carry out this title may be combined
with funds appropriated under any other Act if the pur-
pose of combining such funds is to make a single discre-
tionary grant, or a single discretionary payment, unless
such funds are separately identified in all grants and con-
tracts and are used for the purposes specified in this
title.’’.
(n) SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM.—
(1) AUTHORITY FOR PROGRAM.—The Runaway
and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.)
is amended—
(A) by striking the heading for part F;
(B) by redesignating part E as part F; and
(C) by inserting after part D the following:
‘‘PART E—SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION
PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 351. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants
to nonprofit private agencies for the purpose of providing
street-based services to runaway and homeless, and street
youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being
subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, or sexual exploi-
tation.
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In selecting applicants to receive
grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give prior-
ity to nonprofit private agencies that have experience in
providing services to runaway and homeless, and street
youth.’’.
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
Section 389(a) of the Runaway and Homeless Youth
Act (42 U.S.C. 5751), as amended by subsection
(m) of this section, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(4) PART E.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out part E such sums as may be necessary
for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and
2004.’’.
(o) CONSOLIDATED REVIEW
OF APPLICATIONS.—
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 384 the fol-
lowing:
‘‘SEC. 385. CONSOLIDATED REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.
‘‘With respect to funds available to carry out parts
A, B, C, D, and E, nothing in this title shall be construed
to prohibit the Secretary from—
‘‘(1) announcing, in a single announcement, the
availability of funds for grants under 2 or more of
such parts; and
‘‘(2) reviewing applications for grants under 2
or more of such parts in a single, consolidated appli-
cation review process.’’.
(p) DEFINITIONS.—The Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 385, as added by subsection (o) of this
section, the following:
‘‘SEC. 386. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘In this title:
‘‘(1) DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION AND PREVEN-
TION SERVICES.—The term ‘drug abuse education
and prevention services’—
‘‘(A) means services to runaway and home-
less youth to prevent or reduce the illicit use of
drugs by such youth; and
‘‘(B) may include—
‘‘(i) individual, family, group, and
peer counseling;
‘‘(ii) drop-in services;
‘‘(iii) assistance to runaway and
homeless youth in rural areas (including
the development of community support
groups);
‘‘(iv) information and training relating
to the illicit use of drugs by runaway and
homeless youth, to individuals involved in
providing services to such youth; and
‘‘(v) activities to improve the availabil-
ity of local drug abuse prevention services
to runaway and homeless youth.
‘‘(2) 
HOME-BASED
SERVICES.—The 
term
‘home-based services’—
‘‘(A) means services provided to youth and
their families for the purpose of—
‘‘(i) preventing such youth from run-
ning away, or otherwise becoming sepa-
rated, from their families; and
‘‘(ii) assisting runaway youth to re-
turn to their families; and
‘‘(B) includes services that are provided in
the residences of families (to the extent prac-
ticable), including—
‘‘(i) intensive individual and family
counseling; and
‘‘(ii) training relating to life skills and
parenting.
‘‘(3) HOMELESS YOUTH.—The term ‘homeless
youth’ means an individual—
‘‘(A) who is—
‘‘(i) not more than 21 years of age;
and
‘‘(ii) for the purposes of part B, not
less than 16 years of age;
‘‘(B) for whom it is not possible to live in
a safe environment with a relative; and
‘‘(C) who has no other safe alternative liv-
ing arrangement.
‘‘(4) 
STREET-BASED
SERVICES.—The 
term
‘street-based services’—
‘‘(A) means services provided to runaway
and homeless youth, and street youth, in areas
where they congregate, designed to assist such
youth in making healthy personal choices re-
garding where they live and how they behave;
and
‘‘(B) may include—
‘‘(i) identification of and outreach to
runaway and homeless youth, and street
youth;
‘‘(ii) crisis intervention and counsel-
ing;
‘‘(iii) information and referral for
housing;
‘‘(iv) information and referral for
transitional living and health care services;
‘‘(v) advocacy, education, and preven-
tion services related to—
‘‘(I) alcohol and drug abuse;
‘‘(II) sexual exploitation;
‘‘(III) sexually transmitted dis-
eases, 
including 
human 
immuno-
deficiency virus (HIV); and
‘‘(IV) physical and sexual as-
sault.
‘‘(5) STREET YOUTH.—The term ‘street youth’
means an individual who—
‘‘(A) is—
‘‘(i) a runaway youth; or
‘‘(ii) indefinitely or intermittently a
homeless youth; and
‘‘(B) spends a significant amount of time
on the street or in other areas that increase the
risk to such youth for sexual abuse, sexual ex-
ploitation, prostitution, or drug abuse.
‘‘(6) TRANSITIONAL LIVING YOUTH PROJECT.—
The term ‘transitional living youth project’ means a
project that provides shelter and services designed to
promote a transition to self-sufficient living and to
prevent long-term dependency on social services.
‘‘(7) YOUTH
AT
RISK
OF
SEPARATION
FROM
THE FAMILY.—The term ‘youth at risk of separation
from the family’ means an individual—
‘‘(A) who is less than 18 years of age; and
‘‘(B)(i) who has a history of running away
from the family of such individual;
‘‘(ii) whose parent, guardian, or custodian
is not willing to provide for the basic needs of
such individual; or
‘‘(iii) who is at risk of entering the child
welfare system or juvenile justice system as a
result of the lack of services available to the
family to meet such needs.’’.
(q) REDESIGNATION OF SECTIONS.—Sections 371,
372, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, and 386 of the Runaway
and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714b–5851 et seq.),
as amended by this title, are redesignated as sections 381,
382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, and 388, respectively.
(r) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 331 of the
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et
seq.) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘With’’
and all that follows through ‘‘the Secretary’’, and inserting
‘‘The Secretary’’.
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