the effects of the joint activities, such as 
activities relating to— 
‘‘(I) 
establishing 
standardized 
screening protocols, or other methods 
to identify families in need of sub-
stance abuse prevention and treat-
ment services; 
‘‘(II) ensuring early access to as-
sessment and treatment services such 
as securing expert consultation on 
cases involving substance use dis-
orders, 
conducting 
outreach 
and 
methods to engage and retain parents 
in treatment, and providing priority 
access to assessment and treatment of 
families in the child welfare system; 
‘‘(III) 
increasing 
management 
and treatment of recovery services 
and monitoring compliance such as 
co-location of services, specialized re-
covery case management services, and 
ensuring 
comprehensive 
treatment 
programs tailored to individual parent 
and child needs; 
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‘‘(IV) ensuring access to family- 
centered services, including effective 
parenting programs focused on en-
hancing the parent and child relation-
ship and the prevention needs of chil-
dren; 
‘‘(V) ensuring appropriate judi-
cial 
oversight 
including 
providing 
more frequent judicial or administra-
tive reviews of treatment access and 
compliance with case plans regarding 
participation in substance use disorder 
treatment; 
‘‘(VI) having a system for appro-
priate response to behavior of partici-
pants, such as evidence-based contin-
gency management approaches using 
appropriate incentives and sanctions; 
and 
‘‘(VII) improving collaboration 
between courts and child welfare and 
substance abuse treatment agencies 
providing services to families with 
substance abuse issues, including— 
‘‘(aa) cross training of staff; 
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‘‘(bb) data collection and in-
formation sharing that is capable 
of monitoring outcomes of chil-
dren and families receiving serv-
ices from the agencies; 
‘‘(cc) arrangements for ad-
dressing confidentiality and shar-
ing of information; 
‘‘(dd) identification by the 
State agencies or Indian tribal 
agencies, as the case may be, of 
funding barriers and how Fed-
eral, State, and local resources 
are being used to sustain pro-
grams of the agencies; and 
‘‘(ee) consultation to ensure 
that programmatic approaches 
reflect the advice of community 
members and persons in recov-
ery. 
‘‘(iii) With respect to infants with pre-
natal substance exposure, a description of 
any special efforts to identify and assess 
the extent of the problem and any joint ac-
tivities between 2 or more members of the 
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eligible partnership that focus specifically 
on the needs of the infants, such as efforts 
to monitor and reduce infant fatalities 
among families affected by parental sub-
stance use disorders. 
‘‘(iv) A description of the goals and 
outcomes to be achieved during the fund-
ing period for the grant that will— 
‘‘(I) enhance the well-being of 
children, parents, and families receiv-
ing services or taking part in activities 
conducted with funds provided under 
the grant; 
‘‘(II) lead to safety, permanent 
caregiving relationships for such chil-
dren, and the well-being of the chil-
dren and their families; 
‘‘(III) improve the substance 
abuse treatment outcomes for parents 
including retention in treatment and 
successful completion of treatment; 
and 
‘‘(IV) decrease the number of 
out-of-home placements for children, 
or the number of children who are at 
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risk of being placed in an out-of-home 
placement, in the partnership region 
or State. 
‘‘(v) A description of a plan for sus-
taining the services provided by or activi-
ties funded under the grant after the con-
clusion of the grant period, including 
through the use of other funds provided to 
the State for child welfare and substance 
abuse prevention and treatment services. 
‘‘(vi) Assurances that— 
‘‘(I) substance use disorder treat-
ment services provided using funds 
provided during the implementation 
phase of a grant made under this sub-
section shall be licensed, certified, or 
otherwise approved by the appropriate 
State substance use disorder preven-
tion and treatment agencies, the State 
agency responsible for administering 
the State plan approved under title 
XIX, or other designated licensing 
agency; 
‘‘(II) the activities funded during 
the implementation phase of a grant 
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made under this subsection will be co-
ordinated, to the extent feasible and 
appropriate, with the services or bene-
fits provided under other Federal or 
federally assisted programs that serve 
families with substance use disorders 
who come to the attention of the State 
child welfare agency, including health, 
Medicaid, mental health, domestic vio-
lence, housing, and employment pro-
grams, the State program funded 
under part A, other child welfare and 
substance use disorder prevention and 
treatment programs, and the courts; 
‘‘(III) not more than 10 percent 
of funds provided under the grant for 
any fiscal year shall be used for ad-
ministrative costs; 
‘‘(IV) Federal funds provided to 
the State during the implementation 
phase of a grant made under this sub-
section will not be used to supplant 
Federal or non-Federal funds for 
services and activities that, as of Sep-
tember 30, 2015, are provided to as-
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