sist families with substance use dis-
order services who come to the atten-
tion of the State child welfare agency; 
and 
‘‘(V) in the case of a State part-
nership grant, the Governor of the 
State endorses the plan. 
‘‘(vii) Such other information as the 
Secretary may require. 
‘‘(B) With respect to the implementation 
phase of the grant, each of the following: 
‘‘(i) A description of how the State or 
regional partnership will use any funds 
provided during the implementation phase 
of a grant to address comprehensively and 
in a timely manner the needs of families 
with substance use disorders to improve 
child safety, family stability, parent-child 
relationships, permanence in children’s liv-
ing arrangements, and family well-being, 
including— 
‘‘(I) by improving services and 
procedures in the areas detailed in 
subparagraph (A)(ii); 
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‘‘(II) by improving services with 
respect to infants with prenatal sub-
stance exposure as described in sub-
paragraph (A)(iii); 
‘‘(III) by satisfying the goals and 
outcomes described in subparagraph 
(A)(iv); 
‘‘(IV) by providing sustainability 
of services and activities after the con-
clusion of the grant period as de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(v); 
‘‘(V) by affirming each of the as-
surances described in subparagraph 
(A)(vi); 
‘‘(VI) in the case of a State part-
nership grant, expanding the number 
of jurisdictions in the State (including 
urban, suburban, and rural jurisdic-
tions) where the activities under the 
plan will be implemented, the plans 
for expanding the activities to other 
parts of the State during the imple-
mentation phase of the grant, and the 
methods to measure programs toward 
these goals; and 
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‘‘(VII) measuring the perform-
ance of the State agencies in imple-
menting the plan in accordance with 
performance and evaluation require-
ments established by the Secretary in 
paragraph (8) and section 435, and 
assessing remaining barriers to meet-
ing the needs of families with sub-
stance use disorders who come to the 
attention of the State child welfare 
agency. 
‘‘(ii) Such other information as the 
Secretary may require.’’. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 437(f)(5) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(5)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting ‘‘and in accordance with the approved 
application for the grant’’ after ‘‘the purpose of this 
subsection’’; 
(2) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(B) 
through (E) as subparagraphs (C) through (F), re-
spectively, and by redesignating subparagraph (F) 
as subparagraph (H); 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(B) Medication-assisted treatment.’’; and 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (F), as so 
redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection, the 
following: 
‘‘(G) Domestic violence advocacy and serv-
ices.’’. 
(e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Section 437(f)(6) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(6)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) INDIAN TRIBES.—In the case of a 
grant awarded to a partnership that includes an 
Indian tribe, tribal consortium, or a tribal child 
welfare agency or a consortium of such agen-
cies, the payment required by subparagraph (A) 
may be made directly, through donated funds, 
through nonpublic third-party in-kind contribu-
tions, or from Federal funds received under any 
of the following provisions of law: 
‘‘(i) The Indian Child Welfare Act of 
1978 (25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.). 
‘‘(ii) The Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450b et seq.). 
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‘‘(iii) Title I of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.).’’. 
(f) WAIVER OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
437(f)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(7)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(7) WAIVER OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—To 
the extent the Secretary determines that any re-
quirement under this paragraph would be inappro-
priate to apply to an eligible partnership that in-
cludes a territory, an Indian tribe, tribal consortium, 
or a tribal child welfare agency or a consortium of 
such agencies, the Secretary may exempt the eligible 
partnership from the requirement.’’. 
(g) EVALUATION.—Section 437(f)(8) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 629g(f)(8)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE INDICA-
TORS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 9 
months after the date of enactment of this 
subparagraph, the Secretary shall review 
the performance indicators established 
under subparagraph (A) and knowledge 
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gained from other grant programs to es-
tablish a set of core indicators. 
‘‘(ii) CORE INDICATORS.—The set of 
core indicators established under clause (i) 
shall include the following: 
‘‘(I) Safety, including whether 
children remain at home and any oc-
currence of child maltreatment. 
‘‘(II) Permanency, including the 
average length of stay in foster care, 
re-entries to foster care placement, 
timeliness of reunification, and timeli-
ness of permanency. 
‘‘(III) Recovery, including access 
to treatment, retention in substance 
abuse treatment, substance use. 
‘‘(IV) Child, adult, and family 
well-being, including parenting capac-
ity, family relationships and func-
tioning. 
‘‘(iii) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—In 
establishing the set of core indicators re-
quired by clause (i), the Secretary shall 
consult with the following: 
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