not more than 10 demonstration projects to be au-
thorized in each fiscal year.’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(3) CONDITIONS
FOR
STATE
ELIGIBILITY.— 
For purposes of a new demonstration project under 
this section that is initially conducted in any of fis-
cal years 2012 through 2014, a State shall be au-
thorized to conduct such demonstration project only 
if the State satisfies the following conditions: 
‘‘(A) IDENTIFY 1 OR MORE GOALS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The State shall 
demonstrate 
that 
the 
demonstration 
project is designed to accomplish 1 or more 
of the following goals: 
‘‘(I) Increase permanency for all 
infants, children, and youth by reduc-
ing the time in foster placements 
when possible and promoting a suc-
cessful transition to adulthood for 
older youth. 
‘‘(II) Increase positive outcomes 
for infants, children, youth, and fami-
lies in their homes and communities, 
including tribal communities, and im-
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prove the safety and well-being of in-
fants, children, and youth. 
‘‘(III) Prevent child abuse and 
neglect and the re-entry of infants, 
children, and youth into foster care. 
‘‘(ii) LONG-TERM THERAPEUTIC FAM-
ILY
TREATMENT
CENTERS; ADDRESSING 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—With respect to a 
demonstration project that is designed to 
accomplish 1 or more of the goals de-
scribed in clause (i), the State may elect to 
establish a program— 
‘‘(I) to permit foster care mainte-
nance payments to be made under 
part E of title IV to a long-term 
therapeutic family treatment center 
(as described in paragraph (8)(B)) on 
behalf of a child residing in the cen-
ter; or 
‘‘(II) to identify and address do-
mestic violence that endangers chil-
dren and results in the placement of 
children in foster care. 
‘‘(B) 
DEMONSTRATE
READINESS.—The 
State shall demonstrate through a narrative de-
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scription the State’s capacity to effectively use 
the authority to conduct a demonstration 
project under this section by identifying 
changes the State has made or plans to make 
in policies, procedures, or other elements of the 
State’s child welfare program that will enable 
the State to successfully achieve the goal or 
goals of the project. 
‘‘(C) DEMONSTRATE
IMPLEMENTED
OR 
PLANNED CHILD WELFARE PROGRAM IMPROVE-
MENT POLICIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The State shall 
demonstrate that the State has imple-
mented, or plans to implement within 3 
years of the date on which the State sub-
mits its application to conduct the dem-
onstration project or 2 years after the date 
on which the Secretary approves such dem-
onstration project (whichever is later), at 
least 2 of the child welfare program im-
provement policies described in paragraph 
(7). 
‘‘(ii) PREVIOUS
IMPLEMENTATION.— 
For purposes of the requirement described 
in clause (i), at least 1 of the child welfare 
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program improvement policies to be imple-
mented by the State shall be a policy that 
the State has not previously implemented 
as of the date on which the State submits 
an application to conduct the demonstra-
tion project. 
‘‘(iii) IMPLEMENTATION
REVIEW.— 
The Secretary may terminate the authority 
of a State to conduct a demonstration 
project under this section if, after the 3- 
year period following approval of the dem-
onstration project, the State has not made 
significant progress in implementing the 
child welfare program improvement policies 
proposed by the State under clause (i).’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and 
the ability of the State to implement a correc-
tive action plan approved under section 1123A’’ 
before the period; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
RANDOM
ASSIGN-
MENT FOR CONTROL GROUPS AS A FACTOR FOR AP-
PROVAL OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—For pur-
poses of evaluating an application to conduct a dem-
onstration project under this section, the Secretary 
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shall not take into consideration whether such 
project requires random assignment of children and 
families to groups served under the project and to 
control groups. 
‘‘(7) CHILD WELFARE PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT 
POLICIES.—For purposes of paragraph (3)(C), the 
child welfare program improvement policies de-
scribed in this paragraph are the following: 
‘‘(A) The establishment of a bill of rights 
for infants, children, and youth in foster care 
that is widely shared and clearly outlines pro-
tections for infants, children, and youth, such 
as assuring frequent visits with parents, sib-
lings, and caseworkers, access to attorneys, and 
participation in age-appropriate extracurricular 
activities, and procedures for ensuring the pro-
tections are provided. 
‘‘(B) The development and implementation 
of a plan for meeting the health and mental 
health needs of infants, children, and youth in 
foster care that includes ensuring that the pro-
vision of health and mental health care is child- 
specific, comprehensive, appropriate, and con-
sistent (through means such as ensuring the in-
fant, child, or youth has a medical home, reg-
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ular wellness medical visits, and addressing the 
issue of trauma, when appropriate). 
‘‘(C) The inclusion in the State plan under 
section 471 of an amendment implementing the 
option under subsection (a)(28) of that section 
to enter into kinship guardianship assistance 
agreements. 
‘‘(D) The election under the State plan 
under section 471 to define a ‘child’ for pur-
poses of the provision of foster care mainte-
nance payments, adoption assistance payments, 
and kinship guardianship assistance payments, 
so as to include individuals described in each of 
subclauses (I), (II), and (III) of section 
475(8)(B)(i) who have not attained age 21. 
‘‘(E) The development and implementation 
of a plan that ensures congregate care is used 
appropriately and reduces the placement of chil-
dren and youth in such care. 
‘‘(F) Of those infants, children, and youth 
in out-of-home placements, substantially in-
creasing the number of cases of siblings who 
are in the same foster care, kinship guardian-
ship, or adoptive placement, above the number 
of such cases in fiscal year 2008. 
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‘‘(G) The development and implementation 
of a plan to improve the recruitment and reten-
tion of high quality foster family homes trained 
to help assist infants, children, and youth swift-
ly secure permanent families. Supports for fos-
ter families under such a plan may include in-
creasing maintenance payments to more ade-
quately meet the needs of infants, children, and 
youth in foster care and expanding training, 
respite care, and other support services for fos-
ter parents. 
‘‘(H) The establishment of procedures de-
signed to assist youth as they prepare for their 
transition out of foster care, such as arranging 
for participation in age-appropriate extra-cur-
ricular activities, providing appropriate access 
to cell phones, computers, and opportunities to 
obtain a driver’s license, providing notification 
of all sibling placements if siblings are in care 
and sibling location if siblings are out of care, 
and providing counseling and financial support 
for post-secondary education. 
‘‘(I) The inclusion in the State plan under 
section 471 of a description of State procedures 
for— 
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‘‘(i) ensuring that youth in foster care 
who have attained age 16 are engaged in 
discussions, including during the develop-
ment of the transition plans required 
under paragraphs (1)(D) and (5)(H) of 
section 475, that explore whether the 
youth wishes to reconnect with the youth’s 
biological family, including parents, grand-
parents, and siblings, and, if so, what skills 
and strategies the youth will need to suc-
cessfully and safely reconnect with those 
family members; 
‘‘(ii) providing appropriate guidance 
and services to youth whom affirm an in-
tent to reconnect with biological family 
members on how to successfully and safely 
manage such reconnections; and 
‘‘(iii) making, when appropriate, ef-
forts to include biological family members 
in such reconnection efforts. 
‘‘(J) The establishment of one or more of 
the following programs designed to prevent in-
fants, children, and youth from entering foster 
care or to provide permanency for infants, chil-
dren, and youth in foster care: 
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‘‘(i) An intensive family finding pro-
gram. 
‘‘(ii) A kinship navigator program. 
‘‘(iii) A family counseling program, 
such as a family group decisionmaking 
program, and which may include in-home 
peer support for families. 
‘‘(iv) A comprehensive family-based 
substance abuse treatment program. 
‘‘(v) A program under which special 
efforts are made to identify and address 
domestic violence that endangers infants, 
children, and youth and puts them at risk 
of entering foster care. 
‘‘(vi) A mentoring program. 
‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘youth’ means, with respect 
to a State, an individual who has attained age 
12 but has not attained the age at which an in-
dividual is no longer considered to be a child 
under the State plans under parts B and E of 
title IV, and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘long-term therapeutic fam-
ily treatment center’ means a State licensed or 
certified program that enables parents and their 
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children to live together in a safe environment 
for a period of not less than 6 months and pro-
vides, on-site or by referral, substance abuse 
treatment services, children’s early intervention 
services, family counseling, legal services, med-
ical care, mental health services, nursery and 
preschool, parenting skills training, pediatric 
care, prenatal care, sexual abuse therapy, re-
lapse prevention, transportation, and job or vo-
cational training or classes leading to a sec-
ondary school diploma or a certificate of general 
equivalence.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(d) DURATION OF DEMONSTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a 
demonstration project under this section may be 
conducted for not more than 5 years, unless in the 
judgment of the Secretary, the demonstration 
project should be allowed to continue. 
‘‘(2) TERMINATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—In no 
event shall a demonstration project under this sec-
tion be conducted after September 30, 2019.’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(which 
shall provide,’’ and all that follows up to the 
semicolon; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (6); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (8); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 
following: 
‘‘(7) an accounting of any additional Federal, 
State, and local investments made, as well as any 
private investments made in coordination with the 
State, during the 2 fiscal years preceding the appli-
cation to provide the services described in paragraph 
(1), and an assurance that the State will provide an 
accounting of that same spending for each year of 
an approved demonstration project; and’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); 
(5) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(f) EVALUATIONS.—Each State authorized to con-
duct a demonstration project under this section shall ob-
tain an evaluation by an independent contractor of the ef-
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fectiveness of the project, using an evaluation design ap-
proved by the Secretary which provides for— 
‘‘(1) comparison of methods of service delivery 
under the project, and such methods under a State 
plan or plans, with respect to efficiency, economy, 
and any other appropriate measures of program 
management; 
‘‘(2) comparison of outcomes for children and 
families (and groups of children and families) under 
the project, and such outcomes under a State plan 
or plans, for purposes of assessing the effectiveness 
of the project in achieving program goals; and 
‘‘(3) any other information that the Secretary 
may require. 
‘‘(g) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) STATE REPORTS; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
Each State authorized to conduct a demonstration 
project under this section shall— 
‘‘(A) submit periodic reports to the Sec-
retary on the specific programs, activities, and 
strategies used to improve outcomes for infants, 
children, youth, and families and the results 
achieved for infants, children, and youth during 
the conduct of the demonstration project, in-
cluding with respect to those infants, children, 
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and youth who are prevented from entering fos-
ter care, infants, children, and youth in foster 
care, and infants, children, and youth who move 
from foster care to permanent families; and 
‘‘(B) post a copy of each such report on 
the Web site for the State child welfare pro-
gram concurrent with the submission of the re-
port to the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate— 
‘‘(A) periodic reports based on the State 
reports submitted under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) a report based on the results of the 
State evaluations required under subsection (f) 
that includes an analysis of the results of such 
evaluations and such recommendations for ad-
ministrative or legislative changes as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate.’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) INDIAN TRIBES OPERATING IV–E PROGRAMS 
CONSIDERED STATES.—An Indian tribe, tribal organiza-
tion, or tribal consortium that has elected to operate a 
program under part E of title IV in accordance with sec-
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tion 479B shall be considered a State for purposes of this 
section.’’. 
TITLE III—BUDGET PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Æ 
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