(B) by inserting ‘‘and runaway youth. The 
Secretary shall award such grants not later 
than 90 days before the start date of the grant 
and establish an appeal process for grantees’’ 
after ‘‘homeless youth’’; and 
(2) in section 322— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (1) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) to provide to homeless youth, by grant, 
agreement, or contract— 
‘‘(A) shelter, such as group homes, mater-
nity group homes, host family homes, and su-
pervised apartments; and 
‘‘(B) services, such as information and 
counseling services in basic life skills, which 
consider the age, gender, and social and devel-
opmental needs of such youth, and are cul-
turally and linguistically appropriate, including 
topics on money management, budgeting, con-
sumer education, use of credit, parenting skills, 
interpersonal skill building, educational ad-
vancement, job attainment skills, mental and 
physical health care, and suicide prevention 
services;’’; 
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(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘18 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘23 years’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘18th’’ and in-
serting ‘‘23rd’’; 
(iii) by striking paragraph (4) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(4) that such shelter project used to carry out 
such project shall— 
‘‘(A) have a minimum project capacity of 
not fewer than 4 youth, except if there is an es-
tablished minimum number of beds per indi-
vidual shelter or project location; 
‘‘(B) have the capacity to accommodate 
not more than 20 individuals, excluding staff, 
within a single project, except where the appli-
cant demonstrates that the State where the 
project is located has a State or local law or 
regulation that allows a higher maximum to 
comply with licensure requirements for child 
and youth serving projects; and 
‘‘(C) if it is a mixed project, limit runaway 
and homeless youth shelter beds to 20 youth 
per project with segregated access and pro-
gramming, except where the applicant dem-
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onstrates that the State where the project is lo-
cated has a State or local law or regulation that 
allows a higher maximum to comply with licen-
sure requirements for child and youth serving 
projects;’’; 
(iv) by striking paragraphs (6), (7), 
(8), and (9), and inserting the following: 
‘‘(6) to develop a written transitional living plan 
in partnership with each youth based on an assess-
ment of the needs of each youth, designed to help 
the transition from supervised participation in such 
project to independent living or another appropriate 
living arrangement; 
‘‘(7) to develop an adequate plan to ensure 
proper coordination, integration, and referral of 
homeless youth and runaway youth, which considers 
the age, gender, and social and developmental needs 
of such youth, and are culturally and linguistically 
appropriate, to the extent practicable, to— 
‘‘(A) social service; 
‘‘(B) law enforcement; 
‘‘(C) educational training, including post- 
secondary education; 
‘‘(D) vocational training, including services 
and programs for youth available under the 
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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3101 et seq.); 
‘‘(E) welfare, including programs amended 
under the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–193); 
‘‘(F) legal service; 
‘‘(G) mental health service and health care 
programs; 
‘‘(H) substance use disorder treatment; 
and 
‘‘(I) programs providing wrap-around serv-
ices to victims of trafficking and gender-based 
violence; 
‘‘(8) to provide for the establishment of out-
reach programs designed to attract individuals who 
are eligible to participate in the project, which may 
include the use of online and social media engage-
ments; 
‘‘(9) to submit to the Secretary an annual re-
port that includes information regarding the activi-
ties carried out with funds under this part, the 
achievements of the project under this part carried 
out by the applicant and statistical summaries de-
scribing the number, characteristics, and demo-
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graphic information of the homeless youth and run-
away youth who participate in such project, includ-
ing the prevalence of trafficking of such youth, and 
the services provided to such youth by such project, 
in the year for which the report is submitted;’’; 
(v) in paragraph (15), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(vi) by striking paragraph (16) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(16) to develop an adequate emergency pre-
paredness and management plan regarding re-
sponses to natural disasters, inclement weather, and 
mental health emergencies; and’’; 
(vii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 
through (5) and (6) through (16), as para-
graphs (5) through (7) and (9) through 
(19), respectively; 
(viii) by inserting after paragraph (2) 
the following: 
‘‘(3) to provide counseling to homeless and run-
away youth and to encourage, if appropriate, the in-
volvement in such counseling of their parents, legal 
guardians, or individuals identified by such youth as 
family; 
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‘‘(4) to provide aftercare services, if possible, to 
homeless and runaway youth who have received shel-
ter and services from a transitional living youth 
project, including, to the extent practicable, such 
youth who, after receiving such shelter and services, 
relocate to a geographic area or State other than the 
geographic area or State in which such project is lo-
cated;’’; 
(ix) by inserting after paragraph (7), 
as redesignated by clause (vii), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) to develop a plan to provide services, which 
consider the age, gender, and social and develop-
mental needs of such youth, and are culturally and 
linguistically appropriate, that address the needs of 
runaway, homeless, and street youth;’’; 
(x) by adding at end the following: 
‘‘(20) to inform youth of their status as inde-
pendent students under section 480 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087vv), provide 
verification of such status for the purposes of the 
Free Application for Federal Student Aid described 
in section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1090), and assist the youth in com-
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pleting this application at the request of the youth.’’; 
and 
(B) by striking subsection (b) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In selecting eligible applicants to re-
ceive grants under this part, the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to entities that have experience in providing to home-
less youth shelter and services of the types described in 
subsection (a)(1).’’. 
SEC. 5. NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. 
Section 331 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act 
(34 U.S.C. 11231) is amended by inserting ‘‘, online, and 
social media’’ after ‘‘telephone’’. 
SEC. 6. COORDINATING, TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND OTHER 
ACTIVITIES. 
Part D of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (34 
U.S.C. 11241 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 341— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘safety, well-being,’’ after 
‘‘health,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘other 
Federal entities’’ and inserting ‘‘the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development, the 
Department of Education, the Department of 
Labor, and the Department of Justice’’; 
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(2) in section 342— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘5-year’’ after ‘‘make’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(including onsite and 
web-based techniques, such as on-demand and 
online learning)’’ after ‘‘training’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘carrying out’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘implementing in a trauma-informed man-
ner’’; 
(3) in section 343(b)— 
(A) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘abuse’’ and all that follows through the 
semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘abuse, 
sexual assault, and trafficking;’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘abuse’’ and all that follows through ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘abuse, sexual assault, 
and trafficking;’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘who have been sexually victimized’’; and 
(iv) by adding at end the following: 
‘‘(D) best practices for identifying and pro-
viding services that consider the age, gender, 
and social and developmental background of an 
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individual, and are culturally and linguistically 
appropriate, to the extent practicable, to— 
‘‘(i) vulnerable and underserved youth 
populations; and 
‘‘(ii) youth who are victims of traf-
ficking; and 
‘‘(E) informing youth of their status as 
independent students under section 480 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087vv), providing verification of such status 
for the purposes of the Free Application for 
Federal Student Aid described in section 483 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1090), and assisting youth in completing this 
application at the request of the youth;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(C) in paragraph (10), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at end the following: 
‘‘(11) examining the intersection between the 
runaway and homeless youth populations and traf-
ficking, including noting whether such youth who are 
victims of trafficking were previously involved in the 
child welfare system or juvenile justice system.’’; 
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(4) 
in 
section 
344(a)(2)(A), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$100,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000’’; 
(5) in section 345— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘Homelessness’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of the Runaway and 
Homeless Youth and Trafficking Preven-
tion Act of 2023, and at 3-year intervals 
thereafter, the Secretary, acting through 
the Associate Commissioner of the Family 
and Youth Services Bureau’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘13’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘12’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(iv) by adding at end the following: 
‘‘(3) that includes demographic information of 
such individuals, including youth who are victims of 
trafficking; and 
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‘‘(4) that does not disclose the identity of any 
such individual.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting 
‘‘12’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘, including men-
tal health services;’’; 
(II) in clause (iii), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 
(III) by adding at end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) connections to caring adults; and 
‘‘(v) access to secondary education, 
higher education, and job training; and’’; 
(iv) by redesignating subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (E); and 
(v) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following: 
‘‘(B) incidences, if any, of such individuals 
who— 
‘‘(i) are victims of trafficking; 
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‘‘(E) emergency respite care for clients 
within the allowable age range of the underlying 
grant award, including care that provides par-
ents and other caregivers with emergency serv-
ices and temporary shelter that offer relief; 
‘‘(F) connecting youth to education and 
employment programs; 
‘‘(G) case management and resource navi-
gation; and 
‘‘(H) activities to improve access to local 
mental health and substance use treatment and 
prevention.’’; 
(E) in paragraph (7)(B), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing the use of online methods of engage-
ment, as appropriate, based on the needs 
of the community and population served’’ 
after ‘‘street youth’’; and 
(ii) by striking clause (v) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(v) advocacy, education, and preven-
tion services related to— 
‘‘(I) substance use disorder; 
‘‘(II) trafficking; 
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