SEC. 2. REGIONAL AND STATE PARTNERSHIP GRANTS. 
(a) ELIGIBLE
PARTNERSHIP
DEFINED; OTHER 
DEFINITIONS.—Section 437(f)(2) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 
partnership’ means a collaborative agree-
ment (which may be established on an 
interstate or intrastate basis) entered into 
by, at a minimum, each of the following: 
‘‘(I) The State child welfare 
agency that is responsible for the ad-
ministration of the State plan under 
this part and part E. 
‘‘(II) The State agency respon-
sible for administering the substance 
abuse prevention and treatment block 
grant provided under subpart II of 
part B of title XIX of the Public 
Health Service Act. 
‘‘(III) The Juvenile Court or Ad-
ministrative Office of the Court that 
is most appropriate to oversee the ad-
ministration of court programs in the 
region to address the population of 
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families who come to the attention of 
the court due to child abuse or ne-
glect. 
‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL PARTNERS.—In ad-
dition to the required members of an eligi-
ble partnership described under clause (i), 
such partnership may also include any of 
the following: 
‘‘(I) The State agency respon-
sible for administering the State plan 
under title XIX. 
‘‘(II) The State agency respon-
sible for administering the Maternal 
and Child Health Block Grant under 
title V of this Act. 
‘‘(III) The unit of State govern-
ment responsible for administering the 
Community Mental Health Services 
Block Grant provided under subpart I 
of part B of title XIX of the Public 
Health Service Act. 
‘‘(IV) Any other State agency re-
sponsible for administering programs 
that promote child and family well- 
being, including programs that serve 
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victims of domestic violence, early 
childhood education programs, ele-
mentary school and secondary school 
programs (as such terms are defined 
in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801)), programs under the 
Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), 
hospital programs, early childhood 
home visitation programs using funds 
received under section 511(c) of this 
Act, and the program for block grants 
to States for temporary assistance for 
needy families under title IV of this 
Act. 
‘‘(V) An Indian tribe or tribal 
consortium. 
‘‘(VI) Community child welfare 
service providers. 
‘‘(VII) Community health service 
providers. 
‘‘(VIII) 
Community 
mental 
health service providers. 
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‘‘(IX) Community domestic vio-
lence service providers. 
‘‘(X) Community housing au-
thorities or providers. 
‘‘(XI) Local law enforcement 
agencies. 
‘‘(XII) Tribal child welfare agen-
cies (or a consortia of such agencies). 
‘‘(XIII) Any other providers, 
agencies, personnel, officials, or enti-
ties that are related to the provision 
of child and family services under this 
subpart. 
‘‘(iii) PARTNERSHIPS ENTERED INTO 
BY
INDIAN
TRIBES
OR
TRIBAL
CON-
SORTIA.—Notwithstanding clause (i), if an 
Indian tribe or tribal consortium enters 
into a partnership for purposes of this sub-
section, such partnership shall be consid-
ered an eligible partnership regardless of 
whether such partnership includes any of 
the entities described in subclause (I), (II), 
or (III) of clause (i), except that no such 
partnership shall consist solely of tribal 
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child welfare agencies (or a consortium of 
such agencies). 
‘‘(B) 
STATE.—Notwithstanding 
section 
431(a)(4), the term ‘State’ means the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, and each of 
the territories. 
‘‘(C) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ 
means Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, 
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. 
Virgin Islands. 
‘‘(D) INDIAN
TRIBE; TRIBAL
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘tribal or-
ganization’ have the meanings given such terms 
in section 431(a).’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY
TO
AWARD
GRANTS.—Section 
437(f)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(3)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this section, the Secretary shall award, from 
the amounts reserved for each of fiscal years 
2017 through 2021 under section 436(b)(5)— 
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‘‘(i) regional partnership grants to eli-
gible partnerships that satisfy the require-
ments of this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) State partnership grants to eligi-
ble partnerships that satisfy the require-
ments of this subsection and demonstrate 
an ability to operate statewide, including 
jurisdictions that are urban, suburban, or 
rural.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 
(C) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP GRANTS.— 
The Secretary shall provide to each eligible 
partnership awarded a regional partnership 
grant under this subsection— 
‘‘(i) not less than $250,000 per grant 
for each fiscal year during a planning 
phase not to exceed 1 year; and 
‘‘(ii) not less than $500,000 per grant 
for each fiscal year during the grant’s im-
plementation phase. 
‘‘(C) STATE PARTNERSHIP GRANTS.—The 
Secretary shall provide to each eligible partner-
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