SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Partnership Grants 
to Strengthen Families Affected by Parental Substance 
Abuse Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENTS TO GRANTS TO IMPROVE WELL- 
BEING OF FAMILIES AFFECTED BY SUB-
STANCE ABUSE. 
Section 437(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
629g(f)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘IN-
CREASE
THE WELL-BEING
OF, AND
TO IMPROVE 
THE PERMANENCY OUTCOMES FOR, CHILDREN AF-
FECTED BY’’ and inserting ‘‘IMPLEMENT IV–E PRE-
VENTION
SERVICES, AND
IMPROVE
THE
WELL- 
BEING OF, AND IMPROVE PERMANENCY OUTCOMES 
FOR, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY HER-
OIN, OPIOIDS, AND OTHER’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) REGIONAL
PARTNERSHIP
DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘regional partnership’ 
means a collaborative agreement (which may be es-
tablished on an interstate, State, or intrastate basis) 
entered into by the following: 
‘‘(A) MANDATORY
PARTNERS
FOR
ALL 
PARTNERSHIP GRANTS.—
‘‘(i) The State child welfare agency 
that is responsible for the administration 
of the State plan under this part and part 
E. 
‘‘(ii) The State agency responsible for 
administering the substance abuse preven-
tion and treatment block grant provided 
under subpart II of part B of title XIX of 
the Public Health Service Act. 
‘‘(B) MANDATORY PARTNERS FOR PART-
NERSHIP GRANTS PROPOSING TO SERVE CHIL-
DREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENTS.—If the 
partnership proposes to serve children in out-of- 
home placements, the Juvenile Court or Admin-
istrative Office of the Court that is most appro-
priate to oversee the administration of court 
programs in the region to address the popu-
lation of families who come to the attention of 
the court due to child abuse or neglect. 
‘‘(C) OPTIONAL PARTNERS.—At the option 
of the partnership, any of the following: 
‘‘(i) An Indian tribe or tribal consor-
tium. 
‘‘(ii) Nonprofit child welfare service 
providers.
‘‘(iii) For-profit child welfare service 
providers. 
‘‘(iv) Community health service pro-
viders, including substance abuse treat-
ment providers. 
‘‘(v) Community mental health pro-
viders. 
‘‘(vi) Local law enforcement agencies. 
‘‘(vii) School personnel. 
‘‘(viii) Tribal child welfare agencies 
(or a consortia of the agencies). 
‘‘(ix) Any other providers, agencies, 
personnel, officials, or entities that are re-
lated to the provision of child and family 
services under a State plan approved under 
this subpart. 
‘‘(D) EXCEPTION
FOR
REGIONAL
PART-
NERSHIPS WHERE THE LEAD APPLICANT IS AN 
INDIAN TRIBE OR TRIBAL CONSORTIA.—If an 
Indian tribe or tribal consortium enters into a 
regional partnership for purposes of this sub-
section, the Indian tribe or tribal consortium— 
‘‘(i) may (but is not required to) in-
clude the State child welfare agency as a 
partner in the collaborative agreement;
‘‘(ii) may not enter into a collabo-
rative agreement only with tribal child wel-
fare agencies (or a consortium of the agen-
cies); and 
‘‘(iii) if the condition described in 
paragraph (2)(B) applies, may include 
tribal court organizations in lieu of other 
judicial partners.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘$500,000 and not more than $1,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$250,000 and not more than 
$1,000,000’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
inserting ‘‘; PLANNING’’ after ‘‘APPROVAL’’; 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘clause 
(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clauses (ii) and (iii)’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) 
SUFFICIENT
PLANNING.—A 
grant awarded under this subsection shall 
be disbursed in two phases: a planning 
phase (not to exceed 2 years) and an im-
plementation phase. The total disburse-
ment to a grantee for the planning phase 
may not exceed $250,000, and may not ex-
ceed the total anticipated funding for the 
implementation phase.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) LIMITATION ON PAYMENT FOR A FIS-
CAL YEAR.—No payment shall be made under 
subparagraph (A) or (C) for a fiscal year until 
the Secretary determines that the eligible part-
nership has made sufficient progress in meeting 
the goals of the grant and that the members of 
the eligible partnership are coordinating to a 
reasonable degree with the other members of 
the eligible partnership.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, par-
ents, and families’’ after ‘‘children’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘safety 
and permanence for such children; and’’ 
and inserting ‘‘safe, permanent caregiving 
relationships for the children;’’; 
(iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
and inserting ‘‘increase reunification rates
for children who have been placed in out- 
of-home care, or decrease’’; and 
(iv) by redesignating clause (iii) as 
clause (v) and inserting after clause (ii) 
the following: 
‘‘(iii) improve the substance abuse 
treatment outcomes for parents including 
retention in treatment and successful com-
pletion of treatment; 
‘‘(iv) facilitate the implementation, de-
livery, and effectiveness of prevention serv-
ices and programs under section 471(e); 
and’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘where appropriate,’’; and 
(C) by striking subparagraphs (E) and (F) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(E) A description of a plan for sustaining 
the services provided by or activities funded 
under the grant after the conclusion of the 
grant period, including through the use of pre-
vention services and programs under section 
471(e) and other funds provided to the State 
for child welfare and substance abuse preven-
tion and treatment services.