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driver’s license, providing notification of all sibling place-
ments 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— 
‘‘(i) ensuring that youth in foster care who have 
attained age 16 are engaged in discussions, including 
during the development 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, 
grandparents, and siblings, and, if so, what skills and 
strategies the youth will need to successfully and safely 
reconnect with those family members; 
‘‘(ii) providing appropriate guidance and services 
to youth whom affirm an intent to reconnect with 
biological family members on how to successfully and 
safely manage such reconnections; and 
‘‘(iii) making, when appropriate, efforts to include 
biological family members in such reconnection efforts. 
‘‘(J) The establishment of one or more of the following 
programs designed to prevent infants, children, and youth 
from entering foster care or to provide permanency for 
infants, children, and youth in foster care: 
‘‘(i) An intensive family finding program. 
‘‘(ii) A kinship navigator program. 
‘‘(iii) A family counseling program, such as a family 
group decision-making 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 individual 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 family treatment 
center’ means a State licensed or certified program that 
enables parents and their children to live together in a 
safe environment for a period of not less than 6 months 
and provides, on-site or by referral, substance abuse treat-
ment services, children’s early intervention services, family 
counseling, legal services, medical care, mental health serv-
ices, nursery and preschool, parenting skills training, pedi-
atric care, prenatal care, sexual abuse therapy, relapse 
prevention, transportation, and job or vocational training 
or classes leading to a secondary school diploma or a certifi-
cate of general equivalence.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) DURATION OF DEMONSTRATION.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a demonstra-
tion 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 dem-
onstration project under this section be conducted after Sep-
tember 30, 2019.’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(which shall provide,’’ 
and all that follows before the semicolon; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (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 application 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 subsection (h); 
(5) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(f) EVALUATIONS.—Each State authorized to conduct a dem-
onstration project under this section shall obtain an evaluation 
by an independent contractor of the effectiveness of the project, 
using an evaluation design approved by the Secretary which pro-
vides 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 meas-
ures 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 sec-
tion shall— 
‘‘(A) submit periodic reports to the Secretary 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, including with 
respect to those infants, children, and youth who are pre-
vented from entering foster 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 website 
for the State child welfare program concurrent with the 
submission of the report to the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate—
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‘‘(A) periodic reports based on the State reports sub-
mitted under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) a report based on the results of the State evalua-
tions required under subsection (f) that includes an analysis 
of the results of such evaluations and such recommenda-
tions for administrative 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 organization, or tribal consortium 
that has elected to operate a program under part E of title IV 
in accordance with section 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 Com-
mittee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 
to the vote on passage. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.