‘‘(g) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY WITH RESPECT TO 
INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) WAIVER OR MODIFICATION OF REQUIRE-
MENTS.—In making a grant to an Indian tribe or 
tribal organization under this section, the Secretary 
may waive the matching requirement of subsection 
(e) or modify an application requirement imposed by 
or under subsection (c) if the Secretary determines 
that the waiver or modification is appropriate to the 
needs, culture, and circumstances of the Indian tribe 
or tribal organization. 
‘‘(2) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall use 
tribally relevant data in carrying out the evaluation 
under subsection (f)(2) with respect to an Indian 
tribe or tribal organization. 
‘‘(h) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary not more than $35,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2026 through 2029 to carry out this section. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITION OF COVERED FOSTER CHILD.—In 
this section, the term ‘covered foster child’ means a child 
that— 
‘‘(1) is in foster care; and 
‘‘(2) has at least 1 parent incarcerated in a 
Federal, State, or local correctional facility.’’. 
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SEC. 14. GUIDANCE TO STATES ON IMPROVING DATA COL-
LECTION AND REPORTING FOR YOUTH IN 
RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS. 
Within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in con-
sultation with the Department of Education, the Adminis-
tration for Children and Families, the Centers for Medi-
care and Medicaid Services, the Administration for Com-
munity Living, the Department of Justice, and other rel-
evant policy experts, as determined by the Secretary, shall 
issue and disseminate, or update and revise, as applicable, 
guidance to State agencies in administering State plans 
approved under parts B and E of title IV of the Social 
Security Act on the following: 
(1) Best practices for Federal and State agen-
cies to collect data and share information related to 
the well-being of youth residing in residential treat-
ment facilities, including those facilities operating in 
multiple States or serving out-of-state youth. 
(2) Best practices on improving State collection 
and sharing of data related to incidences of mal-
treatment of youth residing in residential treatment 
facilities, including with respect to meeting the re-
quirement of section 471(a)(9)(A) of such Act for 
such youth. 
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(3) Best practices on improving oversight of 
youth residential programs receiving Federal fund-
ing, and research-based strategies for risk assess-
ment related to the health, safety, and well-being of 
youth in the facilities. 
SEC. 15. STREAMLINING RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND TECH-
NICAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING. 
(a) REPURPOSING DISCRETIONARY RESEARCH SET- 
ASIDE.—Section 435(c) (42 U.S.C. 629e(c)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) EVALUATION, RESEARCH, AND TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO TARGETED PROGRAM RE-
SOURCES.—Of the amount reserved under section 
437(b)(1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall use not less 
than— 
‘‘(1) $1,000,000 for technical assistance to 
grantees under section 437(f) and to support design 
of local site evaluations with the goal of publishing 
and submitting evaluation findings to the clearing-
house established under section 476(d), or to award 
grants to allow current or former grantees under 
section 437(f) to analyze, publish, and submit to the 
clearinghouse data collected during past grants; and 
‘‘(2) $1,000,000 for technical assistance re-
quired under section 429B of this Act to support ef-
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fective implementation of the Indian Child Welfare 
Act of 1978 and to support development of associ-
ated State plan measures described pursuant to sec-
tion 422(b)(9) of this Act.’’. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF RESEARCH SET-ASIDE FROM 
MANDATORY FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 436(b) (42 U.S.C. 
629f(b)), as amended by the preceding provisions of 
this Act, is amended by striking paragraph (1) and 
predesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as para-
graphs (1) through (4), respectively. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 433(a) (42 U.S.C. 629c(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘436(b)(3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘436(b)(2)’’. 
(B) Section 433(e) (42 U.S.C. 629c(e)), as 
amended by section 12(b) of this Act, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘436(b)(4)(A)’’ and inserting 
‘‘436(b)(3)(A)’’ each place it appears. 
(C) Section 434(a)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 
629d(a)(2)(A)) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘436(b)(4)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘436(b)(3)(B)’’. 
(D) 
Section 
437(b)(1) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
629g(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘436(b)(1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘435’’. 
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(E) 
Section 
437(f)(3) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
629g(f)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘436(b)(5)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘436(b)(4)’’. 
(F) 
Section 
438(c)(3) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
629g(c)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘436(b)(2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘436(b)(1)’’. 
SEC. 16. REPORT ON POST ADOPTION AND SUBSIDIZED 
GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall prepare and submit to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report 
on children who enter into foster care under the super-
vision of a State administering a plan approved under part 
B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act after finaliza-
tion of an adoption or legal guardianship. 
(b) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall include in 
the report information, to the extent available through the 
Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System 
and other data sources, regarding the incidence of adop-
tion disruption and dissolution affecting children described 
in subsection (a) and factors associated with such cir-
cumstances, including— 
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(1) whether affected individuals received pre- or 
post-legal adoption services; and 
(2) other relevant information, such as the age 
of the child involved. 
(c) POST-ADOPTION
SERVICES
AND
GUARDIAN-
SHIP.—The Secretary shall include in the report— 
(1) a summary of post-adoption services and 
guardianship in each State that are available to fam-
ilies that adopted children from foster care and the 
extent to which the services are evidence-based or 
evidence-informed; and 
(2) a summary of funding and funding sources 
for the services in each State, including set-asides 
under the Promoting Safe and Stable Families pro-
gram. 
SEC. 17. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this 
Act shall take effect on October 1, 2025, and shall apply 
to payments under part B of title IV of the Social Security 
Act for calendar quarters beginning on or after such date. 
(b) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION RE-
QUIRED.—If the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
determines that State legislation (other than legislation 
appropriating funds) is required in order for a State plan 
developed pursuant to part B of title IV of the Social Se-
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curity Act to meet the additional requirements imposed 
by the amendments made by this Act, the plan shall not 
be regarded as failing to meet any of the additional re-
quirements before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter 
beginning after the first regular session of the State legis-
lature that begins after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, if the State 
has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session 
is deemed to be a separate regular session of the State 
legislature. 
(c) APPLICATION TO PROGRAMS OPERATED BY IN-
DIAN TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.—In the case of an Indian 
tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium that the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services determines re-
quires time to take action necessary to comply with the 
additional requirements imposed by the amendments made 
by this Act (whether the tribe, organization, or tribal con-
sortium has a plan under section 479B of the Social Secu-
rity Act or a cooperative agreement or contract entered 
into with a State), the Secretary shall provide the tribe, 
organization, or tribal consortium with such additional 
time as the Secretary determines is necessary for the tribe, 
organization, or tribal consortium to take the action to 
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comply with the additional requirements before being re-
garded as failing to comply with the requirements. 
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