propriate services’ in the ‘National Standards for 
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in 
Health and Health Care’, issued in April 2013, by 
the Office of Minority Health of the Department of 
Health and Human Services.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘21’’ and 
inserting ‘‘26’’; and 
(ii) by striking clause (ii) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(ii) for the purposes of part B, not 
less than 15 years of age but less than 26 
years of age, subject to section 322(d);’’; 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) MIXED
PROJECTS.—The term ‘mixed 
projects’ means a building, structure, or campus 
that may house multiple programs serving youth 
under the age of 26. Any of these programs may be 
funded as authorized under this Act as well as fund-
ed by other entities, including private, public, and 
other government funding. 
‘‘(5) PREVENTION SERVICES.—The term ‘pre-
vention services’ means services to prevent youth 
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from becoming runaway, homeless, or street youth 
and may include— 
‘‘(A) individual, family, group, and peer 
counseling; 
‘‘(B) family mediation; 
‘‘(C) 
assessing 
the 
strengths, 
vulnerabilities, and needs of youth; 
‘‘(D) connecting youth to public services 
and housing options; 
‘‘(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-
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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; 
‘‘(III) sexually transmitted infec-
tions, 
including 
human 
immuno-
deficiency virus; 
‘‘(IV) violence, including physical 
assault, sexual assault, domestic vio-
lence, and gender-based violence; and 
‘‘(V) suicide.’’; 
(F) in paragraph (8)(B), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘prostitution, 
or drug abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘trafficking, or 
substance use disorder’’; 
(G) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A), by striking the paragraph 
(9) enumerator and all that follows through 
‘‘services’—’’, and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(9) SUBSTANCE
USE
DISORDER
EDUCATION 
AND PREVENTION SERVICES.—The term ‘substance 
use disorder education and prevention services’—’’; 
(H) by inserting after paragraph (9), as 
redesignated by subparagraph (A), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘trafficking’ 
has the meaning given the terms ‘severe forms of 
trafficking in persons’ and ‘sex trafficking’ in section 
103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’; 
(I) in paragraph (11), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, to establish 
family or community supports,’’ after ‘‘self-suf-
ficient living’’; 
(J) by inserting after paragraph (11), as 
redesignated by subparagraph (A), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(12) TRAUMA-INFORMED.—The term ‘trauma- 
informed’ has the meaning given the term in section 
103 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven-
tion Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11103).’’; and 
(K) in paragraph (13)(B), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (ii)— 
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(I) by inserting ‘‘or able’’ after 
‘‘willing’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(ii) in clause (iii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at end the following: 
‘‘(iv) who is involved in the child wel-
fare system, juvenile justice system, or 
criminal justice system, but who is not 
being housed by any such system.’’. 
SEC. 9. PREVENTION SERVICES. 
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (34 U.S.C. 
11201 et seq.) is amended by inserting after part E the 
following: 
‘‘PART F—PREVENTION SERVICES 
‘‘SEC. 371. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
make 5-year grants to an eligible entity, as described 
under subsection (c), that applies for an optional, addi-
tional prevention services grant. Any funds provided under 
this part are in addition to other funds grantees receive 
under other parts in this title. 
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‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In selecting grantees to receive 
grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to eligible entities that are— 
‘‘(1) public entities and nonprofit, private enti-
ties that have experience in providing services to 
runaway, homeless, and street youth, and youth at 
risk of separation from the family; and 
‘‘(2) public entities and nonprofit, private enti-
ties that request prevention services grants of not 
more than $75,000 per year. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 
receive a grant under subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) the potential grantee shall— 
‘‘(A) be a successful basic center program 
or transitional living program, which may in-
clude a program that operates a maternity 
group home, that wants to establish, strength-
en, or provide prevention services for youth at 
risk of homelessness and youth at risk of run-
ning away; and 
‘‘(B) submit to the Secretary a plan agree-
ing, as part of such program, to provide preven-
tion services; and 
‘‘(2) the potential grantee shall certify to the 
Secretary that such grantee has systems in place to 
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provide services to youth described in subsection (a) 
that consider the age, gender, and social and devel-
opmental background of such youth, and are cul-
turally and linguistically appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 388(a) of the Runaway and Homeless Youth 
Act (34 U.S.C. 11280(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this title (other than 
parts E and F) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, 
and such sums as may be necessary for each of fis-
cal years 2027 through 2030. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) PARTS A AND B.—From the amount 
appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than 
90 percent to carry out parts A and B. 
‘‘(B) PART
B.—Of the amount reserved 
under subparagraph (A), 45 percent and, in 
those fiscal years in which continuation grant 
obligations and the quality and number of ap-
plicants for parts A and B warrant not more 
than 55 percent, shall be reserved to carry out 
part B. 
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‘‘(3) PARTS C AND D.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In each fiscal year, 
after reserving the amounts required by para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall use the remain-
ing amount (if any) to carry out parts C and 
D (other than section 345). 
‘‘(B) 
PERIODIC
ESTIMATE.—Of 
the 
amount authorized to be appropriated under 
paragraph (1), $2,000,000 shall be made avail-
able to carry out section 345 for each of fiscal 
years 2025, 2028, and 2030. 
‘‘(4) PART E.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out part E $50,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2026, and such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030. 
‘‘(5) PART F.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out part F $67,500,000 for fis-
cal year 2026, and such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030.’’. 
SEC. 11. APPROVAL OF APPLICATION. 
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (34 U.S.C. 
11201 et seq.) is amended by adding at end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 390. APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An application by a public or 
private nonprofit entity for a grant under section 311, 
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321, or 351, may be approved by the Secretary for an 
amount for a fiscal year that is— 
‘‘(1) not less than $225,000 and not more than 
$275,000 if the amount appropriated to carry out 
this title (other than parts E and F) for the fiscal 
year is equal to or greater than $200,000,000; or 
‘‘(2) not less than $200,000 and not more than 
$250,000 if the amount appropriated to carry out 
this title (other than parts E and F) for the fiscal 
year is less than $200,000,000. 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In selecting applications for grants 
under sections 311, 321, and 351, the Secretary shall give 
priority to eligible grantees who have demonstrated experi-
ence in providing services to runaway and homeless 
youth.’’. 
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