Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5191
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2019-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Assault and harassment offenses
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Family relationships
Family services
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Home and outpatient care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Human trafficking
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teenage pregnancy
Telephone and wireless communication
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: 

Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2019

 
 This bill modifies and reauthorizes through FY2025 the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, which provides community-based services for runaway or homeless youth who are in need of temporary shelter, counseling, or aftercare services. Specifically, the bill makes grants for centers and services for five-year terms and such grants must include trauma-informed and culturally-competent services, as appropriate. 
 
 Grant recipients must make services accessible to runaway or homeless youth who are victims of sexual abuse, exploitation, or trafficking. Grant recipients also must collect, and keep confidential, specified aggregated data about the demographics of program participants. The bill requires grants for home-based services to (1) include suicide prevention, (2) provide staff training about trauma-informed care, and (3) ensure eligibility for youth at risk of separation from their family. The bill also revises and expands the transition living grants program to provide five-year grants to support long-term residential services for older homeless youth.
 
 Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to coordinate with specified agencies to deliver programs for runaway and homeless youth and provide five-year grants for technical assistance to regional nonprofit organizations to implement trauma-informed programs for such youth. Further, the bill authorizes five-year grants for the sexual abuse prevention program and the national communications system to connect runaway and homeless youth with their families and service providers.
 
 The bill also prioritizes grants for research and evaluation projects that examine the intersection of human trafficking and youth homelessness populations, among other provisions.

action_date: 2020-12-28
text: 

Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2020

 
 This bill modifies and reauthorizes through FY2025 the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, which provides community-based services for runaway or homeless youth who are in need of temporary shelter, counseling, or aftercare services. Specifically, the bill makes grants for centers and services for five-year terms and such grants must include trauma-informed and culturally-competent services, as appropriate. 
 
 Grant recipients must make services accessible to runaway or homeless youth who are victims of sexual abuse, exploitation, or trafficking. Grant recipients also must collect, and keep confidential, specified aggregated data about the demographics of program participants. The bill requires grants for home-based services to (1) include suicide prevention, (2) provide staff training about trauma-informed care, and (3) ensure eligibility for youth at risk of separation from their family. The bill also revises and expands the transition living grants program to provide five-year grants to support long-term residential services for older homeless youth.
 
 Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate with specified agencies to deliver programs for runaway and homeless youth and provide five-year grants for technical assistance to regional nonprofit organizations to implement trauma-informed programs for such youth. Further, the bill authorizes five-year grants for the sexual abuse prevention program and the national communications system to connect runaway and homeless youth with their families and service providers.
 
 The bill also prioritizes grants for research and evaluation projects that examine the intersection of human trafficking and youth homelessness populations, among other provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 582.
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 116-699.
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 116-699.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 19.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Introduced in House