Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the . Improving Outcomes for Youth At Risk for Sex Trafficking Act of 2013 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. TITLE I—Addressing the risks that make youth vulnerable to sex trafficking and other negative outcomes Sec. 101. Identifying and screening youth at risk of sex trafficking. Sec. 102. Supporting normalcy for children in foster care. Sec. 103. Improvements to another planned permanent living arrangement as a permanency option.
Sec. 104. Restrictions on and improvements to placement in child care institutions or other settings that are not a foster family home. Sec. 105. Redirecting funds for block grants to States for social services to improve child welfare and address issues of domestic sex trafficking. Sec. 106. Nonapplication of cost allocation requirements for State expenditures related to identifying and screening youth at risk of sex trafficking and other negative outcomes and supporting normalcy.
Sec. 107. Information on children in foster care placed in child care institutions or other settings that are not a foster family home in annual reports using AFCARS data; consultation. TITLE II—Empowering older youth vulnerable to domestic sex trafficking and other negative outcomes Sec. 201. Empowering foster youth age 14 and older in the development of their own case plan and transition planning for a successful adulthood. Sec. 202. Ensuring foster youth have a birth certificate, social security card, and a bank account.
Sec. 203. Education improvements for older youth. Sec. 204. Increased funding for housing assistance for victims of sex trafficking and other youth and additional changes to support successful transitions to adulthood through the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program. Sec. 205. Authority for monthly caseworker visits to occur electronically for foster youth age 18 or older. TITLE III—Miscellaneous Sec. 301. Pilot program to support placement stability for children in therapeutic foster care.
Sec. 302. Presidential award for excellence in the field of child welfare. Sec. 303. Determination of budgetary effects. Sec. 304. Extension of effective date for State law amendment.