Sec. 2. Table of contents

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The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Title I—Investing in Prevention and Family Services Sec. 101. Purpose. Subtitle A—Prevention Activities under Title IV–E Sec. 111. Foster care prevention services and programs. Sec. 112. Foster care maintenance payments for children with parents in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility for substance abuse. Sec. 113. Title IV–E payments for evidence-based kinship navigator programs.

Subtitle B—Enhanced support under Title IV–B Sec. 121. Elimination of time limit for family reunification services while in foster care and permitting time-limited family reunification services when a child returns home from foster care. Sec. 122. Reducing bureaucracy and unnecessary delays when placing children in homes across State lines. Sec. 123. Enhancements to grants to improve well-being of families affected by substance abuse. Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Sec. 131. Reviewing and improving licensing standards for placement in a relative foster family home.

Sec. 132. Development of a statewide plan to prevent child abuse and neglect fatalities. Sec. 133. Modernizing the title and purpose of title IV–E. Sec. 134. Effective dates. Title II—Ensuring the Necessity of a Placement that is not in a Foster Family Home Sec. 201. Limitation on Federal financial participation for placements that are not in foster family homes. Sec. 202. Assessment and documentation of the need for placement in a qualified residential treatment program. Sec. 203.

Protocols to prevent inappropriate diagnoses. Sec. 204. Additional data and reports regarding children placed in a setting that is not a foster family home. Sec. 205. Effective dates; application to waivers. Title III—Continuing Support for Child and Family Services Sec. 301. Supporting and retaining foster families for children. Sec. 302. Extension of child and family services programs. Sec. 303. Improvements to the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program and related provisions.

Title IV—Continuing Incentives to States to Promote Adoption and Legal Guardianship Sec. 401. Reauthorizing adoption and legal guardianship incentive programs. Title V—Technical Corrections Sec. 501. Technical corrections to data exchange standards to improve program coordination. Sec. 502. Technical corrections to State requirement to address the developmental needs of young children. Title VI—Ensuring States reinvest savings resulting from increase in adoption assistance Sec. 601.

Delay of adoption assistance phase-in. Sec. 602. GAO study and report on State reinvestment of savings resulting from increase in adoption assistance.