Sec. 5. Transitional living grant program
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Section 321 ( 34 U.S.C. 11221 ) is amended— by striking The Secretary is authorized to make grants and to provide technical assistance and inserting The Secretary shall award grants every 2 or 3 years, and shall provide technical assistance ; and by inserting Grants shall be awarded for a 5-year period. after homeless youth. . Section 322 ( 34 U.S.C. 11222 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1)— by inserting age, gender, developmentally, and culturally and linguistically appropriate, to the extent practicable, before information and counseling services ; and by striking job attainment skills, and mental and physical health care and inserting job attainment skills, mental and physical health care, and suicide prevention services ; in paragraph (2)— by striking 18 and inserting 21 ; and by striking 18th and inserting 21st ; by redesignating paragraphs
(3)through
(8)and
(9)through
(16)as paragraphs
(5)through
(10)and
(12)through (19), respectively; by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following: to provide counseling to homeless youth and to encourage, if appropriate, the involvement in such counseling of their parents or legal guardians, or (if appropriate) individuals identified by such youth as family; to provide aftercare services, if possible, to homeless youth who have received shelter and services from a transitional living youth project, including (to the extent practicable) such youth who, after receiving such shelter and services, relocate to a geographic area or State other than the geographic area or State in which such project is located; ; in paragraph (5), as redesignated by subparagraph (C), by striking shelter facility and inserting project ; in paragraph (6), as redesignated by subparagraph (C), by striking shelter facility used to carry out such project and inserting project ; in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by striking to provide a written transitional living plan to each youth and inserting to develop a written transitional living plan in partnership with each youth ; in paragraph (9), as so redesignated— by inserting age, gender, developmentally, and culturally and linguistically appropriate, to the extent practicable, after referral of homeless youth to ; by striking vocational, training and inserting career and technical education ; by striking and health care programs and inserting mental health service and health care programs, substance use disorder treatment, and programs providing wrap-around services to victims of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, trafficking in persons, or sex trafficking ; and by striking such services for youths; and inserting such programs described in this paragraph; ; in paragraph (10), as so redesignated, by inserting , which may include the use of online and social media engagements, as appropriate before the semicolon; by inserting after paragraph (10), as so redesignated, the following: to develop a plan to provide age, gender, developmentally, and culturally and linguistically appropriate services, to the extent practicable, that address the needs of homeless and street youth; ; in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, by striking the applicant and statistical and all that follows through who participate in such project, and inserting the applicant, statistical summaries describing the number, the characteristics, and the demographic information of the homeless youth who participate in such project, including the prevalence of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, trafficking in persons, and sex trafficking of such youth, ; in paragraph (18), as so redesignated, by striking and after the semicolon; in paragraph (19), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting regarding responses to natural disasters, inclement weather, and mental health emergencies; and ; and by adding at the end the following: to inform youth of their status as independent students under section 480 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087vv ), provide verification of such status for the purposes of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid described in section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1090 ), and assist the youth in completing this application at the youth’s request. ; and by amending subsection
(b)to read as follows: In selecting eligible applicants to receive grants under this part, the Secretary shall— give priority to— entities that have experience in providing to homeless youth shelter and services of the types described in subsection (a)(1); and entities that request grants— of less than $225,000, if this title is funded at less than $200,000,000 for the relevant fiscal year; and of less than $250,000, if this title is funded at $200,000,000 or more for the relevant fiscal year; and consider providing an equitable geographic distribution of grants. .
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