Sec. 2. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
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Section 201 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 ( 42 U.S.C. 5111 ) is amended— in the section, heading, by striking and inserting and declaration of purpose ; , declaration of purpose, and definition in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1), by striking 2009, some 424,000 and inserting 2018, some 437,000 ; in paragraph (3)— by striking subparagraphs
(A)through (D); and by striking services because the children entering foster care— and inserting services; ; in paragraph (6)— in subparagraph (A), by striking 2009, there were 115,000 and inserting 2018, there were 125,000 ; in subparagraph (C)— in clause (i), by striking 2009 and inserting 2018 ; and in clause (ii), by striking more than 8 and inserting less than 8 ; and in subparagraph (D)— in clause (i)— by striking 25 percent and inserting 17 percent ; and by striking 2009 and inserting 2018 ; and in clause (ii)— by striking 30 percent and inserting 22 percent ; and by striking 2009 and inserting 2018 ; and in paragraph (9)(B), by striking or institutions ; in subsection (b)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by inserting children with disabilities, underserved or overrepresented children and youth in the child welfare system, after minority children, ; and by striking including disabled infants with life-threatening conditions, ; in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: support the development and implementation of evidence-based and evidence-informed post-legal adoption services for families that adopt children in order to increase permanency. ; and by adding at the end the following: In this Act, the term child with special needs means a child with special needs as defined in section 473(c) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 673(c) ). .
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