Sec. 3. Information and services
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Section 203 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 ( 42 U.S.C. 5113 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking such purposes, including services and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: “such purposes, including— services to facilitate the adoption of older children, minority children, children with disabilities, underserved or overrepresented children and youth in the child welfare system, and children with special needs; services to families considering adoption of children with special needs; and post-legal adoption services for families to provide permanent and caring home environments for children who would benefit from adoption. ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— by striking on adoption, and and inserting on adoption, including the evaluation of training and accessible education materials; ; and by inserting ; and update such training and education materials, as appropriate before the semicolon; in paragraph (2), by inserting children with disabilities, underserved or overrepresented children and youth in the child welfare system, after minority children, ; in paragraph (7), by inserting children with disabilities, underserved or overrepresented children and youth in the child welfare system, after minority children, ; in paragraph (9)(D)— by inserting and disseminate after identify ; and by striking termination and inserting dissolution, and increase permanency, including related to pre- and post-legal adoption services ; in paragraph (10)(A)— by redesignating clauses
(iii)through
(ix)as clauses
(iv)through (x), respectively; in clause (ii)— by inserting , and finding such family and relatives willing to adopt such child to improve permanency before the semicolon; and by striking such children, including developing and inserting “such children; developing ; in clause (vi), as so redesignated, by inserting , including such groups for individuals who may enter into kinship caregiver arrangements before the semicolon; in clause (ix), as so redesignated, by inserting , including such groups for kinship caregiver arrangements before the semicolon; and in clause (x), as so redesignated, by striking this Act and inserting this title ; and in paragraph (11)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting Tribes or Tribal organizations, after States, ; in subparagraph (B), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: procedures to identify and support potential kinship care arrangements. ; in subsection (c)— in paragraph (1), by striking post legal adoption and inserting post-legal adoption ; and in paragraph (2)(G), by inserting , including such parents, children, and siblings in kinship care arrangements before the semicolon; in subsection (d)— in the subsection heading, by inserting after and improving post-Legal adoption support services ; care in paragraph (1), by inserting including through the improvement of post-legal adoption services, after free for adoption, ; in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A)— in clause (i), by inserting , including plans to assess the need for and provide, as appropriate, post-legal adoption services in order to improve permanency before the semicolon; in clause (ii), by inserting children with disabilities, underserved or overrepresented children and youth in the child welfare system, after minority children, ; in clause (iii), by striking programs and methods and inserting programs supported under this subsection, including methods ; and in clause (iv), by striking section 473 of the Social Security Act ( and inserting 42 U.S.C. 673 ) subpart B of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act ( ; and 42 U.S.C. 629 et seq.) and part E of such title IV ( 42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.) in subparagraph (B)— in clause (i), by inserting children with disabilities, underserved or overrepresented children and youth in the child welfare system, after minority children, ; and in clause (ii), by striking successful and inserting evidence-based and evidence-informed ; and in paragraph (3)(A), by striking Payments under this subsection shall begin during fiscal year 1989. ; and in subsection (e)(1), by inserting , such as through the use of an electronic interstate case processing system before the period.
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