Sec. 2. Purpose
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It is the purpose of this Act to provide funding for States and Indian Tribes and tribal organizations to increase their ability to meet the needs of children, youth, and families impacted by the COVID–19 public health emergency through the provision of community-based services and supports; to enhance resources and supports available to kinship caregivers, child welfare caseworkers, and courts handling child welfare proceedings; to place a moratorium on youth aging out of foster care; and to maximize the participation and supports made available to racial and ethnic minorities, kinship care families, families experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness, families with low-incomes, families with recently unemployed caregivers, young parents, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth.