Sec. 503. 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— by striking subsection
(a)and inserting the following: The Secretary shall establish an appropriate administrative arrangement to provide a centralized focus for carrying out the provisions of this title and for planning and coordinating all departmental activities affecting adoption and foster care, including— services to facilitate the adoption of children facing barriers to adoption; services to families considering adoption of such children; and post-legal adoption services for families to provide permanent and caring home environments for children who would benefit from adoption. The Secretary shall make available such consultant services, on-site technical assistance and personnel, together with payment of appropriate administrative expenses, including salaries and travel costs, as are necessary for carrying out departmental activities described in paragraph (1). ; in subsection (b)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking connection with ; in paragraph (1), by striking and prepare and all that follows and inserting the following: “including— training, including the continuous improvement and evaluation of such training, on the provision of mental health supports for adoptive families to promote permanency; and the development of information and education and training materials, regarding adoption, adoption assistance programs, and post-legal adoption services, and dissemination of the materials to all interested parties, public and private agencies and organizations (including hospitals, health care and family planning clinics, and social services agencies), and governmental bodies; ; in paragraph (2)— by striking conduct, directly and inserting conduct (directly ; by striking private organizations, ongoing, extensive recruitment efforts and inserting private agencies or organizations) ongoing, extensive public awareness and recruitment efforts ; by striking to promote the adoption of older children, minority children, and children with special needs, develop national public awareness efforts to unite and inserting the following: “to— promote the adoption of children facing barriers to adoption; unite ; and by striking parents, and establish and inserting “parents; and establish ; in paragraph (3)— by striking for
(A)the and inserting the following “for— the ; and by striking and
(B)the and inserting the following “and the ; in paragraph (4)— by striking groups and minority groups) and inserting groups and organizations that represent families who are racial or ethnic minorities) ; and by striking of minorities and inserting of people who are racial or ethnic minorities ; in paragraph (5), by striking corporations and and inserting large and ; in paragraph (7)— by striking increase and inserting identify best practices for ; by striking for the recruitment of and inserting to recruit ; and by striking older children and all that follows and inserting children facing barriers to adoption; ; in paragraph (8), by striking in order ; in paragraph (9)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking Special Needs and inserting Children Facing Barriers to ; in subparagraph (A), by inserting people who are racial or ethnic before minorities ; in subparagraph (B), by striking with special needs and inserting facing barriers to adoption ; and by striking subparagraph
(D)and inserting the following: identify and disseminate best practices to reduce adoption disruption and dissolution, and increase permanency, including best practices related to pre- and post-legal adoption services; ; in paragraph (10)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— by inserting racial or ethnic before minority populations ; by striking minority children and inserting children who are racial or ethnic minorities ; and by striking minority families and inserting racially and ethnically diverse families ; and in subparagraph (A)— in clause (ii), by striking , including and all that follows and inserting a semicolon; by redesignating clauses
(iii)through
(ix)as clauses
(iv)through (x); by inserting after clause
(ii)the following: developing and using procedures, including family finding strategies, to notify family and relatives when a child enters the child welfare system, and to identify such family and relatives who are willing to adopt or provide a permanent home for such child to improve permanency; ; in clause (vi), as so redesignated, by inserting , including such groups for prospective kinship caregivers before the semicolon; in clause (vii), as so redesignated, by striking training of personnel and inserting training on working with diverse cultural, racial, linguistic, and socioeconomic communities, for ; in clause (vii)(III), as so redesignated, by striking with experience and all that follows and inserting a semicolon; in clause (ix), as so redesignated, by inserting , including such groups for kinship caregivers before the semicolon; and in clause (x), as so redesignated, by striking Act and inserting title ; and in paragraph (11)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, after States, ; in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: procedures to identify and support potential kinship care arrangements. ; in subsection (c)— by striking the subsection header and inserting the following: ; in paragraph (1), by striking special needs children and inserting children facing barriers to adoption ; and in paragraph (2)(G), by inserting , including such parents, children, and siblings in kinship care arrangements before the semicolon; in subsection (d)— by striking the subsection header and inserting the following: ; in paragraph (1), by inserting including through the improvement of post-legal adoption services, after adoption, ; in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A)— in clause (i), by inserting , including plans to assess the need for and provide post-legal adoption services in order to improve permanency before the semicolon; in clause (ii), by striking older children and all that follows and inserting children facing barriers to adoption, who are legally free for adoption; ; and in clause (iv), by striking section 473 and all that follows and inserting subpart 2 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 striking older children and all that follows through special needs, and inserting children facing barriers to adoption; ; and in clause (ii), by striking successful and inserting evidence-based and evidence-informed ; and in paragraph (3)— in subparagraph (A)— by striking the first sentence; and in the last sentence, by striking section 205(a) and inserting section 206(a) ; and in subparagraph (B), by striking this Act and inserting this title ; and in subsection (e)(1), by inserting before the period at the end the following: , such as through the use of an electronic interstate case processing system .
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