Sec. 5. Identifying and addressing conditions that lead to youth running away from foster care
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The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Congress a written report that— contains a rigorous analysis of administrative data to determine the characteristics of youth who run away from foster care and other relevant information about foster care runaway episodes; includes information from interviews with recent foster youth runaways regarding their reasons for running away and what happened after they ran away, including any screening or other protocol followed by the State; includes a systematic review of research and evidence related to foster youth runaways; sets forth best practices for making foster care safe for youth and reducing the number of foster youth runaways; and makes recommendations to advance child welfare practices, after convening and consulting with a group of child welfare practitioners and professionals to inform the recommendations.