Sec. 302. Expansion and evaluation of home studies
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Section 235(c)(3)(B) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(3)(B) ), as amended by section 212, is further amended— in clause (i), by inserting or custodian clearly after whose proposed sponsor ; by adding at the end the following: A home study shall also be conducted for a child whose proposed sponsor is a distant relative or unrelated to the child in which verification of relationship cannot be clearly demonstrated. ; by redesignating clause
(ii)as clause (iv); and by inserting after clause
(i)the following: The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish guidelines for the conduct of home studies under clause
(i)that include— a deadline for completion of a home study that is not sooner than 15 calendar days after the date on which the home study is requested; objective, publicly available criteria for releasing a child following a negative home study recommendation; and requirements for individuals who conduct home studies, including at a minimum professional or educational knowledge related to child and adult development, cultural competence, trauma, parenting and family dynamics, and screening and identifying indicators of human trafficking. Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the Protecting Unaccompanied Children Act , and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall report on the effectiveness of home studies conducted under clause (i). Each report required by subclause
(I)shall include the following: An assessment of the effectiveness of such home studies in identifying safety concerns. For the preceding 2-year period— the number of home studies conducted and a description of the outcomes of such home studies, including whether or not each home study resulted in a positive or negative recommendation of the sponsor concerned; the number and type of safety concerns identified through such home studies; and the number of sponsors to whom a child was not released due to safety concerns identified through a home study. .
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