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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 24 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To fight homelessness in the United States by authorizing a grant program |
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| 6 | 6 | | within the Health Resources and Services Administration for housing |
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| 7 | 7 | | programs that offer comprehensive services and intensive case manage- |
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| 8 | 8 | | ment for homeless individuals and families. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY23 (legislative day, JANUARY3), 2023 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mrs. F |
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| 12 | 12 | | EINSTEIN(for herself, Mr. PADILLA, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and Mrs. SHA- |
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| 13 | 13 | | HEEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 14 | 14 | | to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To fight homelessness in the United States by authorizing |
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| 17 | 17 | | a grant program within the Health Resources and Serv- |
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| 18 | 18 | | ices Administration for housing programs that offer com- |
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| 19 | 19 | | prehensive services and intensive case management for |
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| 20 | 20 | | homeless individuals and families. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fighting Homelessness 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Through Services and Housing Act’’. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM. 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—The Administrator of the Health 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Resources and Services Administration (referred to in this 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | section as the ‘‘Administrator’’), in consultation with the 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | working group established under subsection (b), shall es-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | tablish a grant program to award competitive grants to 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | eligible entities for the planning and implementation of 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | programs to address homelessness. 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) W |
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| 39 | 39 | | ORKINGGROUP.—The Administrator shall es-9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tablish an interagency working group to provide advice to 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the Administrator in carrying out the program under sub-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | section (a). The working group shall include representa-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | tives from the United States Interagency Council on 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Homelessness, Department of Education, Department of 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Health and Human Services, Department of Housing and 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Urban Development, Department of Labor, Department 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | of Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs, De-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | partment of Agriculture, Department of the Treasury, De-18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | partment of Justice, and Bureau of Indian Affairs. 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (c) T |
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| 51 | 51 | | YPES OFGRANTS.— 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) I |
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| 53 | 53 | | MPLEMENTATION GRANTS .— 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (A) I |
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| 55 | 55 | | N GENERAL.—Under the program 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | under subsection (a), the Administrator shall 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | award 5-year implementation grants to eligible 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | entities to assist such entities in carrying out 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | activities, and paying capital building costs, as-26 |
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| 63 | 63 | | sociated with the provision of housing and serv-1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ices to homeless individuals and families, in-2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | cluding homeless children and youths (as de-3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | fined by section 725 of the McKinney-Vento 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a)), 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | or those at risk of becoming homeless. 6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (B) A |
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| 70 | 70 | | MOUNT.—The amount awarded to an 7 |
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| 71 | 71 | | entity under a grant under this paragraph shall 8 |
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| 72 | 72 | | not exceed $25,000,000. 9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (C) M |
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| 74 | 74 | | ATCHING REQUIREMENT .—With re-10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | spect to the costs of the activities to be carried 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | out by an entity under a grant under this para-12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | graph, the entity shall make available (directly 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | or through donations from public or private en-14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | tities) non-Federal contributions toward such 15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | costs in an amount that equals 25 percent of 16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | the amount of the grant. 17 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (2) P |
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| 83 | 83 | | LANNING GRANTS.— 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (A) I |
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| 85 | 85 | | N GENERAL.—Under the program 19 |
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| 86 | 86 | | under subsection (a), the Administrator shall 20 |
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| 87 | 87 | | award 1-year planning grants to eligible entities 21 |
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| 88 | 88 | | to assist such entities in developing comprehen-22 |
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| 89 | 89 | | sive plans to address homelessness in the com-23 |
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| 90 | 90 | | munities and regions served by such entities or 24 |
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| 91 | 91 | | to enhance the effectiveness of existing pro-25 |
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| 95 | 95 | | grams that serve homeless individuals and fami-1 |
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| 96 | 96 | | lies, including homeless children and youths (as 2 |
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| 97 | 97 | | defined by section 725 of the McKinney-Vento 3 |
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| 98 | 98 | | Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a)), 4 |
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| 99 | 99 | | or those at risk of becoming homeless. 5 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (B) A |
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| 101 | 101 | | MOUNT.—The amount awarded to an 6 |
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| 102 | 102 | | entity under a grant under this paragraph shall 7 |
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| 103 | 103 | | not exceed $100,000, and such amount shall 8 |
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| 104 | 104 | | not be subject to any matching requirement. 9 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (d) E |
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| 106 | 106 | | LIGIBILITY.— 10 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (1) I |
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| 108 | 108 | | N GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 11 |
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| 109 | 109 | | grant under the program under subsection (a), an 12 |
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| 110 | 110 | | entity shall— 13 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (A) be a governmental entity (at the coun-14 |
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| 112 | 112 | | ty, city, regional, or locality level), Indian tribe, 15 |
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| 113 | 113 | | or tribal organization; 16 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (B) demonstrate that the capacity of the 17 |
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| 115 | 115 | | entity for providing services under the grant in-18 |
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| 116 | 116 | | cludes the ability to address mental health, sub-19 |
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| 117 | 117 | | stance use disorder and recovery services, dis-20 |
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| 118 | 118 | | abling or other chronic health conditions, edu-21 |
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| 119 | 119 | | cational and job training or employment out-22 |
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| 120 | 120 | | comes, and life skills needs (including financial 23 |
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| 121 | 121 | | literacy); and 24 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (C) submit to the Administrator an appli-1 |
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| 126 | 126 | | cation that includes an assurance that, in car-2 |
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| 127 | 127 | | rying out activities under the grant, the entity 3 |
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| 128 | 128 | | will— 4 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (i) ensure stable housing, intensive 5 |
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| 130 | 130 | | case management, and comprehensive serv-6 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ices that include, at minimum, mental 7 |
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| 132 | 132 | | health, substance use disorder treatment 8 |
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| 133 | 133 | | and recovery services, education and job 9 |
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| 134 | 134 | | training, age-appropriate services for chil-10 |
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| 135 | 135 | | dren, and life skills training (such as fi-11 |
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| 136 | 136 | | nancial literacy training); 12 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (ii) coordinate with the population to 13 |
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| 138 | 138 | | be served by the entity to ensure that sup-14 |
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| 139 | 139 | | portive services are tailored to meet the 15 |
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| 140 | 140 | | specific and actual needs of the individuals 16 |
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| 141 | 141 | | and families served; 17 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (iii) coordinate with local law enforce-18 |
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| 143 | 143 | | ment, courts (including specialized courts), 19 |
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| 144 | 144 | | probation, and other public services agen-20 |
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| 145 | 145 | | cies to conduct outreach and better iden-21 |
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| 146 | 146 | | tify at-risk or homeless populations that 22 |
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| 147 | 147 | | would benefit from services offered by the 23 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (iv) follow trauma-informed best prac-1 |
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| 153 | 153 | | tices to address the needs of the popu-2 |
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| 154 | 154 | | lations to be served; 3 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (v) provide services under the grant 4 |
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| 156 | 156 | | on-site or in-home as appropriate; 5 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (vi) provide assistance in addressing 6 |
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| 158 | 158 | | the transportation needs of individuals for 7 |
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| 159 | 159 | | services provided under the grant off-site; 8 |
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| 160 | 160 | | and 9 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (vii) comply with additional require-10 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ments, if the entity intends to serve fami-11 |
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| 163 | 163 | | lies with children under the grant, to en-12 |
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| 164 | 164 | | sure— 13 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (I) that services include chil-14 |
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| 166 | 166 | | dren’s behavioral and mental health 15 |
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| 167 | 167 | | services, early childhood education, 16 |
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| 168 | 168 | | regular and age-appropriate children’s 17 |
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| 169 | 169 | | programming and activities, child 18 |
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| 170 | 170 | | health, development, and nutrition 19 |
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| 171 | 171 | | screening (including coordination of 20 |
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| 172 | 172 | | medical and well-child services), and 21 |
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| 173 | 173 | | parenting classes and support pro-22 |
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| 174 | 174 | | grams; 23 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (II) in conditions where family 24 |
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| 176 | 176 | | housing is provided in a central facil-25 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ity and not in mixed units in a com-1 |
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| 181 | 181 | | mercial building, that a safe space for 2 |
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| 182 | 182 | | play and age-appropriate activities is 3 |
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| 183 | 183 | | available on-site and has regular 4 |
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| 184 | 184 | | hours of operation; and 5 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (III) that the entity has in place 6 |
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| 186 | 186 | | protocol for staff training and best 7 |
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| 187 | 187 | | practices to identify and prevent child 8 |
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| 188 | 188 | | trafficking, abuse, and neglect. 9 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (2) C |
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| 190 | 190 | | ASE MANAGEMENT .—An entity receiving a 10 |
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| 191 | 191 | | grant under this section shall ensure that case man-11 |
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| 192 | 192 | | agement provided by the entity under the grant does 12 |
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| 193 | 193 | | not exceed a ratio of 1 caseworker to 20 cases. 13 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (3) P |
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| 195 | 195 | | ARTNERSHIPS.—An entity may enter into 14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | a partnership with more than one provider that may 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | include a local health agency, non-profit service pro-16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | viders, medical and mental health providers, housing 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | providers, and other service providers as necessary. 18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (e) O |
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| 201 | 201 | | VERSIGHTREQUIREMENTS.— 19 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (1) A |
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| 203 | 203 | | NNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year 20 |
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| 204 | 204 | | after the date on which a grant is received by an en-21 |
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| 205 | 205 | | tity under subsection (a), and annually thereafter 22 |
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| 206 | 206 | | for the term of the grant, such entity shall submit 23 |
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| 207 | 207 | | to the Administrator a report on the activities car-24 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ried out under the grant. Such report shall include, 25 |
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| 212 | 212 | | with respect to activities carried out under the grant 1 |
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| 213 | 213 | | in the community served, measures of outcomes re-2 |
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| 214 | 214 | | lating to— 3 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (A) whether individuals and families who 4 |
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| 216 | 216 | | are served continued to have housing and did 5 |
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| 217 | 217 | | not experience intermittent periods of homeless-6 |
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| 218 | 218 | | ness; 7 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (B) whether individuals and families who 8 |
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| 220 | 220 | | are served see improvements in their physical 9 |
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| 221 | 221 | | and mental health, have access to a specific pri-10 |
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| 222 | 222 | | mary care provider, promptly receive any need-11 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ed health care, and have a health care plan that 12 |
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| 224 | 224 | | meets their individual needs (including access to 13 |
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| 225 | 225 | | mental health and substance use treatment as 14 |
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| 226 | 226 | | applicable, and family-based treatment models); 15 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (C) whether children who are served are 16 |
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| 228 | 228 | | enrolled in school, attend regularly, and are re-17 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ceiving services to meet their educational needs; 18 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (D) whether children who are served have 19 |
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| 231 | 231 | | access to trauma-informed mental health care 20 |
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| 232 | 232 | | and screening for any mental and behavioral 21 |
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| 233 | 233 | | health needs, as well as other services to meet 22 |
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| 234 | 234 | | their needs, as appropriate; 23 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (E) how grant funds are used; and 24 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (F) other matters determined appropriate 1 |
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| 240 | 240 | | by the Administrator. 2 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (2) R |
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| 242 | 242 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 3 |
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| 243 | 243 | | subsection shall be construed to condition the receipt 4 |
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| 244 | 244 | | of future housing and other services by individuals 5 |
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| 245 | 245 | | under the grant on the outcomes detailed in the re-6 |
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| 246 | 246 | | ports submitted under paragraph (1). 7 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (f) D |
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| 248 | 248 | | EFINITION.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Indian 8 |
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| 249 | 249 | | tribe’’ and ‘‘tribal organization’’ have the meanings given 9 |
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| 250 | 250 | | such terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 10 |
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| 251 | 251 | | and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304) and shall 11 |
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| 252 | 252 | | include tribally designated housing entities (as defined in 12 |
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| 253 | 253 | | section 4(22) of the Native American Housing Assistance 13 |
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| 254 | 254 | | and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 14 |
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| 255 | 255 | | 4103(22))) and entities that serve Native Hawaiians (as 15 |
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| 256 | 256 | | defined in section 338K(c) of the Public Health Service 16 |
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| 257 | 257 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 254s(c))). 17 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (g) A |
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| 259 | 259 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 18 |
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| 260 | 260 | | authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 19 |
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| 261 | 261 | | $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 20 |
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| 262 | 262 | | 2028, of which— 21 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (1) not less than 5 percent of such funds shall 22 |
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| 264 | 264 | | be awarded to Indian tribes and tribal organizations; 23 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (2) $5,000,000 shall be made available for plan-24 |
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| 266 | 266 | | ning grants under subsection (c)(2); and 25 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (3) the remainder shall be made available for 1 |
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