3.0.0 2916 2022-10-28T02:00:26Z 2022-10-28T02:00:26Z Senate S 2019-11-20 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-20T21:18:11Z 116 5191 HR 2020-12-28 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 582. Identical bill CRS 2019-11-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-11-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-11-20 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2019-12-18 False S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2020-06-10 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-06-10 False Families Adoption and foster care Assault and harassment offenses Child health Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment and training programs Family relationships Family services Government buildings, facilities, and property Government information and archives Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Higher education Home and outpatient care Homelessness and emergency shelter Human trafficking Intergovernmental relations Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Juvenile crime and gang violence Mental health Rural conditions and development Sex offenses Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Teenage pregnancy Telephone and wireless communication Vocational and technical education Families

00 2019-11-20 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-15T15:34:16Z Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2019

This bill modifies and reauthorizes through FY2025 the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, which provides community-based services for runaway or homeless youth who are in need of temporary shelter, counseling, or aftercare services. Specifically, the bill makes grants for centers and services for five-year terms and such grants must include trauma-informed and culturally-competent services, as appropriate.

Grant recipients must make services accessible to runaway or homeless youth who are victims of sexual abuse, exploitation, or trafficking. Grant recipients also must collect, and keep confidential, specified aggregated data about the demographics of program participants. The bill requires grants for home-based services to (1) include suicide prevention, (2) provide staff training about trauma-informed care, and (3) ensure eligibility for youth at risk of separation from their family. The bill also revises and expands the transition living grants program to provide five-year grants to support long-term residential services for older homeless youth.

Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to coordinate with specified agencies to deliver programs for runaway and homeless youth and provide five-year grants for technical assistance to regional nonprofit organizations to implement trauma-informed programs for such youth. Further, the bill authorizes five-year grants for the sexual abuse prevention program and the national communications system to connect runaway and homeless youth with their families and service providers.

The bill also prioritizes grants for research and evaluation projects that examine the intersection of human trafficking and youth homelessness populations, among other provisions.

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