1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Families for Orphans Act of 2009
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(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Title I—GLOBAL ORPHANS STRATEGY
Sec. 101. Office for orphan policy diplomacy and development.
Sec. 102. Policy coordinating committee in support of orphan policy, diplomacy, and development.
Sec. 103. Minimum standards for the provision of permanent parental care.
Sec. 104. Grant, pilot, and development programs.
Sec. 105. Authorization of appropriations.
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(a)Congress makes the following findings:
(1)A child who grows up in a permanent family in an atmosphere of happiness, love, and understanding has the best opportunity for the full and harmonious development of his or her potential.
(2)The right of a child to grow up in a safe, loving and permanent loving relationship with a responsible adult is a basic human right.
(3)The safety and well being of children should be the paramount concern of child welfare policies and programs.
(4)As stated in the United Nations Programme for the International Year of the Family (1994), the family provides the natural framework for the emotional, financial, and material support essential to the growth and development of its members, particularly infants and children.
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(5)Cost benefit analysis data shows that effective, high quality interventions to improve parenting skills and reduce child maltreatment save between $2 and $8 dollars for every dollar spent.
(6)Despite the good efforts of countless governments and nongovernmental organizations, millions of children remain outside of the protection, permanency, safety, and love of a family. Without the care of a family, these children are forced to live on the streets, in child-headed households, or in institutions.
(7)According to UNICEF, there are more than 132,000,000 orphans worldwide. Unless immediate action is taken, the number of orphans is expected to increase over time.
(8)According to Dr. Dana Johnson at the University of Minnesota, lack of stimulation and consistent caregivers, suboptimal nutrition and physical/sexual abuse all conspire to delay and sometimes preclude normal development, speech acquisition and attainment of necessary social skills. Children lose one month of linear growth for every three months in an orphanage.
(9)Research indicates that infants who do not receive touching, holding, and stimulation fail to thrive and may suffer life-affecting physical and emotional stressors, if not death.
(10)Although governments throughout the world are seeking models for preventing institutionalization and finding permanent families for orphaned children, many lack the resources or infrastructure to adequately address this need.
(11)As a result of its efforts to protect its children from abuse and neglect, the United States has amassed a vast body of research, policy, and the professional capacity to promote safety, permanency and well-being for children and youth so they can become healthy and successful adults.
(12)Despite the fact that the United States invests $300,000,000,000 annually in international aid programs that are improving the health, safety and well-being of children throughout the world, it is unclear how much of this funding is used to support the preservation and reunification of families or the provision of permanent parental care.
(13)Greater coordination is needed between Federal bureaus and agencies with an interest in orphan care policy. Such efforts would be assisted greatly by the development of a comprehensive global strategy for providing permanent parental care for orphans.
(14)Despite the United States’ interest in developing a comprehensive global strategy for providing permanent parental care for orphans, the United States lacks a clear, dedicated diplomatic authority to represent these interests.
(b)The purposes of this Act are to—
(1)provide the infrastructure and resources necessary for the United States to develop and implement a comprehensive, global strategy for the preservation and reunification of families and the provision of permanent parental care for orphans;
(2)streamline and coordinate United States policies and programs related to the preservation and reunification of families and the provision of permanent parental care for orphans;
(3)encourage and assist foreign governments in the development and implementation of effective child welfare policies, systems, and programs that preserve and reunify families and provide permanent parental care for orphans;
(4)ensure that all aid efforts receiving funding from the United States recognize and support the need for the preservation and reunification of families and the provision of permanent parental care for orphans; and
(5)build global awareness of the need for the preservation and reunification of families and the provision of permanent parental care for orphans.
3.In this Act:
(1)The term deinstitutionalization
means the process of safely moving youth from institutions to—
(A)permanent parental care; or
(B)temporary alternatives designed to lead to permanent parental care.
(2)Family at risk of dissolutionThe term family at risk of dissolution
means a family under circumstances which—
(A)compromise the health, safety and well-being of minor, dependent children to an extent that the parental caregivers may be compelled to voluntarily or involuntarily forfeit care parental rights or custody of such children; or
(B)are likely to cause the parents to abandon or relinquish rights to minor, dependent children.
(3)The term family preservation
means services for children and families designed to promote the safety and well-being of children and families and to help families (at risk or in crisis, including community-based family support, social, therapeutic, and financial programs and services designed to—
(A)enable families to provide safe, permanent, and nurturing care to their children; and
(B)strengthen and support birth families who are at risk of dissolution, separation, or domestic violence.
(4)The term reunification
means time-limited services and activities provided to an orphan in order to facilitate the safe and timely reunification of the child and parent.
(5)The term institution
means—
(A)an orphanage;
(B)a children’s home;
(C)a boarding school for orphans;
(D)a shelter;
(E)a residential facility;
(F)a hospital;
(G)a dormitory;
(H)long-term foster care; and
(I)any other setting in which permanent parental care is not being provided to the child.
(6)The term institutionalized child
is a child who is—
(A)younger than 21 years of age; and
(B)living in an institution.
(7)The term orphan
means any child—
(A)who lacks permanent parental care because of the death, the disappearance of, or the legal, permanent relinquishment of such child by both biological parents;
(B)who is living in the care and custody of an institution;
(C)whose biological parents’ rights have been legally terminated; or
(D)whose country of origin has determined lacks permanent parental care.
(8)The term permanent parental care
—
(A)means a legally recognized relationship between a adult and a child who is younger than 21 years of age, which is life-long and provides a caring, safe, stable physical environment;
(B)includes—
(i)domestic and international adoption;
(ii)legal guardianship; and
(iii)legal kinship care; and
(C)does not include temporary or long term foster care, institutionalization, or mentoring.
(9)The term legal guardianship
means a legally recognized relationship between child and caretaker which is intended to be permanent and is evidenced by the transfer to the caretaker of the following parental rights with respect to the child: protection, education, custody, and decision-making.
(10)The term legal kinship
means a legally recognized relationship between child and caretaker which is intended to be permanent and is evidenced by the transfer to the caretaker of the following parental rights with respect to the child: protection, education, custody, and decision-making.
(11)Adoption support servicesThe term adoption support services
means services and activities designed to encourage when adoption is found to be in the best interests of children, including but not limited to pre- and post-adoptive services; activities designed to expedite the adoption process and support adoptive families.
<enum>I</enum><header>GLOBAL ORPHANS STRATEGY </header>
<section id="HED13DCB74DF1413F90785282CC1E126B"><enum>101.</enum><header>Office for orphan policy diplomacy and development</header>
<subsection id="H064985D7FA60453B976EDDAE46455280"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established within the Department of State the Office for Orphan Policy Diplomacy and Development (referred to in this section as the <quote>Office</quote>), which shall promote and support—</text>
<paragraph id="H5FFD53C2B8B24155BC8B5CB500AC64DE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the preservation and reunification of families; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2BE4E8D2FB6F495E99EDB951E49D9CB1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the provision of permanent parental care for orphans.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA039FE1D745F4069A08BA58747A46F89"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordinator</header>
<paragraph id="H249BEDCD5DB94C2EABBCB6D887593307"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The Office shall be headed by the Coordinator for Orphan Policy Diplomacy and Development (referred to in this section as the <quote>Coordinator</quote>), who shall be designated by the President.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06188A2EF6274F07AEB5E147FC26587"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>To the extent possible, the Coordinator shall be an individual with background and experience in the development of permanency related policies and systems.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H319FDC19505947259F49BC0DF8BE03D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Coordinator shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H717DA76B1DC34A16006B93A600A500A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>oversee and coordinate—</text>
<clause id="H3E34452701CE41EE939184EC8C927220"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all programs and duties described in this Act; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HBCE3496DFCE44677A95398786E9C9522"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all other activities that the United States Government conducts in furtherance of the purposes of this Act; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA16709C45E09411F9017A6DBF0CC8D99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>carry out the functions described in subsection (c).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C5523EB604A4023BBAD3859E7FB5F41"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Coordinator will report directly to the Secretary of State.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC691DC062EB44B908B006D6E00F716AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Functions</header>
<paragraph id="H469D0B91A03B4063BB44F0DED817D71"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advisory</header><text>Unless otherwise specified in law, the Coordinator shall serve as the primary advisor to the Secretary of State and the President in all matters related to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB602E81DB4764A15B74892F398BA5D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>global family preservation and reunification; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE0AF4989D9D34D68B3D88DAAC64FCE63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the provision of permanent parental care for orphans.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H96CE76F4218F4B1F85E71674F5D3AE33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Diplomatic representation</header>
<subparagraph id="H930A67F822E34FFB9E67A6DFA6CC6299"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to the direction of the President and the Secretary of State, the Coordinator shall represent the United States in matters and cases relevant to family preservation and reunification and permanent parental care in—</text>
<clause id="H4BE5F419ACED48B89B3BE0DCCEE3CEE8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>contacts with foreign governments, nongovernmental organizations, intergovernmental agencies, and specialized agencies of the United Nations and other international organizations of which the United States is a member;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HD63E45633E724748A5A7368F59162131"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>multilateral conferences and meetings relevant to family preservation, reunification, and permanent parental care for orphaned children; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H76AFEE53DC844BA1AA998E05DF688DB8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>fulfillment of the diplomatic responsibilities designated to the central authority under title I of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14911 et seq.).</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H43ADC63E5161461DBE584DD7A9E8400"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary of State may waive the requirements of subparagraph (A) if—</text>
<clause id="H77BA3B591791489182D48FC791DEFB05"><enum>(i)</enum><text>representation by the Coordinator would interfere with the Secretary’s constitutional duty to represent the United States; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="H8AA0FAA71B554BE79DB157509F5D2B60"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>representation by another high level official would be more appropriate or beneficial.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2813C5C99C7C4B2CAA795D87E8CEF5FC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Policy development</header>
<subparagraph id="H2ACE1A0120DD400F9C9553AF479BA59"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Coordinator shall—</text>
<clause id="H8D2A2555A37144E49185B6D025EBE822"><enum>(i)</enum><text>advise and support the Secretary of State in the development of a comprehensive, global strategy to promote the preservation and reunification of families and the provision of permanent parental care for orphans; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HEDCD17E8960E44A9B0489134078D4884"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>advise and support foreign governments with the development of sound policy regarding—</text>
<subclause id="H9E1C6DD2750C4B179D11964D01A610E6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>preservation and reunification of families; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HDBFAA9FCA508412A93CB62E4573527C1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the provision of permanent parental care for orphans.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC88C3674B1ED44CDA6BC905E7787061C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Best practices</header><text>In developing policies under this Act, the Coordinator should identify and engage evidence-based programs and best practices in family preservation, reunification and permanent parental care derived from a wide variety of both domestic and global policy and practice leaders.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5FD9C87274154A0DAC5CF9D1CD97C92"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Cultural sensitivity</header><text>In developing policies under this Act, the Coordinator should take into account cultural norms for each country to the extent consistent with the overall purposes of this Act.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBBF8C33496DC4ECF004D2163D2CD771B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Principle of subsidiarity</header><text>In developing policies and programs under this Act, the Coordinator should—</text>
<clause id="H6C85815DCC8A4DEAB961887E72604595"><enum>(i)</enum><text>attempt to reunify children with their family before pursuing adoption, legal kinship or legal guardianship and domestic adoption; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HD0FC3EF489B146D3BE3D006500F5BBF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensure that reasonable efforts have been made to provide permanent parental care domestically before international.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H332E01BF833F4711805BC4668B13EC36"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Coordinator shall provide technical assistance to foreign countries to help build their capacities to strengthen family preservation, reunification, and permanent parental care policies, services, and practices, including—</text>
<clause id="HA3262202FDEC46CB92AAD84B00578162"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assistance with the drafting, disseminating, and implementing of legislation for family preservation and reunification and the provision of permanent parental care;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HDE06ACD4CAFB466ABC724F111E73D72F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assistance with the development of systems designed to support family preservation, reunification and permanent parental care for institutionalized orphans;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H82599FCEF62D4A70B8F4C6E86800FA21"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>assistance with the establishment of public, private, and faith- and community-based partnerships designed to support the preservation and reunification of families and permanent parental care for orphans;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H90A2E96BDD1947C2AF92A467AB7C363F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>assistance with the development of workforce training for governmental and nongovernmental staff working to support the preservation and reunification of families and permanent parental care for orphans; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H9512BED6F5B34E48B21FDB77C6D6B04E"><enum>(v)</enum><text>assistance with infrastructure development and data collection techniques necessary to—</text>
<subclause id="H2EE754CBDF90459B87ACC3D79F1937DE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>support the biennial census required under paragraph (6)(A);</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H96FE099D985642C4BFE6136C7055C1C5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>collect permanency indicators described in paragraph (6)(B);</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HDB0833AEC9F344BC969E5BE14B005F91"><enum>(III)</enum><text>collect the data necessary to determine to what extent countries meet the minimum standards described in section 103; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HF83E382BA6204375ABD8507815D6886C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>organizing exchanges for child welfare, adoption, and other social service professionals working to support the preservation and reunification of families and permanent parental care for orphans.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H45396034198E43169DB00040094DA1A5"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Preservation of the family and permanent parental care conference</header><text>In fiscal year 2011, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of State—</text>
<clause id="H4D0756CBF57F4D34BD27B642DBDAAA62"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall conduct a conference on best practices and successful strategies for the preservation and reunification of families and the provision of permanent parental care for orphans;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H9AFE71B16E244BC8BBBEBAA9B6D85C2B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>share and address key issues relative to—</text>
<subclause id="H63870010A58E4E2A9486A3CB11EDFE00"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the most current biennial census data collected under paragraph (6)(A);</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H90C506A1A9FC4DF19FF6D4B56C23863"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the permanency indicator data collected under paragraph (6)(B); and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HC523390122D944D497C4001EA5D92268"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the data collected from the Global Best Practices Pilot Program under section 104(c);</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H7AAAE3166EB74775B27E8D09C7E786F7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>disseminate information regarding best practices for building country and regional capacity to decrease the number of orphans;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H9C683E4ECCD040CD89D497663354EB13"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>disseminate information regarding strategies for financially sustaining activities to support family preservation and reunification and permanent parental care;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H2DB5CE77270B483490D009FC0ADB055"><enum>(v)</enum><text>disseminate information regarding best practices in international adoption and in preventing corruption; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HB0509EE9C8D9430DA20607A9153C8005"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>disseminate best methods and practices for assessing progress and quality for moving children into permanent parental care in a safe and timely way.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9A39B10566F74EEE96A60F5A076092E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coordination</header>
<subparagraph id="H47ECD21068A34505AB2CE953D3C84B3D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Office shall coordinate the foreign policy and assistance of the United States in support of—</text>
<clause id="H61295024186A48DF965BAF18FC1FE006"><enum>(i)</enum><text>families at risk of dissolution;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H7E49CEA061724780AC3EF294FCB92CDC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>orphans in need of permanent parental care.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF79CA02C502A46E49FCBA4E32D92C51D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Coordination between domestic and international policy</header><text>To the extent possible, the Coordinator shall work with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to maintain consistency between United States foreign and domestic policy on family preservation and reunification and permanent parental care.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D856F38E48E42A982BFE35236D9A0AC"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Communication</header>
<subparagraph id="H5F76D22640F04D31AB3999626B6D1342"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Office shall build global awareness of its purpose and activities.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2AF34C71C2B845D7A9DAD246ED7FFD5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Website</header><text>To carry out subparagraph (A), the Office shall maintain a Website that includes—</text>
<clause id="HFB9A75F22C5E461A926CE71D16DA7726"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of the global problems related to orphans and children in institutional and temporary non-family care;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HC2CABBAA84554E1181BFD65FDE34248E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the status of activities being carried out by the Office;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HEF54D35157694AACA2D7321D529DCB02"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the progress made by the Office to achieve its goals;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HE7F148B36C764265A5EDFA6FC06D4CFE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>current research, reports, policy, training opportunities, evaluation, and methodology describing best practices;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H545039F47995416381B420FF0031A1B2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>information collected by the biennial census under paragraph (6)(A);</text> </clause>
<clause id="H69BCFEE0AD9A4FFA808C29C53169A19C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>permanency indicators collected under paragraph (6)(B);</text> </clause>
<clause id="HC8CD95D65B6440D88BD2C79934FDABAC"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the annual report submitted to Congress under paragraph (6)(C);</text> </clause>
<clause id="H348F840D8C584A0E9297DA48B2870400"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the status of site results for the study of global best practices conducted under section 104(c)(1);</text> </clause>
<clause id="HA3EEEC1CF0FE4371A8AA4CEF2735CBF"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>requests for proposals, grant or contract awards, amounts, purposes, and lessons learned during implementation; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H8B7604A9976740FDB9CDCDA83F23841E"><enum>(x)</enum><text>a summary of the scope and progress of country projects funded by the Office.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7645046EC4BA470FB9F2927C58C6A747"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Reports, research, and assessments</header>
<subparagraph id="HF2105222C70D434F81A0B2A46BAABB10"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Biennial census of children without permanent parental care</header>
<clause id="H4EB2D91F50AC4E799C42F1025EFEEC15"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2010, and every 2 years thereafter, the Office shall develop, oversee, support, and publish the results of a census of all children who live outside permanent parental care. The census shall enumerate the number of children, categorized by sex and age, who reside—</text>
<subclause id="H7B4E391E88CA4C32B4FFCE3D0066E6E8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in a public or private orphanage;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H7F064FF77C224B56B5DB83FAF3DCE98F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in a hospital or other medical institution or treatment facility;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H89232A3B78E5451ABCFD3E7985518021"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in temporary or long term family-based foster care;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H0E83A2E99E744E8C8432C5B4DC718E9F"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in a group home;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H4D1567B43D954A57892B2E93E3464E1C"><enum>(V)</enum><text>in a residential or congregational facility, regardless of the availability of treatment services;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HD651A6BB332F42D0A4BCDC4BC1AA8342"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>in kinship care without legal status or the presence of adult family members; or</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HDE3CF1C316A54D1FB1BB81E4F6F9E0B5"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>in a dormitory or other permanent or temporary living situation in which a government or nongovernmental organization places children who do not have parental care.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H5914382F952042B7A1C1D64EE5E635EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Census countries</header><text>The data collected under clause (i) shall include all member countries of the United Nations.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H0F6A7C48909242BC911B8CEAA731500"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Delegate</header><text>The Coordinator may delegate the responsibility for conducting the census to a third party if—</text>
<subclause id="H48BB274D3CB54F47A1CC355DB64077A5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such party has expertise in human or social services and international quantitative data collection and analysis; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HA791B88685AD4C9500A7DEE7AE21DE94"><enum>(II)</enum><text>such a delegation is consistent with the overall goals of this Act.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5AB4B05752D04F358E4256FA4CC14027"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Permanency indicators for children without permanent parental care</header>
<clause id="HC939825FD02447B3B58ED277FFDD00DF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Office shall collect available data related to a series of policy and practice indicators on the capacity of foreign governments to offer permanency as an option for orphaned children.</text> </clause>
<clause id="HE6A9AC4C391B48039D615C64D1EB8F1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Data</header><text>Data collected under clause (i) shall include—</text>
<subclause id="HA0D7C7BBAB32493685B8C4A2F3462D78"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of families provided preservation services and the number of such families that remained intact after receiving such services;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H53881C00EB4743EF98829669AA56B95C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the number of children in institutions who were reunified with their respective families;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HA4E3C56A046B4C178861ADF5672C9925"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the number of children placed in a permanent family through domestic adoption and the living situation of such children before such permanent placement;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HDF597EBDC66F49E79F7B2F311C4FB08F"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the number of children who were placed in a permanent family through legal guardianship and their living situation before such permanent placement;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HA82AFF4D192441D8A2E4F396B390AF4"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the number of children who were placed in a permanent family through international adoption and the living situation of such children before such permanent placement;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HC517EADCE2BD4194A21BEF4B33B02FE9"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>the number of children who were placed in legal or informal kinship care and their placement pre-kinship care;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H1740FAFF9C5B488ABA8E247072F5019B"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>the number of children who moved from temporary foster care to long-term foster care;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H74749DA6D7EE4EC4BD7E3200F0AD5FEF"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>the number of children who reentered institutional care after moving into permanent parental care; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HAE6FC880B6CD4D2C9DCACA87BA732FF5"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>the length of time children are spending in institutional or foster care.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H170E2A4326654818905D59F45325727E"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Delegate</header><text>The Coordinator may delegate the responsibility for collecting data on permanency indicators under this paragraph to a third party if—</text>
<subclause id="H075390F3332C41E889B8A87FE1CF6EFF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the third party has expertise in human or social services and international quantitative data collection; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H0F33E1A0D5EF419400BD1338A658964D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>such a delegation is consistent with the overall goals of this Act.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="HFD4641E9C951414A9C5792201E5CD59F"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Coordinator may consult with the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Agency for International Development, the United Nations, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and other aid- or child welfare-related networks and organizations to—</text>
<subclause id="H0BFD33CF24E541A8854D009BE5313697"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identify and expand existing reporting networks; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H8C2C1BBC20AD40C48C62DA2FC4DB6FB5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>refine common definitions of indicators.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H45AA0D32BCA140D7BCCAD5C4CD6E9FE3"><enum>(v)</enum><header>United States indicators</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide the Coordinator with the information required to be collected under this paragraph relating to individuals and families residing in the United States.</text> </clause>
<clause id="HB65A362E8AB64B71B54D3E149E48C419"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2011, and every 2 years thereafter, the Office shall publish a report that includes the data described in clause (ii).</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H53DE700AFBE34DEBB0D6D3F31C55398B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Annual report to congress</header><text>Not later than September 1 of each year, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress an annual report that includes—</text>
<clause id="H875A9C94DEAF49BEAF557FDF70B63613"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of the global status of orphans;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HC910DFAAE81F443982719F4DFEB2BE3F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of the activities of the Office in support of family preservation and reunification and permanent parental care for orphans;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HC44E57ACEACB43F4B2602C16EEB0DC53"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>estimates from the most recent biennial census of the number of children living without permanent parental care;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H3F5A3F95EC044F7C83FD28892DBF8362"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a description of the status of family preservation, reunification, and permanent parental care initiatives underway in each foreign country receiving financial assistance under this Act;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H7BEF05D016B54920BFE7C7EB37B17549"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a description of—</text>
<subclause id="H8A4B41EC7BEE4246A9CB9BF3351ED82C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the major challenges faced by governments that are resulting in an increase in the numbers of orphans; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H08C98106A06A46079EEE1D963D670430"><enum>(II)</enum><text>barriers which are preventing governments from achieving permanent parental care for orphans;</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H76E20EB449244737A0C1640230B081F9"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>trends in increasing or decreasing risks for orphans and families at risk of dissolution;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H7104A1C238194E4785E0045045D5C6F8"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a listing of the governments that do not meet minimum standards described in section 103(a);</text> </clause>
<clause id="H1A5F7217DF05407BA0B6FC144FDDD2BA"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>trends toward improvement in family preservation and reunification;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H9D2C1A11766A41EFA73CF6683F10C263"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>trends in domestic and international adoption, foster care, and institutional care;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H9C8DDC6EE46F42E795A7BDCF639C549"><enum>(x)</enum><text>the most current permanency indicators described in subparagraph (B); and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H272A7760C40F4DA38D2F73F0A5A34CBA"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>movement toward implementation of permanency related laws and conventions.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83B2678645194C54B3356340BAE473A0"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Office shall oversee the provision of technical and financial assistance, including grants, pilot programs, and demonstrations, to governments and nongovernmental organizations to promote family preservation, reunification, and permanent parental care for orphans.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HBB06A2CF6A8C4366AEFC14B411003C7B"><enum>102.</enum><header>Policy coordinating committee in support of orphan policy, diplomacy, and development</header>
<subsection id="H2385FC2A1BEB47B1A87C5433DACED700"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The President shall establish an interagency policy coordinating committee (referred to in this section as the <quote>Policy Coordinating Committee</quote>), which shall monitor and support international efforts in family preservation, family reunification, and permanent parental care for orphans.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HE6646530D6BE49FDA711A5902053938B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The President shall appoint the members of the Policy Coordinating Committee, which shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H92B357C0A502497488029C1102A6285B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of State, who shall serve as Chair;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H79C60FCA32B846239664815F16B4EEFE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC692FF3B38704B92A5A3DA4F35D6A375"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Attorney General;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5218298F49D84FEEA16835BADD64EF82"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Secretary of Health and Human Services;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF7316E1E9D6541CD81C5581DF4832499"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Secretary of Homeland Security; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H84ED6438E08B45B5B48743007ED0C7C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any other Government official appointed by the President.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC16D2A302F59409E803BB042CF94418"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Activities of committee</header><text>The Policy Coordinating Committee shall provide advice to the Office for Orphan Policy Diplomacy and Development regarding—</text>
<paragraph id="H88B162899461409100AEB700DA64FF00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the development of a comprehensive global strategy in accordance with the minimum standards of this Act;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC10610AD03054AF8A79F755F38617459"><enum>(2)</enum><text>financial support of programs that assist countries in developing child welfare systems that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H304D7B8F2AC545D6AFDB382BFE76FE08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>preserve and reunify families; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3542E45620AF4F7A970600228557EA1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide permanent parental care for orphans.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2EFEC4677C474B858539F3C199F8DA73"><enum>(3)</enum><text>advocacy efforts with governments, nongovernmental organizations, and other entities to advance the purposes of this Act; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA398065666734F0681A24EEF85AA59C3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the collection of data through significant research on family preservation, reunification, and permanent parental care methods for orphans.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2B9485A6EF2E4B3DB57DEA3F125B1260"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Working groups</header><text>Members of the Policy Coordinating Committee may create small working groups within their respective agencies to support and advise their work on behalf of the Policy Coordinating Committee.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H8ACFFECDD9F0420FA1B74980CA6A530"><enum>103.</enum><header>Minimum standards for the provision of permanent parental care</header>
<subsection id="HF7497A72BCC8424AB4DB28E42866DA75"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimum standards</header><text>A country meets the minimum standards for the provision of permanent parental care by a partner country if—</text>
<paragraph id="HA6140A30069F45369BE243702EBD67D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the government of the country has laws, practices and judicial standards that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6FC8E2F63594A8E85C811EC7E79FFCD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>protect children from abuse and neglect;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3CE05DD6F98346AF84084E1C359E5E26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are aimed at reducing the number of abandoned children;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7EFFCDEBDF664DB4A3291978A49926A0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>are aimed at preserving families at risk of dissolution;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1718F2087FE5408DB7131DABDD3195B6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>are aimed at safely and appropriately reunifying orphans and institutionalized children with their families;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC0D95899D0F2406CA573BF776C257200"><enum>(E)</enum><text>promote legal guardianship and kinship care;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5243AAD9BD5B4E098D8820A7F2CC6000"><enum>(F)</enum><text>promote domestic adoption;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA5FA77BCD87D4A8EA773D3E778F744EB"><enum>(G)</enum><text>allow for international adoption;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H937FA7F9A6B7437F86D5E987B270D83C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>promote the physical and emotional well-being and protection of children while they are waiting for reunification or placement with a permanent family;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01BD8AA3248D4BDD8F980271D3E675C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the government of the country is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H002A0FF418174C3A9F3134A9006B57B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>keeping a significant percentage of families at risk of dissolution intact;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H30D6090C32A440739FB649ED4CD2928E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reuniting a significant percentage of orphans and institutionalized children with safe families and relatives; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H28236AD2C9DF43A1941DE14F183CE231"><enum>(C)</enum><text>moving a significant percentage of orphans into permanent parental care when it is determined that they cannot be reunified; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H136ED6E86DC74A09850592B9C96428A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the numbers of children aging out of institutions or foster care in such country is decreasing by a significant percentage each year.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H73FA0ACAC1BE458B845F3545EDC818E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>A country is eligible for assistance from the Office for Orphan Policy Diplomacy and Development under this Act if the government of the country—</text>
<paragraph id="HB905F4D6F9B64C558B8DFD255100D92D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>publicly acknowledges the need for family preservation, reunification and permanent parental care for orphans; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC3F5B70DAE44DA29213075DE7F0F6AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>demonstrates a commitment to develop improved laws, policies, infrastructures, and training programs to preserve and reunify with safe families and provide permanent parental care for orphans by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBE0CE47874024DC69EFA16A1EDEA208C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>developing formal strategic plans to develop laws and infrastructure to address shortcomings related to meeting the minimum standards described in subsection (a);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5141E1CD5978460DA93F199FF084F279"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allocating resources to study the issues described in subparagraph (A); or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H528D8FDB3A724347A6AEE0DA3003671"><enum>(C)</enum><text>expending or setting aside sufficient funds, to help build child welfare and judicial infrastructure and enact laws to address shortcomings related to meeting such minimum standards.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HCCE2BF65AE394684AEF4A0C408D32930"><enum>104.</enum><header>Grant, pilot, and development programs</header>
<subsection id="H3008C66E764C4002818B23A127ED006C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance to foreign governments</header><text>Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA10574E6CB3D4C2D8B94949C25C4FEE4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating section 135, as added by section 5(a) of Public Law 109–121, as section 137; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H72C26CF0FC4D4DE2A825DE48E849DD23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after section 135, as added by section 3 of Public Law 109–95, the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H426409DA9F87468CBDC44FB500D7FB5B" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="H431919561BDD402C98F200768BF33674"><enum>136.</enum><header>Assistance to foreign governments<editorial></editorial></header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4A0B16060BBA4EC4891B96B6D473005D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance To meet minimum standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President is authorized to provide assistance to foreign countries directly, or through nongovernmental and multilateral organizations, for programs, projects, and activities designed to assist the country to meet the minimum standards described in section 103(a) of the Families for Orphans Act of 2009.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5FADF1D87063461DA8337B27F2B43BE7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistance to foreign governments that meet minimum standards</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H83F2936EAC2545BBAFE410ACA046AFE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President is authorized to provide assistance, including trade and debt relief, to any foreign country that demonstrates success in meeting the majority of the minimum standards and other goals described in paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC653018813C741AC853C210424D76608"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>The government of a country desiring assistance under this subsection shall demonstrate a commitment to meeting the minimum standards described in section 103(a) of the Families for Orphans Act of 2009 by independently, or with assistance from the Office for Orphan Policy Diplomacy and Development, developing—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5CFD1C86F9C449B38607A200447C14CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a detailed, long-term strategic plan for meeting such minimum standards and related long-range goals; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8A16E9C6CE884476A54195E750FDE992"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a 1-year or 2-year operational plan that describes the immediate steps that the foreign government will take toward meeting such minimum standards.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H88DEE655DE684BCB88B7B1C53077BB3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistance in support of family preservation, reunification and permanent parental care for orphans</header>
<paragraph id="H434B38972C244CB09725544D00FDF69"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State is authorized to make grants to nongovernmental agencies working to promote permanent parental care for orphans, in accordance with the results of the global best practices study conducted under subsection (c).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H108D8A83D3634488005C6600798BEB42"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Grants received under this subsection can be used to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6A1BAEA3B87A4569ABA033B6A45BE6EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve public policy in support of the preservation and reunification of families and permanent parental care for orphans;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H347D8DB4622E45F6B444C8EF6EED3B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reduce the number of children abandoned;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7D1896ACB71B41970004CEC1CC9CA82"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reduce the number of families at risk of dissolution;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H43859FABE6F244E68DB39BE93F2B941E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>increase the number of children reunified with their parents;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD0BC74F3864B4F0CAE0755E78989AF6B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>increase the number of children obtaining legal guardianship and kinship care;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5117E8C7A8F04A74A1D9B40044275364"><enum>(F)</enum><text>increase the number of children placed for adoption domestically;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7E62BD1175AD4D01B59686713871562B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>support international adoption for children who cannot be adopted domestically, or reunified with their biological parents;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAB9ECAC8DF744CB585718F00ED8DC003"><enum>(H)</enum><text>draft laws and develop systems designed to promote ethical, evidence-based practice in international adoption;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1A1C0CE6641A49FC8C0073BA87634400"><enum>(I)</enum><text>increase the level of expertise and understanding of foreign governments working to preserve and reunify families and promote permanent parental care for orphans;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB1808DB7BC7D4AF18FD2E11CD400274F"><enum>(J)</enum><text>create and support connections with caring, committed adults to older children at risk of or in the process of aging out of institutional care;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB44F8540EA13455997E2F65CAA371F35"><enum>(K)</enum><text>develop mentoring, visitation and foster adopt programs aimed at recruiting a larger number of individuals willing to provide permanent parental care for orphans;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H209F15BD68FC4B1BA23E3D9C355FF92C"><enum>(L)</enum><text>increase adoption support services, and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1E175716A88A46C687C736BE04EE3DF6"><enum>(M)</enum><text>create and improve child welfare and judicial infrastructures, that strengthen and support permanent family care for orphans.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF720F7727D114FBEABFA84A00B16E69"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligibility criteria</header><text>To the extent possible, grants shall be awarded under this subsection to organizations that have demonstrated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H504379FBDED34A4C804BC755D1402868"><enum>(A)</enum><text>experience in the area of child welfare and judicial policy, family preservation, reunification, permanent parental care for orphans,</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEF6E0A6211D3444CB530E726F4316B33"><enum>(B)</enum><text>success in working with the in-country governmental agencies responsible for care of children; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEBFCDA61B4024798AFF6D7E825FE00F1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>adherence to the child welfare laws of the foreign government in which such organizations are located.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4D9EFA0BD78145B19202416C748075D3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Global best practices</header>
<paragraph id="H5B45DD7941FD47AE98626FBC007B87A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study on global best practices</header>
<subparagraph id="HABA2E222A65E4A89AA0100F69D005CAB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall initiate a study to identify global best practices for—</text>
<clause id="H96DC8D3455154509A5E310E8F620B575"><enum>(i)</enum><text>preserving and reunifying families; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H0AEFC932372A4C6CAFBD00274C379853"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing permanent parental care for orphans.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3AFF3E7981044A67961F43FB122E68AA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Identification of factors</header><text>In conducting the study under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall identify—</text>
<clause id="H74ECDC65B6C94EC2926300FAE13C6821"><enum>(i)</enum><text>evidence-based programs that are demonstrated to provide permanent parental care in a timely manner;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H1C80221E19B041168899C37B783B88FC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>policy and practices that result in increased deinstitutionalization of children;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H74A6489ACC2B4C92BB67734947BA3951"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>legislation globally that requires and supports permanent parental care;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H677AC49FDECC4B25B2297985C87704B4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>factors that decrease the dissolution of families; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HC82F116642334E6D94C437D177A71DB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>best practices for promoting ethical international adoption practices.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5A784ECE49CD498C885E4445583D5D56"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after initiating the study under this paragraph, the Secretary shall publish a report on the best practices identified in the study.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H045091397F2649F28CD9DA3266CBA60"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Use of study results</header><text>The Secretary shall use the results of the study conducted under this paragraph to guide and inform—</text>
<clause id="HA7D44983134B4FA2A55CA823F074795E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the award of all grants under this Act; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H52B5350FBF16495AA29E21C402CB577D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all activities in the global best practices pilot program carried out under paragraph (2).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD8F8FC2EADF140B2A1CBCC49ECD803F7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Global best practices pilot program</header>
<subparagraph id="HDB9865F211444C28B92EEAB5FB22B869"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Upon completing the study described in paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall establish and carry out a global best practices pilot program.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H95E7F5907CEA43E1864741C43C476833"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the program established pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be to—</text>
<clause id="H01B9F3CF89B849408B498FA34354F2A9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>demonstrate how research-based policies and programs to provide orphans with permanent parental care can be successfully implemented;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HF71D5A4EBE304C3889031C1713F8C3DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>establish model programs that, once tested for effectiveness, will be available, replicable, and adaptable on a global basis;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HA36D35BF07C6430896BCBB00A36DAB9F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>identify a comprehensive series of interventions, which result in family preservation, reunification, and permanent parental care for orphans; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HB8B11FABA30948A68ED7C452326F31A4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>determine which in-country factors enhance or negate efforts to achieve family preservation, reunification and permanent parental care for orphans.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5D7D300AC0B2457AAAE239B509568367"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Selection of sites</header>
<clause id="H6D78B2340C7C47C299AB6EB0C4921213"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Number of sites</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program established under this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall select and establish not fewer than 5 sites, each of which shall be located in a different region of the world.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H6E56C70EB7EC44099213A8F56ED03799"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>In selecting sites under clause (i), the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<subclause id="H612F358AF96D4426A5909F003B4F67CD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>cultural, geographic, and economic diversity of countries included in the region;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H6082864E9BDB445C8E004559945C3B48"><enum>(II)</enum><text>whether governments within the region have sufficient infrastructure and capacity to support the pilot program; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H2D190DFC1E884E92AB65441E24D7DABA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the incidence of abandoned children and children in institutional care in the region and culture.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="HEDF55D4E724B4558A987607264AE35B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Delegation</header><text>The Coordinator for Orphan Policy Diplomacy and Development may delegate implementation of the pilot program under this paragraph to 1 or more organizations that have experience in the use of evidence-based programs to promote family preservation, reunification or permanent parental care for orphans.</text> </clause>
<clause id="HCEA255D25134407782C9FC23441BF674"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the first pilot program is established under this paragraph, and each subsequent year, the Coordinator shall publish a report on the status of, and lessons learned in, the pilot program.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H7217A6A7A77A48E1B3CA87CB127CFFBD"><enum>105.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="HCCC38F104C8D438E8FD680041709902E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Operations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for the administrative costs associated with carrying out the duties of the Office for Orphan Policy Diplomacy and Development—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF8409200B59C4B21A3001B73548DFC4D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H27CE5C0D6B9B4CA2A35F732812225BB5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H72775341A49D4E27A959636684B6B7AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance to foreign governments</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for assistance to foreign governments under section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE3DA6347399143750096FBE0865EE2C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB9CFFD57ABDD4902A130701624B43BB0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97822E6A05874BBAA965BB88BB30395C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grants to support permanent parental care</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated for grants under section 104(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA6AFC271816A4BD69F7526F5B8C7C7DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H155E015EA3AB411382A806749116F47F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE4C96AEDB616400EB586BB378BDC662E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Global best practices pilot program</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State to carry out section 104—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5857DAF10B284DAE8FE99789857D354C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB1B08A430FC4403B91B3FCD072C686F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section>