1.This Act may be cited as
the Families for Orphans Act of
2009
.
2.
(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 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.
.
(5)Cost benefit
analysis data shows that effective, high quality interventions to improve
parenting skills and reduce child maltreatment save between $2 and $8 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 and sexual abuse all conspire to
delay and sometimes preclude normal development, speech acquisition, and
attainment of necessary social skills. Children lose 1 month of linear growth
for every 3 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 greatly assisted 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)Adoption
support servicesThe term adoption support services
means services and activities designed to encourage adoption that is determined
to be in the best interests of children, including—
(A)pre- and
post-adoption services; and
(B)activities
designed to expedite the adoption process and support adoptive families.
(2)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.
(3)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.
(4)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 families who are at risk of dissolution, separation, or domestic
violence.
(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 means a child
who—
(A)is younger than
21 years of age; and
(B)lives in an
institution.
(7)The term legal guardianship means a
legally recognized relationship between a child and a caretaker, which is
intended to be permanent and is evidenced by the transfer to the caretaker of
parental rights with respect to the child, including the rights of protection,
education, custody, and decisionmaking.
(8)The term legal kinship means a legally
recognized relationship between a child and a relative, which is intended to be
permanent and is evidenced by the transfer to a relative of parental rights
with respect to the child, including the rights of protection, education,
custody, and decisionmaking.
(9)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 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 that the child lacks permanent parental care.
(10)The term permanent parental
care—
(A)means a legally
recognized relationship between an 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;
and
(C)does not include
temporary or long-term foster care, institutionalization, or mentoring.
(11)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.
4.Office for
Orphan Policy Diplomacy and Development
(a)There
is established within the Department of State the Office for Orphan Policy
Diplomacy and Development (referred to in this section as the
Office
), which shall promote and support—
(1)the preservation
and reunification of families; and
(2)the provision of
permanent parental care for orphans.
(b)
(1)The
Office shall be headed by the Coordinator for Orphan Policy Diplomacy and
Development (referred to in this section as the Coordinator
),
who shall be appointed by the President.
(2)To
the extent possible, the Coordinator shall be an individual with background and
experience in the development of permanency related policies and
systems.
(3)The
Coordinator shall—
(A)oversee and
coordinate—
(i)all
programs and duties authorized in this Act; and
(ii)all other
activities that the United States Government conducts in furtherance of the
purposes of this Act; and
(B)carry out the
functions described in subsection (c).
(4)The
Coordinator shall report directly to the Secretary of State.
(c)
(1)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—
(A)global family
preservation and reunification; and
(B)the provision of
permanent parental care for orphans.
(2)Diplomatic
representation
(A)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, reunification, and permanent
parental care in—
(i)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;
(ii)multilateral
conferences and meetings relevant to family preservation, reunification, and
permanent parental care for orphaned children; and
(iii)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.).
(B)The
Secretary of State may waive the requirements under subparagraph (A) if—
(i)representation by
the Coordinator would interfere with the Secretary’s constitutional duty to
represent the United States; or
(ii)representation
by another high level official would be more appropriate or beneficial.
(3)
(A)The Coordinator shall—
(i)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
(ii)advise and
support foreign governments with the development of sound policy
regarding—
(I)the preservation
and reunification of families; and
(II)the provision of
permanent parental care for orphans.
(B)In developing policies under this Act, the Coordinator
shall identify and engage the best practices in family preservation,
reunification, and permanent parental care derived from a wide variety of
domestic and global policy and practice leaders.
(C)In developing policies under this Act, the
Coordinator shall take into account cultural norms for each country to the
extent consistent with the overall purposes of this Act.
(D)Principle of
subsidiarityIn developing policies and programs under this Act,
the Coordinator shall—
(i)attempt to
reunify children with their families before pursuing adoption, legal kinship,
legal guardianship, or domestic adoption; and
(ii)ensure that
reasonable efforts are made to provide permanent parental care domestically
before internationally.
(E)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—
(i)assistance with
the drafting, disseminating, and implementing of legislation for family
preservation and reunification and the provision of permanent parental
care;
(ii)assistance with
the development of systems designed to support family preservation,
reunification, and permanent parental care for institutionalized
orphans;
(iii)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;
(iv)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
(v)assistance with
infrastructure development and data collection techniques necessary to—
(I)support the
biennial census required under paragraph (6)(A);
(II)collect
permanency indicators described in paragraph (6)(B);
(III)collect the
data necessary to determine to what extent countries meet the minimum standards
described in section 6; and
(IV)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.
(F)Preservation of
the family and permanent parental care conferenceIn fiscal year
2011, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of State shall—
(i)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;
(ii)share and
address key issues relative to—
(I)the most current
biennial census data collected under paragraph (6)(A);
(II)the permanency
indicator data collected under paragraph (6)(B); and
(III)the data
collected from the Global Best Practices Pilot Program under section 7(c);
and
(iii)disseminate
information regarding—
(I)best practices
for building country and regional capacity to decrease the number of
orphans;
(II)strategies for
financially sustaining activities to support family preservation and
reunification and permanent parental care;
(III)best practices
in international adoption and in preventing corruption; and
(IV)best methods and
practices for assessing progress and quality for moving children into permanent
parental care in a safe and timely manner.
(4)
(A)The Office shall coordinate the foreign policy and
assistance of the United States in support of—
(i)families at risk
of dissolution; and
(ii)orphans in need
of permanent parental care.
(B)Coordination
between domestic and international policyTo 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.
(5)
(A)The Office shall build global awareness of its purpose
and activities.
(B)To carry out subparagraph (A), the Office shall maintain a
Web site that includes—
(i)a
description of the global problems related to orphans and children in
institutional and temporary nonfamily care;
(ii)the status of
activities being carried out by the Office;
(iii)the progress
made by the Office to achieve its goals;
(iv)current
research, reports, policy, training opportunities, evaluation, and methodology
describing best practices;
(v)information
collected by the biennial census under paragraph (6)(A);
(vi)permanency
indicators collected under paragraph (6)(B);
(vii)the annual
report submitted to Congress under paragraph (6)(C);
(viii)the status of
site results for the study of global best practices conducted under section
7(c)(1);
(ix)requests for
proposals, grant or contract awards, amounts, purposes, and lessons learned
during implementation; and
(x)a
summary of the scope and progress of country projects funded by the
Office.
(6)Reports,
research, and assessments
(A)Biennial census
of children without permanent parental care
(i)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 in—
(I)a public or
private orphanage;
(II)a hospital or
other medical institution or treatment facility;
(III)temporary or
long-term family-based foster care;
(IV)a group
home;
(V)a residential or
congregational facility, regardless of the availability of treatment
services;
(VI)kinship care
without legal status or the presence of adult family members; or
(VII)a dormitory or
other permanent or temporary living situation in which a government or
nongovernmental organization places children who do not have parental
care.
(ii)The data collected under clause (i) shall include all
member countries of the United Nations.
(iii)The
Coordinator may delegate the responsibility for conducting the census to a
third party if—
(I)such party has
expertise in human or social services and international quantitative data
collection and analysis; and
(II)such a
delegation is consistent with the purposes set forth in section 2(b).
(B)Permanency
indicators for children without permanent parental care
(i)The Office shall collect available data related to a
series of policy and practice indicators on the capacity of foreign governments
to offer permanent parental care as an option for orphaned children.
(ii)Data
collected under clause (i) shall include—
(I)the number of
families provided preservation services and the number of such families that
remained intact after receiving such services;
(II)the number of
children in institutions who were reunified with their respective
families;
(III)the number of
children placed in a permanent family through domestic adoption and the living
situation of such children before such permanent placement;
(IV)the number of
children who were placed in a permanent family through legal guardianship and
their living situation before such permanent placement;
(V)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;
(VI)the number of
children who were placed in legal or informal kinship care and their placement
pre-kinship care;
(VII)the number of
children who moved from temporary foster care to long-term foster care;
(VIII)the number of
children who reentered institutional care after moving into permanent parental
care; and
(IX)the length of
time children are spending in institutional care or foster care.
(iii)The
Coordinator may delegate the responsibility for collecting data on permanency
indicators under this paragraph to a third party if—
(I)the third party
has expertise in human or social services and international quantitative data
collection; and
(II)such a
delegation is consistent with the purposes set forth in section 2(b).
(iv)The
Coordinator may consult with representatives of the Millennium Challenge
Corporation, the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Agency for
International Development, the Department of Health and Human Services, the
United Nations, UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and other aid- or child
welfare-related networks and organizations to—
(I)identify and
expand existing reporting networks; and
(II)refine common
definitions of indicators.
(v)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.
(vi)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).
(C)Annual report
to congressNot later than September 1 of each year, the
Secretary of State shall submit to Congress an annual report that
includes—
(i)a
description of the global status of orphans;
(ii)a
description of the activities of the Office in support of family preservation
and reunification and permanent parental care for orphans;
(iii)estimates from
the most recent biennial census of the number of children living without
permanent parental care;
(iv)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;
(v)a
description of—
(I)the major
challenges faced by governments that are resulting in an increase in the
numbers of orphans; and
(II)barriers which
are preventing governments from achieving permanent parental care for
orphans;
(vi)trends in
increasing or decreasing risks for orphans and families at risk of
dissolution;
(vii)a
listing of the governments that do not meet the minimum standards described in
section 6(a);
(viii)trends toward
improvement in family preservation and reunification;
(ix)trends in
domestic and international adoption, foster care, and institutional
care;
(x)the
most current permanency indicators described in subparagraph (B); and
(xi)movement toward
implementation of permanency-related laws and conventions.
(7)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.
5.Policy
coordinating committee in support of orphan policy, diplomacy, and
development
(a)The
President shall establish an interagency policy coordinating committee
(referred to in this section as the Policy Coordinating
Committee
), which shall monitor and support international efforts in
family preservation, family reunification, and permanent parental care for
orphans.
(b)The
President shall appoint the members of the Policy Coordinating Committee, which
shall include—
(1)the Secretary of
State, who shall serve as Chair;
(2)the Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Development;
(3)the Attorney
General;
(4)the Secretary of
Health and Human Services;
(5)the Secretary of
Homeland Security; and
(6)any other
Government official appointed by the President.
(c)The Policy Coordinating Committee shall provide advice
to the Office for Orphan Policy Diplomacy and Development regarding—
(1)the development
of a comprehensive global strategy that is consistent with the minimum
standards described in section 103(a);
(2)financial support
of programs that assist countries in developing child welfare systems
that—
(A)preserve and
reunify families; and
(B)provide permanent
parental care for orphans.
(3)advocacy efforts
with governments, nongovernmental organizations, and other entities to advance
the purposes set forth in section 2(b); and
(4)the collection of
data through significant research on family preservation, reunification, and
permanent parental care methods for orphans.
(d)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.
6.Minimum
standards for the provision of permanent parental care
(a)A country meets the minimum standards for the provision
of permanent parental care by a partner country if—
(1)the government of
the country has laws, practices, and judicial standards that—
(A)protect children
from abuse and neglect;
(B)are aimed at
reducing the number of abandoned children;
(C)are aimed at
preserving families at risk of dissolution;
(D)are aimed at
safely and appropriately reunifying orphans and institutionalized children with
their families;
(E)promote legal
guardianship and kinship care;
(F)promote domestic
adoption;
(G)allow for
international adoption; and
(H)promote the
physical and emotional well-being and protection of children while they are
waiting for reunification or placement with a permanent family;
(2)the government of
the country is—
(A)keeping a
significant percentage of families at risk of dissolution intact;
(B)reuniting a
significant percentage of orphans and institutionalized children with
biological families and relatives; and
(C)moving a
significant percentage of orphans into permanent parental care in situations in
which the orphans cannot be reunified with their families; and
(3)the numbers of
children aging out of institutions or foster care in such country is decreasing
by a significant percentage each year.
(b)A
country is eligible for assistance from the Office for Orphan Policy Diplomacy
and Development under this Act if the government of the country—
(1)publicly
acknowledges the need for family preservation, reunification, and permanent
parental care for orphans; and
(2)demonstrates a
commitment to develop improved laws, policies, infrastructure, and training
programs to preserve and reunify families and provide permanent parental care
for orphans by—
(A)developing formal
strategic plans to develop laws and infrastructure to address shortcomings
related to meeting the minimum standards described in subsection (a);
(B)allocating
resources to study the issues described in subparagraph (A); or
(C)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.
7.Grant, pilot,
and development programs
(a)Assistance to
foreign governmentsChapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended—
(1)by redesignating
section 135, as added by section 5(a) of Public Law 109–121, as section 137;
and
(2)by inserting
after section 135, as added by section 3 of Public Law 109–95, the
following:
136.Assistance to
foreign governments
(a)Assistance To
meet minimum standardsThe
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 6(a) of the Families for
Orphans Act of 2009.
(b)Assistance to
foreign governments that meet minimum standards
(1)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).
(2)The
government of a country desiring assistance under this subsection shall
demonstrate a commitment to meeting the minimum standards described in section
6(a) of the Families for Orphans Act of
2009 by independently, or with assistance from the Office for
Orphan Policy Diplomacy and Development, developing—
(A)a detailed,
long-term strategic plan for meeting such minimum standards and related
long-range goals; and
(B)a 1-year or
2-year operational plan that describes the immediate steps that the foreign
government will take toward meeting such minimum
standards.
.
(b)Assistance in
support of family preservation and permanent parental care for orphans
(1)The Secretary of State is authorized to award 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).
(2)Grants received under this subsection may be used
to—
(A)improve public
policy in support of the preservation and reunification of families and
permanent parental care for orphans;
(B)reduce the number
of children abandoned;
(C)reduce the number
of families at risk of dissolution;
(D)increase the
number of children reunified with their parents;
(E)increase the
number of children obtaining legal guardianship and kinship care;
(F)increase the
number of children placed for adoption domestically;
(G)support
international adoption for children who cannot be adopted domestically, or
reunified with their biological parents;
(H)draft laws and
develop systems designed to promote ethical, evidence-based practice in
international adoption;
(I)increase the
level of expertise and understanding of foreign governments working to preserve
and reunify families and promote permanent parental care for orphans;
(J)create and
support connections with caring, committed adults to older children at risk of,
or in the process of, aging out of institutional care;
(K)develop
mentoring, visitation, and foster adopt programs aimed at recruiting a larger
number of individuals willing to provide permanent parental care for
orphans;
(L)increase adoption
support services; and
(M)create and
improve child welfare and judicial infrastructures, which strengthen and
support permanent family care for orphans.
(3)To the extent possible, grants shall be awarded under
this subsection to organizations that have demonstrated—
(A)experience in the
area of child welfare and judicial policy, family preservation, reunification,
and permanent parental care for orphans;
(B)success in
working with the in-country governmental agencies responsible for care of
children; and
(C)adherence to the
child welfare laws of the foreign government in which such organizations are
located.
(c)
(1)Study on global
best practices
(A)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—
(i)preserving and
reunifying families; and
(ii)providing
permanent parental care for orphans.
(B)Identification
of factorsIn conducting the study under subparagraph (A), the
Secretary shall identify—
(i)evidence-based
programs that are demonstrated to provide permanent parental care in a timely
manner;
(ii)policies and
practices that result in increased deinstitutionalization of children;
(iii)laws of other
countries that require and support permanent parental care;
(iv)factors that
decrease the dissolution of families; and
(v)best practices
for promoting ethical international adoption practices.
(C)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.
(D)The Secretary shall use the results of the study
conducted under this paragraph to guide and inform—
(i)the
award of all grants under this Act; and
(ii)all activities
in the global best practices pilot program carried out under paragraph
(2).
(2)Global best
practices pilot program
(A)Upon completing the study described in paragraph (1), the
Secretary of State shall establish and carry out a global best practices pilot
program.
(B)The
purposes of the program established pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be
to—
(i)demonstrate how
research-based policies and programs to provide orphans with permanent parental
care can be successfully implemented;
(ii)establish model
programs that, once tested for effectiveness, will be available, replicable,
and adaptable on a global basis;
(iii)identify a
comprehensive series of interventions, which result in family preservation,
reunification, and permanent parental care for orphans; and
(iv)determine which
in-country factors enhance or negate efforts to achieve family preservation,
reunification, and permanent parental care for orphans.
(C)
(i)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.
(ii)In
selecting sites under clause (i), the Secretary shall consider—
(I)cultural,
geographic, and economic diversity of countries included in the region;
(II)whether
governments within the region have sufficient infrastructure and capacity to
support the pilot program; and
(III)the incidence
of abandoned children and children in institutional care in the region and
culture.
(iii)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.
(iv)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.
8.Authorization of
appropriations
(1)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—
(A)$3,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and
(B)such sums as may
be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.
(2)Assistance to
foreign governmentsThere are authorized to be appropriated for
assistance to foreign governments under section 136 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961—
(A)$5,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and
(B)such sums as may
be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.
(3)Grants to
support permanent parental careThere is authorized to be
appropriated for grants under section 7(b)—
(A)$5,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and
(B)such sums as may
be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.
(4)Global best
practices pilot programThere are authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary of State to carry out section 7(c)—
(A)$3,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and
(B)such sums as may
be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.