INFORMATION AND SERVICES.

SEC. 202. INFORMATION AND SERVICES. Section 203 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5113) is amended—(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the following:“SEC. 203. INFORMATION AND SERVICES.” ;(2) by striking “Sec. 203. (a) The Secretary” and inserting the following:“(a) In General.—The Secretary”;(3) in subsection (b)—(A) by inserting “Required Activities.—” after “(b)”;(B) in paragraph (1), by striking “nonprofit” each place that such appears;(C) in paragraph (2), by striking “nonprofit”;(D) in paragraph (3), by striking “nonprofit”;(E) in paragraph (4), by striking “nonprofit”;(F) in paragraph (6), by striking “study the nature, scope, and effects of” and insert “support”;(G) in paragraph (7), by striking “nonprofit”;(H) in paragraph (9)—(i) by striking “nonprofit”; and(ii) by striking “and” at the end;(I) in paragraph (10)—(i) by striking “nonprofit”; each place that such appears; and(ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and(J) by adding at the end the following:“(11) provide (directly or by grant to or contract with States, local government entities, or public or private licensed child welfare or adoption agencies) for the implementation of programs that are intended to increase the number of older children (who are in foster care and with the goal of adoption) placed in adoptive families, with a special emphasis on child-specific recruitment strategies, including—“(A) outreach, public education, or media campaigns to inform the public of the needs and numbers of older youth available for adoption;117 STAT. 820“(B) training of personnel in the special needs of older youth and the successful strategies of child-focused, child-specific recruitment efforts; and“(C) recruitment of prospective families for such children.”;(4) in subsection (c)—(A) by striking “(c)(1) The Secretary” and inserting the following:“(c) Services for Families Adopting Special Needs Children.—“(1) In general.—The Secretary”;(B) by striking “(2) Services” and inserting the following:“(2) Services.—Services”; and(C) in paragraph (2)—(i) by realigning the margins of subparagraphs (A) through (G) accordingly;(ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking “and” at the end;(iii) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and(iv) by adding at the end the following:“(H) day treatment; and“(I) respite care.”; and(D) by striking “nonprofit”; each place that such appears;(5) in subsection (d)—(A) by striking “(d)(1) The Secretary” and inserting the following:“(d) Improving Placement Rate of Children in Foster Care.—“(1) In general.—The Secretary”;(B) by striking “(2)(A) Each State” and inserting the following:“(2) Applications; technical and other assistance.—“(A) Applications.—Each State”;(C) by striking “(B) The Secretary” and inserting the following:“(B) Technical and other assistance.—The Secretary”;(D) in paragraph (2)(B)—(i) by realigning the margins of clauses (i) and (ii) accordingly; and(ii) by striking “nonprofit”; (E) by striking “(3)(A) Payments” and inserting the following:“(3) Payments.—“(A) In general.—Payments”; and(F) by striking “(B) Any payment” and inserting the following:“(B) Reversion of unused funds.—Any payment”; and(6) by adding at the end the following:“(e) Elimination of Barriers to Adoptions Across Jurisdictional Boundaries.—“(1) In general.—The Secretary shall award grants to, or enter into contracts with, States, local government entities, 117 STAT. 821 public or private child welfare or adoption agencies, adoption exchanges, or adoption family groups to carry out initiatives to improve efforts to eliminate barriers to placing children for adoption across jurisdictional boundaries.“(2) Services to supplement not supplant.—Services provided under grants made under this subsection shall supplement, not supplant, services provided using any other funds made available for the same general purposes including—“(A) developing a uniform homestudy standard and protocol for acceptance of homestudies between States and jurisdictions;“(B) developing models of financing cross-jurisdictional placements;“(C) expanding the capacity of all adoption exchanges to serve increasing numbers of children;“(D) developing training materials and training social workers on preparing and moving children across State lines; and“(E) developing and supporting initiative models for networking among agencies, adoption exchanges, and parent support groups across jurisdictional boundaries.”.