AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROJECTS.

SEC. 7273. AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROJECTS. (a) Assistance to Potential Grantees.—Section 315 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714a) is amended— (1) by inserting “and transitional living youth projects” after “homeless youth centers”, (2) in paragraph (1) by inserting “or transitional living youth project” after “homeless youth center”, (3) by inserting “or such project” after “such center” each place it appears, and (4) in paragraph (3) by inserting “and homeless” after “runaway”. (b) Lease of Surplus Federal Facilities.—Section 316 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714b) is amended— (1) in the heading of such section by inserting “or as transitional living youth shelter facilities” after “homeless youth centers”, and (2) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting “or as transitional living youth shelter facilities” after “homeless youth centers”, and (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting “or transitional living youth project, as the case may be, under this title” after “homeless youth center”. (c) Reports.—Section 317 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5715) is amended— (1) by inserting “(a)” after “Sec. 317.”, (2) by striking “this part” and inserting “part A”, and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following: “(b) The Secretary shall annually report to the Congress on the status and accomplishments of the transitional living youth projects which are funded under part B, with particular attention to— “(1) the number and characteristics of homeless youth served by such projects; “(2) describing the types of activities carried out under such projects; “(3) the effectiveness of such projects in alleviating the immediate problems of homeless youth; 102 STAT. 4455 “(4) the effectiveness of such projects in preparing homeless youth for self sufficiency; “(5) the effectiveness of such projects in helping youth decide upon future education, employment, and independent living; and “(6) the ability of such projects to strengthen family relationships, and encourage the resolution of intra-family problems through counseling and the development of self-sufficient living skills.”. (d) Authorization of Appropriations.—Section 331 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5751) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively, and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: “(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), to carry out the purposes of part B of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1989 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992. “(2) No funds may be appropriated to carry out part B of this title for a fiscal year unless the aggregate amount appropriated for such fiscal year to carry out part A of this title exceeds $26,900,000.”. (e) Technical Amendments.—The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701–5751) is amended— (1) by inserting before the heading for section 315 the following: “Part C—General Provisions”, and (2) by redesignating sections 315, 316, 317, 318, 321, and 331 as sections 341, 342, 361, 362, 363, and 366, respectively. (f) Grants for Transitional Living Youth Projects.—The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701–5751) is amended by inserting after section 314 the following: “Part B—Transitional Living Grant Program “Purpose and Authority for Program“Sec. 321. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants and to provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit private entities to establish and operate transitional living youth projects for homeless youth. “(b) For purposes of this part— “(1) the term ‘homeless youth’ means any individual— “(A) who is not less than 16 years of age and not more than 21 years of age; “(B) for whom it is not possible to live in a safe environment with a relative; and “(C) who has no other safe alternative living arrangement; and “(2) the term ‘transitional living youth project’ means a project that provides shelter and services designed to promote a transition to self-sufficient living and to prevent long-term dependency on social services. 102 STAT. 4456 “eligibility“Sec. 322. (a) To be eligible for assistance under this part, an applicant shall propose to establish, strengthen, or fund a transitional living youth project for homeless youth and shall submit to the Secretary a plan in which such applicant agrees, as part of such project— “(1) to provide, directly or indirectly, shelter (such as group homes, host family homes, and supervised apartments) and services (including information and counseling services in basic life skills, interpersonal skill building, educational advancement, job attainment skills, and mental and physical health care) to homeless youth; “(2) to provide such shelter and such services to individual homeless youth throughout a continuous period not to exceed 540 days; “(3) to provide, directly or indirectly, on-site supervision at each shelter facility that is not a family home; “(4) that such shelter facility used to carry out such project shall have the capacity to accommodate not more than 20 individuals (excluding staff); “(5) to provide a number of staff sufficient to ensure that all homeless youth participating in such project receive adequate supervision and services; “(6) to provide a written transitional living plan to each youth based on an assessment of such youth’s needs, designed to help the transition from supervised participation in such project to independent living or another appropriate living arrangement; “(7) to develop an adequate plan to ensure proper referral of homeless youth to social service, law enforcement, educational, vocational, training, welfare, legal service, and health care programs and to help integrate and coordinate such services for youths; “(8) to provide for the establishment of outreach programs designed to attract individuals who are eligible to participate in the project; “(9) to submit to the Secretary an annual report that includes information regarding the activities carried out with funds under this part, the achievements of the project under this part carried out by the applicant and statistical summaries describing the number and the characteristics of the homeless youth who participate in such project in the year for which the report is submitted; “(10) to implement such accounting procedures and fiscal control devices as the Secretary may require; “(11) to submit to the Secretary an annual budget that estimates the itemized costs to be incurred in the year for which the applicant requests a grant under this part; “(12) to keep adequate statistical records profiling homeless youth which it serves and not to disclose the identity of individual homeless youth in reports or other documents based on such statistical records; “(13) not to disclose records maintained on individual homeless youth without the consent of the individual youth and parent or legal guardian to anyone other than an agency compiling statistical records or a government agency involved in the disposition of criminal charges against youth; and 102 STAT. 4457 “(14) to provide to the Secretary such other information as the Secretary may reasonably require. “(b) In selecting eligible applicants to receive grants under this part, the Secretary shall give priority to entities that have experience in providing to homeless youth shelter and services of the types described in subsection (a)(1).”.