S.2982 - Runaway and Homeless Youth Protection Act

A bill to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes. view all titles (6)

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  • Official: A bill to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Runaway and Homeless Youth Protection Act as introduced.
  • Short: Runaway and Homeless Youth Protection Act as reported to senate.
  • Short: Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 as enacted.

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5/22/2008--Reported to Senate amended. Runaway and Homeless Youth Protection Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to revise requirements for services provided under grants from the Secretary of Health and Human Services for centers for runaway and homeless youth and the
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5/22/2008--Reported to Senate amended. Runaway and Homeless Youth Protection Act -

(Sec. 3)

Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to revise requirements for services provided under grants from the Secretary of Health and Human Services for centers for runaway and homeless youth and their families. Limits the length of stay in such a center to 21 days. Increases grant minimum allotments from $100,000 to $200,000 for states and from $45,000 to $70,000 for the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Requires the plan proposed by grant applicants for a runaway and homeless youth center to include an adequate emergency preparedness and management plan.

(Sec. 4)

Revises requirements for transitional living programs. Specifies that shelter may be provided by contract and that services to homeless youth may be direct or indirect. Increases the length of continuous stay in such programs from 540 days to 635 days. Requires a transitional living program also to develop an adequate emergency preparedness and management plan.

(Sec. 5)

Requires the Secretary to give priority (currently, special consideration) to grant applicants for specified research, evaluation, demonstration, and service projects regarding runaway youth and homeless youth. Requires the Secretary to give special consideration to proposed projects relating to:
(1) behavior (currently, mental) health care for runaway and homeless youth;
(2) access to educational and workforce programs to achieve outcomes such as decreasing high school dropout rates, increasing rates of attaining a secondary school diploma (or equivalent), or increasing placement and retention in postsecondary education or advanced workforce training programs; and
(3) programs, including innovative programs, that assist youth in obtaining and maintaining safe and stable housing (which may include programs with supportive services that continue after the youth completes the remainder of the programs). Requires the Secretary to ensure that selected grant applicants:
(1) represent diverse U.S. geographic regions; and
(2) carry out projects that serve diverse populations of runaway or homeless youth.

(Sec. 6)

Requires the Secretary to report periodically to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate:
(1) estimates of the incidence and prevalence of runaway and homeless individuals between 13 and 26 years of age; and
(2) an assessment of the individual's characteristics.

(Sec. 7)

Requires the Secretary to:
(1) give priority to public and, as under current law, nonprofit private agencies for sexual abuse prevention programs; and
(2) conduct, directly or through grants or contracts, a national homeless youth awareness campaign. Specifies the use of, and prohibitions on, the obligation and expenditure of funds for such campaign.

(Sec. 10)

Requires the Secretary to establish performance standards for grant recipients.

(Sec. 11)

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to specified congressional committees on the processes for making grants under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.

(Sec. 12)

Redefines "homeless youth" for purposes of transitional living programs to extend the age limit to 21. Defines "runaway youth" as an individual under age 18 who absents himself or herself from home or place of legal residence without the permission of parents or legal guardians.

(Sec. 13)

Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013.


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John Yarmuth (D-KY) authored the Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act (S.2982), which the House passed in June. Under this decree, the Runaway and Homeless Youth ...

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11/17/08
But What If . . . ? | Today's Christian Woman Editors' Blog ...

Some of the bills that Chambliss voted to block that would have protected children include: Drug Endangered Kids (HR 1199/S. 1210); Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act (S. 2982/HR 5524); Effective Child Pornography Prosecution Act (HR 4120) ...

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10/10/08
Not All Has Stopped During Financial Crisis

On October 8, President Bush signed into law (PL 110-378) the "Runaway and Homeless Youth Act of 2008" (S. 2982). The measure reauthorizes the 1974 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act that was set to expire on September 30. ...

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