Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill amends the Congressional findings section to recognize trauma, substance use disorders, and vulnerabilities of homeless and runaway youth, including LGBTQ youth, youth of color, and those involved in child, establishes Congressional findings recognizing the challenges faced by homeless and runaway youth including trauma, substance abuse, and lack of resources, and the need for trauma-informed, culturally appropriate, and establishes 5-year Basic Center grants for local shelters serving runaway and homeless youth, with 90-day advance notification, grant appeals process, and expanded services including trauma-informed care, family. It relies on grants, definition changes, compliance mandates, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Social Welfare and Social Services.
Who Benefits and How
Homeless and runaway youth could see lower costs, Youth service grant recipients could gain revenue opportunities, and LGBTQ youth could face fewer barriers.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal taxpayers could face higher costs, Grant recipient organizations would take on compliance duties, and Youth service grant recipients would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Amends the Congressional findings section to recognize trauma, substance use disorders, and vulnerabilities of homeless and runaway youth, including LGBTQ youth, youth of color, and those involved in child...
- Establishes Congressional findings recognizing the challenges faced by homeless and runaway youth including trauma, substance abuse, and lack of resources, and the need for trauma-informed, culturally appropriate...
- Establishes 5-year Basic Center grants for local shelters serving runaway and homeless youth, with 90-day advance notification, grant appeals process, and expanded services including trauma-informed care, family...
- Amends Transitional Living Grant Program to provide 5-year grants with 90-day advance notification for shelter and life skills services to homeless and runaway youth, including group homes, maternity homes, host family...
- Expands coordination requirements with HUD, Education, Labor, and Justice departments, adds 5-year training grants with web-based learning options, requires trauma-informed implementation, and adds research on...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill amends the Congressional findings section to recognize trauma, substance use disorders, and vulnerabilities of homeless and runaway youth, including LGBTQ youth, youth of color, and those involved in child, establishes Congressional findings recognizing the challenges faced by homeless and runaway youth including trauma, substance abuse, and lack of resources, and the need for trauma-informed, culturally appropriate, and establishes 5-year Basic Center grants for local shelters serving runaway and homeless youth, with 90-day advance notification, grant appeals process, and expanded services including trauma-informed care, family.
Key Policy Areas
Social Welfare, Social Services
Primary Purpose
The bill amends the Congressional findings section to recognize trauma, substance use disorders, and vulnerabilities of homeless and runaway youth, including LGBTQ youth, youth of color, and those involved in child, establishes Congressional findings recognizing the challenges faced by homeless and runaway youth including trauma, substance abuse, and lack of resources, and the need for trauma-informed, culturally appropriate, and establishes 5-year Basic Center grants for local shelters serving runaway and homeless youth, with 90-day advance notification, grant appeals process, and expanded services including trauma-informed care, family.
Policy Domains
Amendments to Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
Identified Gains
- Homeless and runaway youth
- Youth service grant recipients
- LGBTQ youth
- Street outreach service providers
- Nonprofit youth service organizations
Identified Costs
- Federal taxpayers
- Grant recipient organizations
- Youth service grant recipients
- HHS Administration
- New or inexperienced youth service providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Collins (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warnock, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Basic center and transitional living programs, Existing youth shelter programs seeking to expand prevention, Experienced nonprofit youth service organizations
Youth service grant recipients faces effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Basic center and transitional living programs, Existing youth shelter programs seeking to expand prevention, Experienced nonprofit youth service organizations, Experienced youth service providers, Homeless and runaway youth, LGBTQ youth, Maternity group home operators, Nonprofit street outreach organizations, Nonprofit transitional living providers, Nonprofit youth service organizations, Street outreach service providers, Youth at risk of homelessness, Youth at risk of trafficking, Youth of color, Youth service training providers, Youth victims of trafficking
Negative-direction: Grant recipient organizations, New or inexperienced youth service providers
HHS Administration, HHS Secretary, Public agencies serving homeless youth
Positive-direction: Public agencies serving homeless youth
Negative-direction: HHS Administration, HHS Secretary
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
As defined in section 249(c) of title 18, United States Code
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