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best practices for providing such children with effective interventions."},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, the bureau must provide assistance for assessing and screening children who were missing and returned to foster care and children who are, or are at risk of, being victims of sex trafficking."}],"words":130},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate state and tribal protocols for children missing from foster care and to provide technical assistance on identifying and responding to those children and on screening returning children for sex trafficking.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1146/text/es#HF6507B5CAD5D45DDBF4E7F118C917C26:~:text=2.%20Eliminating%20obstacles%20to%20identifying%20and%20responding"},{"label":"Sec. 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comply with and enforce those protocols and how effective the protocols are.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1146/text/es#HF6507B5CAD5D45DDBF4E7F118C917C26:~:text=2.%20Eliminating%20obstacles%20to%20identifying%20and%20responding"}},{"text":"Requires the evaluation to identify obstacles to identifying and responding to reports of children missing from foster care and other vulnerable foster youth, and to identify best practices for intervening with effective services.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1146/text/es#HF6507B5CAD5D45DDBF4E7F118C917C26:~:text=2.%20Eliminating%20obstacles%20to%20identifying%20and%20responding"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to give States, Indian tribes, tribal organizations and tribal consortia information, advice, educational materials and technical assistance on eliminating the identified obstacles.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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S. 1146, 118th Congress: Find and Protect Foster Youth Act. House: 408 Yea, 7 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Passed in two versions, 18 Sep 2024."}}