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[CITE: 42USC5732a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 72--JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
 
               SUBCHAPTER III--RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH
 
                       Part F--General Provisions
 
Sec. 5732a. Definitions

    In this subchapter:

          (1) Drug abuse education and prevention services

        The term ``drug abuse education and prevention services''--
            (A) means services to runaway and homeless youth to prevent 
        or reduce the illicit use of drugs by such youth; and
            (B) may include--
                (i) individual, family, group, and peer counseling;
                (ii) drop-in services;
                (iii) assistance to runaway and homeless youth in rural 
            areas (including the development of community support 
            groups);
                (iv) information and training relating to the illicit 
            use of drugs by runaway and homeless youth, to individuals 
            involved in providing services to such youth; and
                (v) activities to improve the availability of local drug 
            abuse prevention services to runaway and homeless youth.

                       (2) Home-based services

        The term ``home-based services''--
            (A) means services provided to youth and their families for 
        the purpose of--
                (i) preventing such youth from running away, or 
            otherwise becoming separated, from their families; and
                (ii) assisting runaway youth to return to their 
            families; and

            (B) includes services that are provided in the residences of 
        families (to the extent practicable), including--
                (i) intensive individual and family counseling; and
                (ii) training relating to life skills and parenting.

                         (3) Homeless youth

        The term ``homeless youth'' means an individual--
            (A) who is--
                (i) not more than 21 years of age; and
                (ii) for the purposes of part B of this subchapter, not 
            less than 16 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.

                      (4) Street-based services

        The term ``street-based services''--
            (A) means services provided to runaway and homeless youth, 
        and street youth, in areas where they congregate, designed to 
        assist such youth in making healthy personal choices regarding 
        where they live and how they behave; and
            (B) may include--
                (i) identification of and outreach to runaway and 
            homeless youth, and street youth;
                (ii) crisis intervention and counseling;
                (iii) information and referral for housing;
                (iv) information and referral for transitional living 
            and health care services;
                (v) advocacy, education, and prevention services related 
            to--
                    (I) alcohol and drug abuse;
                    (II) sexual exploitation;
                    (III) sexually transmitted diseases, including human 
                immunodeficiency virus (HIV); and
                    (IV) physical and sexual assault.

                          (5) Street youth

        The term ``street youth'' means an individual who--
            (A) is--
                (i) a runaway youth; or
                (ii) indefinitely or intermittently a homeless youth; 
            and

            (B) spends a significant amount of time on the street or in 
        other areas that increase the risk to such youth for sexual 
        abuse, sexual exploitation, prostitution, or drug abuse.

                (6) Transitional living youth project

        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.

           (7) Youth at risk of separation from the family

        The term ``youth at risk of separation from the family'' means 
    an individual--
            (A) who is less than 18 years of age; and
            (B)(i) who has a history of running away from the family of 
        such individual;
            (ii) whose parent, guardian, or custodian is not willing to 
        provide for the basic needs of such individual; or
            (iii) who is at risk of entering the child welfare system or 
        juvenile justice system as a result of the lack of services 
        available to the family to meet such needs.

(Pub. L. 93-415, title III, Sec. 387, as added Pub. L. 106-71, 
Sec. 3(p), Oct. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1041.)
