PUBLIC LAW 102-321—JULY 10, 1992 106 STAT. 425 "(5) in reducing the incidence of out-of-home placement for children whose parents receive services under the program; and "(6) in facilitating the reimification of families after children have been placed in out-of-home care, "(m) REPORT TO CONGRESS. —Not later than 2 years after the date on which amounts are first appropriated under subjection (o), the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and Himian Resources of the Senate, a report that contains a description of programs carried out under this section. At a minimum, the report shall contain— "(1) information concerning the number and type of programs receiving grants; "(2) information concerning the type and use of services offered; "(3) information concerning— "(A) the number and characteristics of families, parents, and children served; "(B) the number of children served who remained with their parents during or after the period in which entities provided services under this section; "(C) the number of children served who were placed in out-of-home care during the period in which entities provided services under this section; "(D) the number of children described in subparagraph (C) who were reunited with their famihes; and "(E) the number of children described in subparagraph (C) who were permanently placed in out-of-home care; analyzed by the type of entity described in subsection (d) that provided services; "(4) an analysis of the access provided to, and use of, related services and alcohol and drug treatment through programs carried out under this section; and "(5) a comparison of the costs of providing services through each of the types of entities described in subsection (d). " (n) DATA COLLECTION.— The Secretary shall periodically collect and report on information concerning the numbers of children in substance abusing families, including information on the age, gender and ethnicity of the children, the composition and income of the family, and the source of health care finances, "(o) DEFINITIONS. —For purposes of this section: "(1) The term 'caretaker', with respect to a child of a substance abuser, means any individual acting in a parental role regarding the child (including any birth parent, roster parent, adoptive parent, relative of such a child, or other individual acting in such a role). "(2) The term 'children of substance abusers* means— "(A) children who have Kved or are living in a household with a substance abuser who is acting in a parental role regarding the children; and "(B) cluldren who have been prenatally exposed to alcohol or other dangerous drugs. "(3) The term 'Indian tribe' means any tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians, including any Alaska Native village (as defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act), that is rec-
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