The Department of Human Services of the Commonwealth shall conduct a study to analyze and make recommendations on the permanency goal of another planned permanent living arrangement for children 16 years of age or older. The following apply: (1) The study shall include recommendations on all of the following: (i) Strategies to reduce the use of or eliminate the use of the permanency goal of another planned permanent living arrangement. (ii) Other permanency goal options for children. (iii) Expected outcomes for children by the reduction of or the elimination of another planned permanent living arrangement as a permanency goal. (iv) A timeline to achieve the strategies set forth under subparagraph (i). (2) In conducting the study, the Department of Human Services shall convene a work group to receive feedback on the potential reduction or elimination of the permanency goal of another planned permanent living arrangement. The work group shall include representatives from the juvenile court, guardians ad litem, parent attorneys, county agencies, private children and youth social service agencies, children's advocacy organizations, the Pennsylvania Youth Advisory Board and other appropriate stakeholders as determined by the Secretary of Human Services. (3) The Department of Human Services shall, within four months of enactment of this section, report the study's findings and make its recommendations to: (i) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate. (ii) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the Aging and Youth Committee of the Senate. (iii) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives. (iv) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the Children and Youth Committee of the House of Representatives. 2017, JUNE 12, P.L.11, NO.5
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