Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) in Article II of the bill by adding the following appropriately numbered rider following the appropriations to the Department of Family and Protective Services (page II-3):

____.  Family First Prevention Services. (a) Out of federal funds appropriated to the Department of Family and Protective Services above, the department shall allocate the sum of $19,300,000 for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, for the following purposes:

(1)  the provision of family preservation services subject to the Family First Prevention Services Act (Title VII, Div. E, Pub. L. No. 115-123), including services for foster youth who are homeless;

(2)  the provision of services and interventions for children who are at imminent risk of being removed from their homes and placed into the conservatorship of the department but for whom a court of competent jurisdiction has issued an order allowing the children to remain safely in their homes or in kinship placements with the provision of family preservation services;

(3)  the provision of services to pregnant women or mothers with substance use disorders and their children, children who are at imminent risk of being removed from their homes and placed into the conservatorship of the department because their parents refuse to accept parental responsibility and those children's families, children who are at risk of being referred to the department through the juvenile justice system and their families, and children who have exited foster care through adoption, reunification, or other permanency outcomes and their families; and

(4)  the transition of family preservation services to evidence-based services consistent with the Family First Prevention Services Act.

(b)  Not later than March 31 and September 30 of each year of the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, the Department of Family and Protective Services shall prepare and submit a report to the governor, the Legislative Budget Board, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Finance, the House Committee on Human Services, the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, and any appropriate standing joint legislative oversight committee regarding the department's progress toward increasing the capacity of qualifying community-based prevention and family preservation services. The department shall:

(1)  prepare the report in a format specified by the Legislative Budget Board and include a full accounting of funds expended under this section; and

(2)  post the report on the department's Internet website.