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 124 STAT. 3510 PUBLIC LAW 111–320—DEC. 20, 2010 (2) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘section 40241’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 301 through 312 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act’’; and (3) in paragraph (24), by striking ‘‘section 40261’’ and inserting ‘‘section 314 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (relating to community projects to prevent family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence)’’. TITLE III—CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT AND ADOPTION RE- FORM ACT OF 1978 SEC. 301. CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT AND ADOPTION REFORM. (a) FINDINGS.—Section 201 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5111) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— ‘‘(1) on the last day of fiscal year 2009, some 424,000 children were living in temporary foster family homes or other foster care settings; ‘‘(2) most children in foster care are victims of child abuse or neglect by their biological parents and their entry into foster care brought them the additional trauma of separation from their homes and often their communities; ‘‘(3) on average, children entering foster care have more physical and mental health needs than do children in the general population, and some require intensive services because the children entering foster care— ‘‘(A) were born to mothers who did not receive prenatal care; ‘‘(B) were born with life-threatening conditions or disabilities; ‘‘(C) were born addicted to alcohol or other drugs; or ‘‘(D) have HIV/AIDS; ‘‘(4) each year, thousands of children in foster care, regard- less of their age, the size of the sibling group they are a part of, their racial or ethnic status, their medical condition, or any physical, mental or emotional disability they may have, are in need of placement with permanent, loving, adoptive families; ‘‘(5)(A) States have made important strides in increasing the number of children who are placed in permanent homes with adoptive parents and in reducing the length of time chil- dren wait for such a placement; and ‘‘(B) many thousands of children, however, still remain in institutions or foster homes solely because of legal and other barriers to such a placement; ‘‘(6)(A) on the last day of fiscal year 2009, there were 115,000 children waiting for adoption; ‘‘(B) children waiting for adoption have had parental rights of all living parents terminated or the children have a perma- nency goal of adoption;