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 124 STAT. 3512 PUBLIC LAW 111–320—DEC. 20, 2010 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, and post-legal adoption services’’ after ‘‘adoption assistance programs’’; (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, including efforts to promote the adoption of older children, minority children, and children with special needs’’ after ‘‘national level’’; (C) in paragraph (7)— (i) by striking ‘‘study the efficacy of States con- tracting with’’ and inserting ‘‘increase the effective use of’’; (ii) by striking the comma after ‘‘organizations)’’ and inserting ‘‘by States,’’; (iii) by inserting a comma after ‘‘institutions’’; and (iv) by inserting ‘‘, including assisting in efforts to work with organizations that promote the placement of older children, minority children, and children with special needs’’ after ‘‘children for adoption’’; (D) in paragraph (9)— (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (ii) in subparagraph (C), by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(D) identify best practices to reduce adoption disrup- tion and termination;’’; and (E) in paragraph (10)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘tribal child welfare agencies,’’ after ‘‘local government entities,’’; and (ii) in subparagraph (A)— (I) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, including devel- oping and using procedures to notify family and relatives when a child enters the child welfare system’’ before the semicolon at the end; (II) by redesignating clauses (vii) and (viii) as clauses (viii) and (ix), respectively; and (III) by inserting after clause (vi) the following: ‘‘(vii) education and training of prospective adop- tive or adoptive parents;’’; and (3) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking the second sentence and all that follows; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A)— (I) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘, con- sistent with the purpose of this title’’ after ‘‘by the Secretary’’; and (II) by striking the third sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘Each application shall contain information that— ‘‘(i) describes how the State plans to improve the placement rate of children in permanent homes; ‘‘(ii) describes the methods the State, prior to submitting the application, has used to improve the placement of older children, minority children, and children with special needs, who are legally free for adoption;