1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Recovery and Reunifying Families Act . 2. Family Recovery and Reunification Program Replication Project Section 435 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 629e ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Family Recovery and Reunification Program Replication Project (1) Purpose The purpose of this subsection is to provide resources to the Secretary to support the conduct and evaluation of a family recovery and reunification program replication project (referred to in this subsection as the project ) and to determine the extent to which such programs may be appropriate for use at different intervention points (such as when a child is at risk of entering foster care or when a child is living with a guardian while a parent is in treatment). The family recovery and reunification program conducted under the project shall use a recovery coach model that is designed to help reunify families and protect children by working with parents or guardians with a substance use disorder who have temporarily lost custody of their children. (2) Program components The family recovery and reunification program conducted under the project shall adhere closely to the elements and protocol determined to be most effective in other recovery coaching programs that have been rigorously evaluated and shown to increase family reunification and protect children and, consistent with such elements and protocol, shall provide such items and services as— (A) assessments to evaluate the needs of the parent or guardian; (B) assistance in receiving the appropriate benefits to aid the parent or guardian in recovery; (C) services to assist the parent or guardian in prioritizing issues identified in assessments, establishing goals for resolving such issues that are consistent with the goals of the treatment provider, child welfare agency, courts, and other agencies involved with the parent or guardian or their children, and making a coordinated plan for achieving such goals