; (2) ensure ongoing training of home study certified personnel; and (3) designate a home study auditor to ensure quality control and accuracy of information provided to placing agencies. (b) Grants The Secretary shall make grants to States and Indian tribes to enable and encourage the States and Indian tribes to establish demonstration programs in accordance with section 203(b)(12). (c) National database The Secretary shall establish a secure national database of home study reports filed by home study practitioners using the home study methodology described in subsection (a). Such database shall be accessible only to State and tribal foster care and adoption agencies, or a designated entity, as determined by the lead agency in the State, to assist with the selection of prospective foster parents and adoptive parents. (d) Condition on participation in demonstration project As a condition for participating in the demonstration program under section 203(b)(12), a State or Indian tribe shall agree to recognize as valid all home study reports listed in the database described in subsection (c), including such reports filed by other States or Indian tribes. (e) Evaluation The Secretary shall enter into a contract with an independent entity to— (1) carry out a periodic evaluation of the home study methodology established under subsection (a) and the demonstration programs established in accordance with section 203(b)(12); and (2) submit to the Secretary a report that includes— (A) a description of the extent to which such methodology— (i) meets the requirements of each of paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a); (ii) expedites the screening of caregivers to promote more family-based care over institutional care for children; (iii) provides cost savings to State or Indian tribe foster care and adoption systems, (iv) reduces the number of children waiting for foster care or adoptive placement; and (v) reduces the number of prospective families waiting for foster care or adoptive placement