1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2019 . 2. References Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the amendment or repeal shall be considered to be made to a provision of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act ( 34 U.S.C. 11201 et seq.). 3. Findings Section 302 ( 34 U.S.C. 11201 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking share of, serious health, behavioral, and emotional problems and inserting share of, trauma, serious health, behavioral, social, and emotional problems, and substance use disorder, ; (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting socially, age, gender, developmentally, culturally and before linguistically appropriate ; (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6), as paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively; (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) research has documented that youth experience homelessness as fluid, such that many youth experience 2 to 3 different types of homelessness, including couch surfing, emergency shelters, and staying on the streets; ; (5) in paragraph (4)(C), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by striking social contribution and inserting self-advocacy ; (6) in paragraph (4)(E), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by inserting and peer before relationships ; (7) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by striking outside the welfare system and the law enforcement system and inserting , in collaboration with public assistance systems, the law enforcement system, and the child welfare system ; (8) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by paragraph (3)— (A) by inserting a safe place to live, connection to caring adults, and after youth need ; and (B) by striking and at the end; (9) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by paragraph (3)— (A) by striking between the Federal programs that serve runaway and homeless youth are and inserting at the Federal level