; 134 Stat. 3985) commit the United States Government to investing in the development, care, dignity, and safety of vulnerable children and their families around the world, including efforts to keep children with their families and reduce placement of children in residential institutions. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) stigma and discrimination against children with disabilities, particularly intellectual and other developmental disabilities, and lack of support for community inclusion have left people with disabilities and their families economically and socially marginalized; (2) organizations of persons with disabilities and family members of persons with disabilities are often too small to apply for or obtain funds from domestic or international sources or ineligible to receive funds from such sources; (3) as a result of the factors described in paragraphs (1) and (2), key stakeholders have often been left out of public policymaking on matters that affect children with disabilities; and (4) financial support, technical assistance, and active engagement of people with disabilities and their families is needed to ensure the development of effective policies that protect families, ensure the full inclusion in society of children with disabilities, and promote the transition of children with disabilities to independent living as adults. 4. Definitions In this Act: (1) Department The term Department means the Department of State. (2) Family The term family includes married and unmarried parents, single parents, adoptive families, kinship care, extended family, and foster care. (3) Organization of persons with disabilities The term organization of persons with disabilities means a nongovernmental civil society organization with staff leadership and a board of directors the majority of which consists of— (A) people with disabilities; (B) individuals who were formerly placed in a residential institution