5th District Congresswoman Jahana Hayes has co-introduced reauthorization of the Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act.  Hayes says the bill renews key federal grant programs to provide states with grants to help thousands of homeless young people nationwide.  The measure was first passed by Congress in 1974.  The reauthorization would expand protections to youths who are particularly vulnerable to human trafficking, and it would authorize funding for state and local programs to help provide transitional housing, street outreach, and crisis intervention programs to address the needs of homeless and runaway youth.  It would also raise the authorization of appropriations and double the minimum grant allocation provided to small states.