Sec. 2. Reauthorization

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Section 211 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 ( 34 U.S.C. 20301 ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking 2,000,000 and inserting 3,300,000 ; in paragraph (6)— by inserting improve positive outcomes for the child, before and increase ; and by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph (7), by striking could be duplicated in many jurisdictions throughout the country. and inserting have expanded dramatically throughout the United States; and ; and by adding at the end the following:

State chapters of children’s advocacy center networks are needed to— assist local communities in coordinating their multidisciplinary child abuse investigation, prosecution, and intervention services; and provide oversight of, and training and technical assistance in, the effective delivery of evidence-informed programming. . Section 212 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 ( 34 U.S.C. 20302 ) is amended— by striking paragraphs

(3)and (6); by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (7), (8), and

(9)as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively; in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking and at the end; in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the term State chapter means a membership organization that provides technical assistance, training, coordination, grant administration, oversight, and support to local children's advocacy centers, multidisciplinary teams, and communities working to implement a multidisciplinary response to child abuse in the provision of evidence-informed initiatives, including mental health counseling, forensic interviewing, multidisciplinary team coordination, and victim advocacy. . Section 213 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 ( 34 U.S.C. 20303 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking with the Director and by striking paragraph (2); by redesignating paragraphs

(3)and

(4)as paragraphs

(2)and (3), respectively; in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by striking and at the end; in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— by inserting after mental health care professionals the following: , law enforcement officers, child protective service workers, forensic interviewers, prosecutors, and victim advocates, ; by striking medical each place that term appears; and by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: collaborate with State chapters to provide training, technical assistance, coordination, and oversight to— local children’s advocacy centers; and communities that want to develop local children's advocacy centers. ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking , in coordination with the Director, ; in subparagraph (A), by inserting and at the end; in subparagraph (B), by striking the prevention, judicial handling, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; and and inserting multidisciplinary team investigation, trauma-informed interventions, and evidence-informed treatment, ; and by striking subparagraph (C); and in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking communities and inserting communities, local children's advocacy centers, multidisciplinary teams, and State chapters ; in clause (i), by inserting and expanding after developing ; by redesignating clauses

(ii)through

(x)as clauses

(iii)through (xi), respectively; by inserting after clause

(i)the following: in promoting the effective delivery of the evidence-informed Children’s Advocacy Model and the multidisciplinary response to child abuse, including best practices in— organizational support and development; programmatic evaluation; and financial oversight of Federal funding; ; in clause (iii), as so redesignated, by striking a freestanding facility where interviews of and services for abused children can be provided and inserting child-friendly facilities for the investigation of, assessment of, and intervention in abuse ; and in clause (iv), as so redesignated, by striking multiple and inserting duplicative ; and in subparagraph (B), by inserting and interested communities after advocacy centers ; in subsection (c)— in paragraph (2)(C), by striking remedial counseling to and inserting evidence-informed services for ; in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking multidisciplinary child abuse program and inserting children's advocacy center ; and in paragraph (4)(B)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking , in coordination with the Director, ; by striking clause (iii); and by redesignating clauses

(iv)and

(v)as clauses

(iii)and (iv), respectively; in subsection (d)— in paragraph (1), by striking , in coordination with the Director, ; in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking and the Director ; and in paragraph (3), by striking and all that follows through Discontinuation of funding .— Upon discontinuation and inserting the following: ; and Discontinuation of funding .—Upon discontinuation by striking subsections

(e)and (f). Section 214 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 ( 34 U.S.C. 20304 ) is amended— by striking subsection

(a)and inserting the following: The Administrator, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Victims of Crime, shall make grants to— develop and enhance multidisciplinary child abuse investigations, intervention, and prosecution; and promote the effective delivery of the evidence-informed Children’s Advocacy Model and the multidisciplinary response to child abuse, including best practices in programmatic evaluation and financial oversight of Federal funding. ; in subsection (b)— in the subsection heading, by inserting before human trafficking and ; child pornography by striking with the Director and ; and by inserting human trafficking and before child pornography ; in subsection (c)— in paragraph (1)— by striking Director and inserting Administrator ; and by striking this section and inserting subsections

(a)and

(b); and in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A), by striking social service and inserting child protective service ; in subparagraph (B), by striking the and inserting counseling center a ; children's advocacy center in subparagraph (C), by striking sexual and serious physical abuse and neglect cases to the counseling center and inserting child abuse cases that meet designated referral criteria to the children's advocacy center ; in subparagraph (D)— by striking investigative and inserting forensic ; and by striking social service and inserting child protective service ; by striking subparagraph (E); by redesignating subparagraphs

(F)through

(J)as subparagraphs

(E)through (I), respectively; in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, by striking counseling center and inserting children’s advocacy center or an agency with which there is a linkage agreement regarding the delivery of multidisciplinary child abuse investigation, prosecution, and intervention services ; in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, by striking minimize the number of interviews that a child victim must attend and inserting eliminate duplicative forensic interviews with a child victim ; in subparagraph (G), as so redesignated, by striking multidisciplinary program and inserting children's advocacy center ; in subparagraph (H), as so redesignated, by inserting intervention and before judicial proceedings ; and in subparagraph (I), as so redesignated, by striking Director and inserting Administrator ; in subsection (d)— by striking the Director and inserting the Administrator ; and by striking both large and small States and inserting all States that are eligible for such grants, including large and small States, ; and by adding at the end the following: In awarding grants under this section, the Administrator shall ensure that a portion of the grants is distributed to State chapters to enable State chapters to provide technical assistance, training, coordination, and oversight to other recipients of grants under this section in providing evidence-informed initiatives, including mental health counseling, forensic interviewing, multidisciplinary team coordination, and victim advocacy. . Section 214A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 ( 34 U.S.C. 20305 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking to attorneys and all that follows and inserting the following: to— attorneys and other allied professionals instrumental to the criminal prosecution of child abuse cases in State or Federal courts, for the purpose of improving the quality of criminal prosecution of such cases; and child abuse professionals instrumental to the protection of children, intervention in child abuse cases, and treatment of victims of child abuse, for the purpose of— improving the quality of such protection, intervention, and treatment; and promoting the effective delivery of the evidence-informed Children’s Advocacy Model and the multidisciplinary response to child abuse, including best practices in programmatic evaluation and financial oversight of Federal funding. ; by striking subsection

(b)and inserting the following: An organization to which a grant is made for specific training and technical assistance for prosecutors under subsection (a)(1) shall be one that has— a broad representation of attorneys who prosecute criminal cases in State courts; and demonstrated experience in providing training and technical assistance for prosecutors. An organization to which a grant is made for specific training and technical assistance for child abuse professionals under subsection (a)(2) shall be one that has— a diverse portfolio of training and technical resources for the diverse professionals responding to child abuse, including a digital library to promote evidence-informed practice; and demonstrated experience in providing training and technical assistance for child abuse professionals, especially law enforcement officers, child protective service workers, prosecutors, forensic interviewers, medical professionals, victim advocates, and mental health professionals. ; and in subsection (c)(2), by inserting after shall require the following: , in the case of a grant made under subsection (a)(1), . Section 214B of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 ( 34 U.S.C. 20306 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking sections 213 and 214 and all that follows and inserting the following: sections 213 and 214, $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023. ; and in subsection (b), by striking section 214A and all that follows and inserting the following: section 214A, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023. . Section 214C of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 ( 34 U.S.C. 20307 ) is amended— by striking All grants awarded and inserting the following: All grants awarded ; and by adding at the end the following: Not later than March 1 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that— summarizes the efforts of the Administrator to monitor and evaluate the regional children's advocacy program activities under section 213(d); describes— the method by which amounts are allocated to grantees and subgrantees under this subtitle, including to local children’s advocacy centers, State chapters, and regional children’s advocacy program centers; and steps the Attorney General has taken to minimize duplication and overlap in the awarding of amounts under this subtitle; and analyzes the extent to which both rural and urban populations are served under the regional children’s advocacy program. . The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 ( 34 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.) is amended— in section 212(1) ( 34 U.S.C. 20302 ), by striking ( and inserting 42 U.S.C. 5611(b) ) ( ; 34 U.S.C. 11111(b) ) in section 214(c)(1) ( 34 U.S.C. 20304(c)(1) ), by striking ( and inserting 42 U.S.C. 5665 et seq.) ( ; 34 U.S.C. 11183 , 11186) in section 214A(c)(1) ( 34 U.S.C. 20305(c)(1) ), by striking ( and inserting 42 U.S.C. 5665 et seq.) ( ; 34 U.S.C. 11183 , 11186) in section 217(c)(1) ( 34 U.S.C. 20323(c)(1) ), by striking ( and inserting 42 U.S.C. 5665 et seq.) ( ; and 34 U.S.C. 11183 , 11186) in section 223(c) ( 34 U.S.C. 20333(c) ), by striking ( and inserting 42 U.S.C. 5665 et seq.) ( . 34 U.S.C. 11183 , 11186)

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