Sec. 104. Research and assistance activities
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Section 104 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5105 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: The Secretary shall, in consultation with other Federal agencies and recognized experts in the field, carry out a continuing interdisciplinary program of research, including longitudinal research, that is designed to provide information needed to improve primary prevention of child abuse and neglect, better protect children from child abuse or neglect, and improve the well-being of victims of child abuse or neglect, with at least a portion of such research being field initiated. Such research program may focus on— disseminating evidence-based treatment directed to individuals and families experiencing trauma due to child abuse and neglect, including efforts to improve the scalability of the treatments and programs being researched; developing a set of evidence-based approaches to support child and family well-being and developing ways to identify, relieve, and mitigate stressors affecting families in rural, urban, and suburban communities; establishing methods to promote racial equity in the child welfare system, including a focus on how neglect is defined, how services are provided, and the unique impact on Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities; improving service delivery or outcomes for child welfare service agencies engaged with families experiencing domestic violence, substance use disorder, or other complex needs; the extent to which the number of unsubstantiated, unfounded, and false reported cases of child abuse or neglect have contributed to the inability of a State to respond effectively to serious cases of child abuse or neglect; the extent to which the lack of adequate resources and the lack of adequate professional development of individuals required by law to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect have contributed to the inability of a State to respond effectively to serious cases of child abuse and neglect; the extent to which unsubstantiated reports return as more serious cases of child abuse or neglect; the incidence and outcomes of child abuse and neglect allegations reported within the context of divorce, custody, or other family court proceedings, and the interaction between family courts and the child protective services system; the information on the national incidence of child abuse and neglect specified in clauses
(i)through
(xi)of subparagraph (J); and the national incidence of child abuse and neglect, including— the extent to which incidents of child abuse and neglect are increasing or decreasing in number and severity; the incidence of substantiated and unsubstantiated reported child abuse and neglect cases; the number of substantiated cases that result in a judicial finding of child abuse or neglect or related criminal court convictions; the extent to which the number of unsubstantiated, unfounded and false reported cases of child abuse or neglect have contributed to the inability of a State to respond effectively to serious cases of child abuse or neglect; the extent to which the lack of adequate resources and the lack of adequate education of individuals required by law to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect have contributed to the inability of a State to respond effectively to serious cases of child abuse and neglect; the number of unsubstantiated, false, or unfounded reports that have resulted in a child being placed in substitute care, and the duration of such placement; the extent to which unsubstantiated reports return as more serious cases of child abuse or neglect; the incidence and prevalence of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and physical and emotional neglect in substitute care; the incidence and prevalence of child maltreatment by a wide array of demographic characteristics such as age, sex, race, family structure, household relationship (including the living arrangement of the resident parent and family size), school enrollment and education attainment, disability, grandparents as caregivers, labor force status, work status in previous year, and income in previous year; the extent to which reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect involving a potential combination of jurisdictions, such as intrastate, interstate, Federal-State, and State-Tribal, are being screened out solely on the basis of the cross-jurisdictional complications; and the incidence and outcomes of child abuse and neglect allegations reported within the context of divorce, custody, or other family court proceedings, and the interaction between family courts and the child protective services system. ; in paragraph (2), by striking paragraph (1)(O) and inserting paragraph (1)(J) ; by amending paragraph
(3)to read as follows: Not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of the Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate a report that contains the results of the research conducted under paragraph (2). The Secretary shall ensure that research conducted, and data collected, under paragraph (1)(J) are reported in a way that will allow longitudinal comparisons as well as comparisons to the national incidence studies conducted under this title. ; and by striking the second paragraph (4); in subsection (b), by amending paragraph
(2)to read as follows: Such technical assistance— shall focus on— implementing strategies that can leverage existing community-based and State funded resources to prevent child abuse and neglect and providing education for individuals involved in prevention activities; reducing racial bias in child welfare systems, including how such systems interact with health, law enforcement, and education systems; promoting best practices for families experiencing domestic violence, substance use disorder, or other complex needs; and providing professional development and other technical assistance to child welfare agencies to improve the understanding of and to help address the effects of trauma and adverse childhood experiences in parents and children in contact with the child welfare system; and may include the identification of— various methods and procedures for the investigation, assessment, and prosecution of child physical and sexual abuse cases; ways to mitigate psychological trauma to the child victim; effective programs carried out by the States under titles I and II; and effective approaches being utilized to link child protective service agencies with health care, mental health care, and developmental services and early intervention to improve forensic diagnosis and health evaluations, and barriers and shortages to such linkages. ; in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (3); and by striking subsection (e).
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