Sec. 201. Purpose and authority
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(b)of section 201 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5116 ) are amended to read as follows: The purposes of this title are— to establish and maintain support for community-based family strengthening services and statewide systems-building approaches to the extent practicable, to ensure the development, operation, expansion, coordination, and evaluation of quality services, initiatives, programs, and activities to prevent child abuse and neglect; and to promote improved access for diverse populations with demonstrated need, including low-income families, racial and ethnic minorities, families with children or caregivers with disabilities, underserved communities, and rural communities, to family strengthening services in order to more effectively prevent child abuse and neglect. The Secretary shall make grants under this title on a formula basis to the entity designated by the State as the lead entity (referred to in this title as the lead entity ) under section 202(1) for the following purposes: Providing programs, activities, and initiatives to help families build protective factors linked to the prevention of child abuse and neglect, such as knowledge of parenting and child development, parental resilience, social connections, time-limited and need-based concrete support, and social and emotional development of children, that— are accessible to diverse populations, effective, and culturally appropriate; build upon existing strengths; offer assistance to families; provide early, comprehensive support for parents; promote the development of healthy familial relationships and parenting skills, especially in young parents and parents with very young children; increase family stability; improve family access to formal and informal community-based resources, including health and mental health services, time-limited and need-based concrete supports, and services and supports to meet the needs of families with children or caregivers with disabilities; and support the additional needs of families with children with disabilities, including through respite care. Fostering the development of a continuum of preventive services to strengthen families through State- and community-based collaborations and both public and private partnerships. Financing the start-up, maintenance, expansion, or redesign of core services described in section 205, where communities have identified gaps and decided to prioritize the establishment of such services, to the extent practicable given funding levels and community priorities. Maximizing funding through leveraging Federal, State, local, public, and private funds to carry out the purposes of this title. Developing or enhancing statewide and local networks to operate, expand, or enhance community-based family strengthening services, initiatives, and activities that promote child, parent, family, and community health and well-being and prevent child abuse and neglect. Promoting the development of, and coordination with, existing community coalitions of networks of family strengthening services that utilize culturally responsive providers in order to enhance child, family, and community well-being and prevent child abuse and neglect in all families. Financing public information activities that focus on parent and child development and child abuse and neglect prevention. To the extent practicable— promoting the development and implementation of a statewide systems-building strategy to address the unmet needs identified in the inventory described in section 204(3), including the participation of public and private stakeholders, community-based organizations, legislators, parents and other relevant stakeholders, and State agencies, including the child welfare agency, the public health agency, housing agency, and the State education agency, to scale evidence-based, evidence-informed, and promising programs that expand access to family strengthening services and reduce the numbers of children entering the foster care system; developing comprehensive outreach strategies to engage families with various risk factors, including families who have experienced trauma or domestic violence, parents with substance use disorder, and families with children or caregivers with disabilities; and providing capacity-building supports to local programs to improve desired outcomes for children and families, such as— technical assistance, including support for local programs to collect outcome data that helps improve service delivery; professional development; and peer support networks, including through developing a problem-solving forum. .
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