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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 2971 (Reported in Senate) — To amend and reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and for other purposes. · Sec. 204

Sec. 204. Application

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Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5116d ) is amended— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking the State and inserting the lead entity ; in paragraph (1), by striking which meets the requirements of section 202 ; in paragraph (2), by striking community-based child abuse and neglect prevention programs and inserting such services ; in paragraph (3), by inserting designed to strengthen and support families after programs and activities ; in paragraph (5), by striking start up and inserting start-up ; by amending paragraph
(6)to read as follows: a description of the lead entity's capacity to ensure the meaningful involvement of family advocates, kinship caregivers, adult former victims of child abuse or neglect, and parents who are, or who have been, consumers of preventive supports, in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the programs and policy decisions; ; by amending paragraph
(7)to read as follows: a description of the criteria that the lead entity will use to— select and fund local programs, and how the lead entity will take into consideration the local program's ability to— collaborate across a broad range of services and initiatives and engage in long-term and strategic planning for, community-based and prevention-focused programs and activities designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and neglect; meaningfully involve parents in the development, implementation, oversight, and evaluation of services; and reduce barriers to access to community-based and prevention-focused programs and activities designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and neglect, including for diverse, underserved, and at-risk populations; or develop or provide community-based and prevention-focused programs and activities designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and neglect, and provide a description of how such activities are evidence-based or evidence-informed; ; in paragraph (8)— by striking entity and the community-based and prevention-focused programs designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and neglect and inserting lead entity and local programs ; by striking homeless families and those at risk of homelessness, unaccompanied homeless youth and inserting victims of domestic violence, homeless families and those at risk of homelessness, families experiencing trauma ; and by inserting , including underserved or overrepresented groups in the child welfare system before the semicolon; in paragraph (9), by striking community-based and prevention-focused programs and activities designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and neglect and inserting local programs ; in paragraph (10), by striking applicant entity's activities and those of the network and its members (where appropriate) will be evaluated and inserting lead entity's activities and local programs will be evaluated, including in accordance with section 206 ; in paragraph (11)— by striking applicant entity and inserting lead entity ; and by inserting , including how the lead entity will promote and consider improving access among diverse, underserved, and at-risk populations before the semicolon; and in paragraph (12), by striking applicant entity and inserting lead entity .
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