Sec. 104. Grants to States, Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations, and public or private agencies and organizations
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Section 105 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5106 ) is amended to read as follows: The Secretary may award grants and enter into contracts to carry out programs and projects in accordance with this section, for any of the following purposes: Capacity building, in order to create coordinated, inclusive, and collaborative systems that have statewide, local, or community-based impact in preventing, reducing, and treating child abuse and neglect. Innovation, through time-limited, field-initiated demonstration projects that further the understanding of the field to prevent, treat, and reduce child abuse and neglect.
The Secretary may award grants or contracts to an eligible entity. In this subsection, the term eligible entity means— a State or local agency, Indian Tribe or Tribal organization, or a nonprofit entity; or a consortium of entities described in subparagraph (A). To receive a grant or contract under this subsection, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. An eligible entity receiving a grant or contract under this subsection shall use the funds made available through the grant or contract to better align and coordinate community-based, local, or State activities to strengthen families and prevent, reduce, or treat child abuse and neglect, by— training professionals in prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect, which may include— training of professional and paraprofessional personnel, who are engaged in, or intend to work in, the field of prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect, including training in the links between child abuse and neglect and domestic violence and approaches to working with families with substance use disorder; training on evidence-based and evidence-informed programs to improve child abuse and neglect reporting, with a focus on adults who work with children in a professional or volunteer capacity, including on— recognizing and responding to child sexual abuse; and safely reducing the number of families unnecessarily investigated by the child protective services system; training of personnel in best practices to meet the unique needs and development of special populations of children, including children with disabilities, infants, and toddlers; improving the training of supervisory child welfare workers on best practices for recruiting, selecting, and retaining personnel; supporting State child welfare and child protective services agencies to coordinate the provision of services with State and local health care agencies, substance use disorder prevention and treatment agencies, mental health agencies, other public and private welfare agencies, and agencies that provide early intervention services to promote child safety, permanence, and family stability, which may include training on improving coordination between agencies to meet health evaluation and treatment needs of children who have been victims of substantiated cases of child abuse or neglect; training of personnel in best practices relating to the provision of differential response; and training for child welfare professionals to reduce and prevent racial bias in the provision of child protective services and child welfare services related to child abuse and neglect; enhancing systems coordination and triage procedures, including programs of collaborative partnerships between the State child protective services agency, community social service agencies and community-based family support programs, law enforcement agencies and legal systems, developmental disability agencies, substance use disorder treatment agencies, health care entities, domestic violence prevention entities, mental health service entities, schools, places of worship, and other community-based agencies, such as children’s advocacy centers, in accordance with all applicable Federal and State privacy laws, to— improve responses to reports of child abuse and neglect; allow for the establishment or improvement of a coordinated triage system; connect families experiencing difficulty meeting basic needs or risk factors associated with child abuse and neglect to community-based systems and programs that assist families seeking support to minimize involvement in the child protective services system; or modernize data systems and networks to improve the effectiveness of technology used by the child protective services system, including to facilitate timely information and data sharing and referrals between systems that are designed to serve children and families; or establishing or enhancing coordinated systems of support for children, parents, and families, including a continuum of preventive services that strengthens families and connects families to services and supports relevant to their diverse needs regardless of how families make contact with such systems.
The Secretary may award grants or contracts to eligible entities for field-initiated demonstration projects of up to 5 years that advance innovative approaches to prevent, reduce, or treat child abuse and neglect. In this subsection, the term eligible entity means— a State or local agency, Indian Tribe or Tribal organization, or public or private agency, or organization; or a consortium of entities described in subparagraph (A). To receive a grant or contract under this subsection, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a rigorous methodological approach to the evaluation of the grant or contract.
An eligible entity that receives a grant or contract under this subsection shall use the funds made available through the grant or contract to carry out or bring to scale promising, evidence-informed, or evidence-based activities to prevent, treat, or reduce child abuse and neglect that shall include one or more of the following: Multidisciplinary systems of care to strengthen families and prevent, treat, or reduce child abuse and neglect, such as programs that focus on addressing traumatic stress in families due to child abuse and neglect, especially for families with complex needs or families in which children or parents exhibit high levels of adverse childhood experiences.
Primary prevention programs or strategies aimed at reducing the prevalence of child abuse and neglect among families. The development and use of alternative pathways to connect families experiencing difficulty meeting basic needs or other risk factors associated with child abuse and neglect to community-based family strengthening services to prevent child abuse and neglect or other public and private resources, such as supporting the development and implementation of— local or State helplines (which may include expanding hotlines and referral systems operated by State and local child protective services agencies for such purposes); a continuum of preventive services that strengthen families and promote child, parent, and family, well-being; and innovative collaboration and coordination between the child protective services system, public agencies, and community-based organizations (including community-based providers supported under title II).
Innovative training for mandated child abuse and neglect reporters, which may include training that is specific to the mandated individual’s profession or role when working with children. Innovative programs, activities, and services that are aligned with the research priorities identified under section 104(a)(5). Projects to improve implementation of best practices to educate and assist medical professionals in identifying, assessing, and responding to potential abuse in infants, including improving communication and alignment with child protective services as appropriate and identifying injuries indicative of potential abuse in infants, and to assess the outcomes of such best practices.
Projects to establish or implement comprehensive child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs in an age-appropriate manner for parents, guardians, and professionals, including on recognizing and safely reporting such abuse. In awarding grants and contracts for programs or projects under this section, the Secretary shall require all such programs and projects to be evaluated for their effectiveness. Funding for such evaluations shall be provided either as a stated percentage of a grant or contracts or as a separate grant or contract entered into by the Secretary for the purpose of evaluating a particular program or project or group of programs or projects.
In the case of an evaluation performed by the recipient of a grant, the Secretary shall make available technical assistance for the evaluation, where needed, including the use of a rigorous application of scientific evaluation techniques. .
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