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Title II — Community-based grants for the prevention of child abuse and neglect

S. 2971 · 116th Congress · Dec 3, 2019 · Lineage

II Community-based grants for the prevention of child abuse and neglect

Sec. 201 Purpose and authority

Section 201 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in paragraph (1)—
(i)
by inserting “State and” after “to support”; and
(ii)
by inserting “statewide and local networks of” after “coordinate”; and
(B)
in paragraph (2), by striking “foster an understanding, appreciation, and knowledge of diverse populations” and inserting “support local programs in increasing access for diverse populations to programs and activities”; and
(2)
in subsection (b)—
(A)
by striking paragraph (2);
(B)
by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively;
(C)
in paragraph (1)—
(i)
in subparagraph (C), by inserting “healthy relationships and” before “parenting skills”;
(ii)
in subparagraph (E), by striking “including access to such resources and opportunities for unaccompanied homeless youth;” and inserting “such as providing referrals to early health and developmental services, including access to such resources and opportunities for homeless families and those at risk of homelessness; and”;
(iii)
by striking subparagraph (H);
(iv)
by redesignating subparagraph (G) as paragraph (3) and adjusting the margin accordingly; and
(v)
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—
(I)
by inserting “statewide and local networks of” after “enhancing”; and
(II)
by striking “that—” and inserting the following: “in order to provide a continuum of services to children and families;

“(2) supporting local programs, which may include capacity building activities such as technical assistance, training, and professional development to provide community-based and prevention-focused programs and activities designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and neglect that help families build protective factors linked to the prevention of child abuse and neglect that—”

(D)
in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking “demonstrate a commitment to involving parents in the planning and program implementation of the lead agency and entities carrying out” and inserting “supporting the meaningful involvement of parents in the planning, program implementation, and evaluation of the lead entity and”;
(E)
in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by striking “specific community-based” and all that follows through “section 205(a)(3)” and inserting “core child abuse and neglect prevention services described in section 205(a)(3) and the services identified by the inventory required under section 204(3)”;
(F)
in paragraph (5), as so redesignated—
(i)
by striking “funds for the” and inserting “Federal, State, local, and private funds, to carry out the purposes of this title, which may include”; and
(ii)
by striking “reporting and evaluation costs for establishing, operating, or expanding” and inserting “such as data systems to facilitate statewide monitoring, reporting, and evaluation costs for”; and
(G)
in paragraph (6), as so redesignated—
(i)
by inserting “, which may include activities to increase public awareness and education, and developing comprehensive outreach strategies to engage diverse, underserved, and at-risk populations,” after “information activities”; and
(ii)
by striking “and the promotion of child abuse and neglect prevention activities”.

Sec. 202 Eligibility

Section 202 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116a) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A)—
(i)
by inserting “, taking into consideration the capacity and expertise of eligible entities,” after “Governor of the State”; and
(ii)
by inserting “statewide and local networks of” before “community-based”;
(B)
in subparagraph (B)—
(i)
by striking “who are consumers” and inserting “who are or who have been consumers”;
(ii)
by striking “applicant agency” and inserting “lead entity”; and
(iii)
by adding “and” after the semicolon;
(C)
in subparagraph (C)—
(i)
by inserting “local,” after “State,”; and
(ii)
by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon; and
(D)
by striking subparagraph (D);
(2)
in paragraph (2)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A), by striking “composed of” and all that follows through “children with disabilities” and inserting “carried out by local, collaborative, and public-private partnerships”; and
(B)
in subparagraph (C), by inserting “local,” after “State,”; and
(3)
in paragraph (3)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A), by striking “parental participation in the development, operation, and oversight of the” and inserting “the meaningful involvement of parents in the development, operation, evaluation, and oversight of the State and local efforts to support”;
(B)
in subparagraph (B)—
(i)
by inserting “relevant” before “State and community-based”; and
(ii)
by striking “the community-based” and inserting “community-based”;
(C)
in subparagraph (C)—
(i)
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”; and
(ii)
by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
(D)
in subparagraph (D)—
(i)
by striking “, parents with disabilities,” and inserting “or parents with disabilities, and members of underserved or overrepresented groups in the child welfare system,”; and
(ii)
by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
(E)
by adding at the end the following:

“(E) will take into consideration 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 populations described in section 204(7)(A)(iii) and gaps in unmet need identified in the inventory described in section 204(3) when distributing funds to local programs for use in accordance with section 205(a).”

Sec. 203 Amount of grant

Section 203 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: “In any fiscal year for which the amount appropriated under section 209 exceeds the amount appropriated under such section for fiscal year 2019 by more than $2,000,000, the Secretary may increase the reservation described in this subsection to up to 5 percent of the amount appropriated under section 210 for the fiscal year for the purpose described in the preceding sentence.”; and
(2)
in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking “$175,000” and inserting “$200,000”.

Sec. 204 Application

Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116d) is amended—
(1)
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “the State” and inserting “the lead entity”;
(2)
in paragraph (1), by striking “which meets the requirements of section 202”;
(3)
in paragraph (2), by striking “community-based child abuse and neglect prevention programs” and inserting “such services”;
(4)
in paragraph (3), by inserting “designed to strengthen and support families” after “programs and activities”;
(5)
in paragraph (5), by striking “start up” and inserting “start-up”;
(6)
by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:

“(6) 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;”

(7)
by amending paragraph (7) to read as follows:

“(7) a description of the criteria that the lead entity will use to—

“(A) select and fund local programs, and how the lead entity will take into consideration the local program's ability to—

“(i) 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;

“(ii) meaningfully involve parents in the development, implementation, oversight, and evaluation of services; and

“(iii) 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

“(B) 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;”

(8)
in paragraph (8)—
(A)
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”;
(B)
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
(C)
by inserting “, including underserved or overrepresented groups in the child welfare system” before the semicolon;
(9)
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”;
(10)
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”;
(11)
in paragraph (11)—
(A)
by striking “applicant entity” and inserting “lead entity”; and
(B)
by inserting “, including how the lead entity will promote and consider improving access among diverse, underserved, and at-risk populations” before the semicolon; and
(12)
in paragraph (12), by striking “applicant entity” and inserting “lead entity”.

Sec. 205 Local program requirements

Section 205 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116e) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
(i)
by striking “Grants made” and inserting “Grants or contracts made by the lead entity”; and
(ii)
by striking “that—” and inserting “, which may include—”;
(B)
by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:

“(1) assessing community assets and needs through a planning process that—

“(A) involves other community-based organizations or agencies that have already performed a needs assessment;

“(B) includes the meaningful involvement of parents; and

“(C) uses information and expertise from local public agencies, local nonprofit organizations, and private sector representatives in meaningful roles;”

(C)
in paragraph (2), by striking “develop” and inserting “developing”;
(D)
in paragraph (3)—
(i)
in subparagraph (A)—
(I)
in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “provide for” and inserting “providing”; and
(II)
in clause (i), by striking “mutual support and” and inserting “which may include programs and services that improve knowledge of healthy child development, parental resilience, mutual support, and”; and
(ii)
in subparagraph (B)—
(I)
in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “provide access to optional services” and inserting “connecting individuals and families to additional services”;
(II)
in clause (ii), by striking “and intervention” and inserting “, such as Head Start, including early Head Start, and early intervention”;
(III)
by redesignating clauses (iii) through (ix) as clauses (iv) through (x), respectively;
(IV)
by inserting after clause (ii) the following:

“(iii) nutrition programs, which may include the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) and the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);”

(V)
in clause (vi), as so redesignated, by striking “services, such as academic tutoring, literacy training, and General Educational Degree services” and inserting “and workforce development programs, including adult education and literacy training and academic tutoring”; and
(VI)
in clause (x), as so redesignated, by striking “service programs that provide services and treatment to children and their non-abusing caregivers” and inserting “services”;
(E)
in paragraph (4)—
(i)
by striking “develop leadership roles for the” and inserting “developing and maintaining”;
(ii)
by inserting “, and, as applicable, kinship caregivers,” after “parents”; and
(iii)
by striking “the programs” and inserting “programs”;
(F)
in paragraph (5), by striking “provide” and inserting “providing”; and
(G)
in paragraph (6), by striking “participate” and inserting “participating”; and
(2)
in subsection (b), by striking “programs..” and inserting “programs.”.

Sec. 206 Performance measures

Section 206 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116f) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (2), by striking “optional services as described in section 202” and inserting “additional services as described in section 205(a)(3)(B)”;
(2)
in paragraph (3), by striking “section 205(3)” and inserting “section 204”;
(3)
in paragraph (5), by striking “used the services of” and inserting “participated in”;
(4)
in paragraph (6), by striking “community level” and inserting “local level”;
(5)
in paragraph (7), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
(6)
by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9);
(7)
by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:

“(8) shall describe the percentage of total funding provided to the State under section 203 that supports evidence-based and evidence-informed community-based and prevention-focused programs and activities designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and neglect; and”

(8)
in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, by striking “continued leadership” and inserting “meaningful involvement”.

Sec. 207 Definitions

Section 208(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116h(2)) is amended—
(1)
in the paragraph heading, by inserting “designed to strengthen and support families” after “activities”;
(2)
by striking “respite care programs” and inserting “respite care services”;
(3)
by inserting “for parents and children” after “mutual support programs”; and
(4)
by striking “or respond to”.

Sec. 208 Authorization of appropriations

Section 209 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116i) is amended to read as follows:

“209. Authorization of appropriations

“There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2026.”