---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch67"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 67"
heading: "Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch67"
sections_count: 42
---

# Chapter 67 — Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — General Program](/usc/42/ch67-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Adoption Opportunities](/usc/42/ch67-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Community-Based Grants for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect](/usc/42/ch67-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Temporary Child Care for Children with Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries](/usc/42/ch67-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter IV–A — Abandoned Infants Assistance](/usc/42/ch67-schIV-A.md)
- [Subchapter V — Certain Preventive Services Regarding Children of Homeless Families or Families at Risk of Homelessness](/usc/42/ch67-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Child Abuse Crime Information and Background Checks](/usc/42/ch67-schVI.md)