25 U.S.C. § 3208 : US Code - Section 3208: Indian Child Abuse Treatment Grant Program

Search 25 U.S.C. § 3208 : US Code - Section 3208: Indian Child Abuse Treatment Grant Program

(a) Establishment
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the
Service and in cooperation with the Bureau, shall establish an
Indian Child Abuse Treatment Grant Program that provides grants to
any Indian tribe or intertribal consortium for the establishment on
Indian reservations of treatment programs for Indians who have been
victims of child sexual abuse.
(b) Grant applications
(1) Any Indian tribe or intertribal consortium may submit to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services an application for a grant
under subsection (a) of this section.
(2) Any application submitted under paragraph (1) -
(A) shall be in such form as the Secretary of Health and Human
Services may prescribe;
(B) shall be submitted to such Secretary on or before the date
designated by such Secretary; and
(C) shall specify -
(i) the nature of the program proposed by the applicant,
(ii) the data and information on which the program is based,
(iii) the extent to which the program plans to use or
incorporate existing services available on the reservation, and
(iv) the specific treatment concepts to be used under the
program.
(c) Maximum grant amount
The maximum amount of any grant awarded under subsection (a) of
this section shall not exceed $500,000.
(d) Grant administration and final report
Each recipient of a grant awarded under subsection (a) of this
section shall -
(1) furnish the Secretary of Health and Human Services with
such information as such Secretary may require to -
(A) evaluate the program for which the grant is made, and
(B) ensure that the grant funds are expended for the purposes
for which the grant was made, and
(2) submit to such Secretary at the close of the term of the
grant a final report which shall include such information as the
Secretary may require.
(e) Authorization of appropriations
there (!1) is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out
the provisions of this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.
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