42 U.S.C. § 13023 : US Code - Section 13023: Specialized technical assistance and training programs

Search 42 U.S.C. § 13023 : US Code - Section 13023: Specialized technical assistance and training programs

(a) Grants to develop model programs
(1) The Administrator shall make grants to national organizations
to develop 1 or more model technical assistance and training
programs to improve the judicial system's handling of child abuse
and neglect cases.
(2) An organization to which a grant is made pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall be one that has broad membership among juvenile
and family court judges and has demonstrated experience in
providing training and technical assistance for judges, attorneys,
child welfare personnel, and lay child advocates.
(b) Grants to juvenile and family courts
(1) In order to improve the judicial system's handling of child
abuse and neglect cases, the Administrator shall make grants to
State courts or judicial administrators for programs that provide
or contract for, the implementation of -
(A) training and technical assistance to judicial personnel and
attorneys in juvenile and family courts; and
(B) administrative reform in juvenile and family courts.
(2) The criteria established for the making of grants pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall give priority to programs that improve -
(A) procedures for determining whether child service agencies
have made reasonable efforts to prevent placement of children in
foster care;
(B) procedures for determining whether child service agencies
have, after placement of children in foster care, made reasonable
efforts to reunite the family; and
(C) procedures for coordinating information and services among
health professionals, social workers, law enforcement
professionals, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and juvenile and
family court personnel, consistent with subchapter I of this
chapter.
(c) Grant criteria
The Administrator shall make grants under subsections (a) and (b)
of this section consistent with sections 5666, 5673, and 5676 of
this title.