42 U.S.C. § 5106 : US Code - Section 5106: Grants to States and public or private agencies and organizations

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5106 : US Code - Section 5106: Grants to States and public or private agencies and organizations

(a) Grants for programs and projects
The Secretary may make grants to, and enter into contracts with,
States, public agencies or private agencies or organizations (or
combinations of such agencies or organizations) for programs and
projects for the following purposes:
(1) Training programs
The Secretary may award grants to public or private
organizations under this section -
(A) for the training of professional and paraprofessional
personnel in the fields of medicine, law enforcement,
judiciary, social work and child protection, education, and
other relevant fields, or individuals such as court appointed
special advocates (CASAs) and guardian ad litem, who are
engaged in, or intend to work in, the field of prevention,
identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect,
including the links between domestic violence and child abuse;
(B) to improve the recruitment, selection, and training of
volunteers serving in public and private children, youth and
family service organizations in order to prevent child abuse
and neglect;
(C) for the establishment of resource centers for the purpose
of providing information and training to professionals working
in the field of child abuse and neglect;
(D) for training to support the enhancement of linkages
between child protective service agencies and health care
agencies, including physical and mental health services, to
improve forensic diagnosis and health evaluations and for
innovative partnerships between child protective service
agencies and health care agencies that offer creative
approaches to using existing Federal, State, local, and private
funding to meet the health evaluation needs of children who
have been subjects of substantiated cases of child abuse or
neglect;
(E) for the training of personnel in best practices to
promote collaboration with the families from the initial time
of contact during the investigation through treatment;
(F) for the training of personnel regarding the legal duties
of such personnel and their responsibilities to protect the
legal rights of children and families;
(G) for improving the training of supervisory and
nonsupervisory child welfare workers;
(H) for enabling State child welfare agencies to coordinate
the provision of services with State and local health care
agencies, alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment
agencies, mental health agencies, and other public and private
welfare agencies to promote child safety, permanence, and
family stability;
(I) for cross training for child protective service workers
in research-based strategies for recognizing situations of
substance abuse, domestic violence, and neglect; and
(J) for developing, implementing, or operating information
and education programs or training programs designed to improve
the provision of services to disabled infants with life-
threatening conditions for -
(i) professionals and paraprofessional personnel concerned
with the welfare of disabled infants with life-threatening
conditions, including personnel employed in child protective
services programs and health care facilities; and
(ii) the parents of such infants.
(2) Triage procedures
The Secretary may award grants under this subsection to public
and private agencies that demonstrate innovation in responding to
reports of child abuse and neglect, including programs of
collaborative partnerships between the State child protective
services agency, community social service agencies and family
support programs, law enforcement agencies, developmental
disability agencies, substance abuse treatment entities, health
care entities, domestic violence prevention entities, mental
health service entities, schools, churches and synagogues, and
other community agencies, to allow for the establishment of a
triage system that -
(A) accepts, screens, and assesses reports received to
determine which such reports require an intensive intervention
and which require voluntary referral to another agency,
program, or project;
(B) provides, either directly or through referral, a variety
of community-linked services to assist families in preventing
child abuse and neglect; and
(C) provides further investigation and intensive intervention
where the child's safety is in jeopardy.
(3) Mutual support programs
The Secretary may award grants to private organizations to
establish or maintain a national network of mutual support and
self-help programs as a means of strengthening families in
partnership with their communities.
(4) Kinship care
(A) (!1) In general
The Secretary may award grants to public and private entities
in not more than 10 States to assist such entities in
developing or implementing procedures using adult relatives as
the preferred placement for children removed from their home,
where such relatives are determined to be capable of providing
a safe nurturing environment for the child and where such
relatives comply with the State child protection standards.
(5) Linkages between child protective service agencies and public
health, mental health, and developmental disabilities agencies
The Secretary may award grants to entities that provide
linkages between State or local child protective service agencies
and public health, mental health, and developmental disabilities
agencies, for the purpose of establishing linkages that are
designed to help assure that a greater number of substantiated
victims of child maltreatment have their physical health, mental
health, and developmental needs appropriately diagnosed and
treated, in accordance with all applicable Federal and State
privacy laws.
(b) Discretionary grants
In addition to grants or contracts made under subsection (a) of
this section, grants or contracts under this section may be used
for the following:
(1) Respite and crisis nursery programs provided by community-
based organizations under the direction and supervision of
hospitals.
(2) Respite and crisis nursery programs provided by community-
based organizations.
(3) Programs based within children's hospitals or other
pediatric and adolescent care facilities, that provide model
approaches for improving medical diagnosis of child abuse and
neglect and for health evaluations of children for whom a report
of maltreatment has been substantiated.
(4)(A) Providing hospital-based information and referral
services to -
(i) parents of children with disabilities; and
(ii) children who have been neglected or abused and their
parents.
(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C)(iii), services
provided under a grant received under this paragraph shall be
provided at the hospital involved -
(i) upon the birth or admission of a child with disabilities;
and
(ii) upon the treatment of a child for abuse or neglect.
(C) Services, as determined as appropriate by the grantee,
provided under a grant received under this paragraph shall be
hospital-based and shall consist of -
(i) the provision of notice to parents that information
relating to community services is available;
(ii) the provision of appropriate information to parents of a
child with disabilities regarding resources in the community,
particularly parent training resources, that will assist such
parents in caring for their child;
(iii) the provision of appropriate information to parents of
a child who has been neglected or abused regarding resources in
the community, particularly parent training resources, that
will assist such parents in caring for their child and reduce
the possibility of abuse or neglect;
(iv) the provision of appropriate follow-up services to
parents of a child described in subparagraph (B) after the
child has left the hospital; and
(v) where necessary, assistance in coordination of community
services available to parents of children described in
subparagraph (B).
The grantee shall assure that parental involvement described in
this subparagraph is voluntary.
(D) For purposes of this paragraph, a qualified grantee is a
(!2) acute care hospital that -
(i) is in a combination with -
(I) a health-care provider organization;
(II) a child welfare organization;
(III) a disability organization; and
(IV) a State child protection agency;
(ii) submits an application for a grant under this paragraph
that is approved by the Secretary;
(iii) maintains an office in the hospital involved for
purposes of providing services under such grant;
(iv) provides assurances to the Secretary that in the conduct
of the project the confidentiality of medical, social, and
personal information concerning any person described in
subparagraph (A) or (B) shall be maintained, and shall be
disclosed only to qualified persons providing required services
described in subparagraph (C) for purposes relating to conduct
of the project; and
(v) assumes legal responsibility for carrying out the terms
and conditions of the grant.
(E) In awarding grants under this paragraph, the Secretary
shall -
(i) give priority under this section for two grants under
this paragraph, provided that one grant shall be made to
provide services in an urban setting and one grant shall be
made to provide services in rural setting; and
(ii) encourage qualified grantees to combine the amounts
received under the grant with other funds available to such
grantees.
(5) Such other innovative programs and projects that show
promise of preventing and treating cases of child abuse and
neglect as the Secretary may approve.
(c) Evaluation
In making grants for projects under this section, the Secretary
shall require all such projects to be evaluated for their
effectiveness. Funding for such evaluations shall be provided
either as a stated percentage of a demonstration grant or as a
separate grant or contract entered into by the Secretary for the
purpose of evaluating a particular demonstration project or group
of 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.