42 U.S.C. § 5116h : US Code - Section 5116H: Definitions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5116h : US Code - Section 5116H: Definitions

For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) Children with disabilities
The term "children with disabilities" has the same meaning
given the term "child with a disability" in section 1401(3) or
"infant or toddler with a disability" in section 1432(5) of title
20.
(2) Community referral services
The term "community referral services" means services provided
under contract or through interagency agreements to assist
families in obtaining needed information, mutual support and
community resources, including respite care services, health and
mental health services, employability development and job
training, and other social services, including early
developmental screening of children, through help lines or other
methods.
(3) Community-based and prevention-focused programs and
activities to prevent child abuse and neglect
The term "community-based and prevention-focused programs and
activities designed to strengthen and support families to prevent
child abuse and neglect" includes organizations such as family
resource programs, family support programs, voluntary home
visiting programs, respite care programs, parenting education,
mutual support programs, and other community programs or networks
of such programs that provide activities that are designed to
prevent or respond to child abuse and neglect.
(4) Repealed. Pub. L. 108-36, title I, Sec. 129(b), June 25,
2003, 117 Stat. 817
(5) Respite care services
The term "respite care services" means short term care services
provided in the temporary absence of the regular caregiver
(parent, other relative, foster parent, adoptive parent, or
guardian) to children who -
(A) are in danger of abuse or neglect;
(B) have experienced abuse or neglect; or
(C) have disabilities, chronic, or terminal illnesses.
Such services shall be provided within or outside the home of the
child, be short-term care (ranging from a few hours to a few
weeks of time, per year), and be intended to enable the family to
stay together and to keep the child living in the home and
community of the child.