GRANTS TO STATES AND PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

SEC. 113. GRANTS TO STATES AND PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.(a) Demonstration Programs and Projects.—Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended—(1) in the subsection heading, by striking “Demonstration” and inserting “Grants for”;(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—(A) by inserting “States,” after “contracts with,”;(B) by striking “nonprofit”; and(C) by striking “time limited, demonstration”;(3) in paragraph (1)—(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “nonprofit”;(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking “law, education, social work, and other relevant fields” and inserting “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,”;(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking “nonprofit” and all that follows through “; and” and inserting “children, youth and family service organizations in order to prevent child abuse and neglect;”;(D) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and(E) by adding at the end the following:“(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 117 STAT. 806 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.”;(4) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;(5) by inserting after paragraph (1), the following:“(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.”;117 STAT. 807(6) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking “nonprofit organizations (such as Parents Anonymous)” and inserting “organizations”;(7) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)—(A) by striking the paragraph heading;(B) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (C); and(C) in subparagraph (B)—(i) by striking “(B) Kinshipcare.—” and inserting the following:“(4) Kinship care.—“(A) In general.—”; and(ii) by striking “nonprofit”; and(8) by adding at the end the following:“(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.—Section 105(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(b)) is amended—(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “subsection (b)” and inserting “subsection (a)”;(2) by striking paragraph (1);(3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), the following:“(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.”; and(5) in paragraph (4)(D), by striking “nonprofit”.(c) Evaluation.—Section 105(c) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(c)) is amended—(1) in the first sentence, by striking “demonstration”;(2) in the second sentence, by inserting “or contract” after “or as a separate grant”; and(3) by adding at the end the following: “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.”.(d) Technical Amendment to Heading.—The section heading for section 105 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106) is amended to read as follows:117 STAT. 808 “SEC. 105. GRANTS TO STATES AND PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.”.