25 U.S.C. § 3208

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

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).

(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) shall not exceed $500,000.

(d) Grant administration and final report

Each recipient of a grant awarded under subsection (a) 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.

¹ So in original. Probably should be capitalized.

25 U.S.C. § 3208

Pub. L. 101-630, title IV, §409, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4551; Pub. L. 104-16, §1, June 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 190.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS1995-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-16 substituted "1995, 1996, and 1997" for "and 1995".