The Secretary may make grants to, and enter into contracts with, entities that are States, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, or public agencies or private agencies or organizations (or combinations of such entities) for programs and projects for the following purposes:
The Secretary may award grants to public or private organizations under this subsection-
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-
The Secretary may award grants to private organizations to establish or maintain a national network of mutual support, leadership, and self-help programs as a means of strengthening families in partnership with their communities.
The Secretary may award grants to public and private entities 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.
The Secretary may award grants to entities that provide linkages among State or local child protective service agencies and public health, mental health, substance abuse, developmental disabilities, and domestic violence service agencies, and entities that carry out community-based programs, for the purpose of establishing linkages that are designed to ensure 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.
The Secretary may award grants to public or private agencies and organizations under this section to develop or expand effective collaborations between child protective service entities and domestic violence service entities to improve collaborative investigation and intervention procedures, provision for the safety of the nonabusing parent involved and children, and provision of services to children exposed to domestic violence that also support the caregiving role of the non-abusing parent.
The Secretary is authorized to make grants to States for the purpose of assisting child welfare agencies, social services agencies, substance use disorder treatment agencies, hospitals with labor and delivery units, medical staff, public health and mental health agencies, and maternal and child health agencies to facilitate collaboration in developing, updating, implementing, and monitoring plans of safe care described in section 5106a(b)(2)(B)(iii) of this title. Section 5106h(a)(2) of this title shall not apply to the program authorized under this paragraph.
Of the amounts made available to carry out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall reserve-
The Secretary shall allot the amount made available to carry out subparagraph (A) that remains after application of clause (i) to each State that applies for such a grant, in an amount equal to the sum of-
If the amount made available to carry out subparagraph (A) is insufficient to satisfy the requirements of clause (ii), the Secretary shall ratably reduce each allotment to a State.
A State desiring a grant under this paragraph shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require. Such application shall include-
Funds awarded to a State under this paragraph may be used for the following activities, which may be carried out by the State directly, or through grants or subgrants, contracts, or cooperative agreements:
Each State that receives funds under this paragraph, for each year such funds are received, shall submit a report to the Secretary, disaggregated by geographic location, economic status, and major racial and ethnic groups, except that such disaggregation shall not be required if the results would reveal personally identifiable information on, with respect to infants identified under section 5106a(b)(2)(B)(ii) of this title-
The Secretary shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives that includes the information described in subparagraph (E) and recommendations or observations on the challenges, successes, and lessons derived from implementation of the grant program.
The Secretary shall use the amount reserved under subparagraph (B)(i)(I) to provide written guidance and technical assistance to support States in complying with and implementing this paragraph, which shall include-
The authority under this paragraph shall sunset on September 30, 2023.
In addition to grants or contracts made under subsection (a), grants or contracts under this section may be used for the following:
The grantee shall assure that parental involvement described in this subparagraph is voluntary.
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.
42 U.S.C. § 5106
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(7)(C)(i)(III), (V), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Part E of title IV of the Act is classified generally to part E (§670 et seq.) of subchapter IV of chapter 7 of this title. Title V of the Act is classified generally to subchapter V (§701 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of this title and Tables.The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(7)(C)(i)(III), (VI), (iii), is title VI of Pub. L. 91-230, Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 175. Part C of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (§1431 et seq.) of chapter 33 of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1400 of Title 20 and Tables.This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(7)(D)(v), (G)(ii), means Pub. L. 93-247, Jan. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 4, known as the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, which is classified principally to subchapters I (§5101 et seq.) and III (§5116 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5101 of this title and Tables.
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 105 of Pub. L. 93-247 was renumbered section 104 and is classified to section 5105 of this title.
AMENDMENTS2018-Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 115-271 added par. (7). 2010- Pub. L. 111-320, §114(1), substituted "States, Indian tribes or tribal organizations," for "States" in section catchline.Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(2)(A), substituted "entities that are States, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, or" for "States," and "such entities" for "such agencies or organizations" in introductory provisions.Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(2)(B)(i), substituted "this subsection" for "this section" in introductory provisions.Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(2)(B)(ii), inserted "health care," before "medicine,", "child care," before "and other relevant fields,", and "and neglect" before semicolon at end.Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(2)(B)(iii), inserted a comma after "youth".Subsec. (a)(1)(D). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(2)(B)(iv), substituted "enhance linkages among" for "support the enhancement of linkages between", "entities providing physical and mental health services, community resources, and developmental disability agencies, to improve screening, forensic diagnosis, and health and developmental evaluations, and for partnerships" for "including physical and mental health services, to improve forensic diagnosis and health evaluations and for innovative partnerships", and "support the coordinated use of" for "offer creative approaches to using".Subsec. (a)(1)(E) to (M). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(2)(B)(v) to (xi), added subpars. (E), (H), and (M), redesignated former subpars. (E) to (J) as (F), (G), and (I) to (L), respectively, in subpar. (J), substituted "other public and private welfare agencies, and agencies that provide early intervention services" for "and other public and private welfare agencies", and, in subpar. (L), substituted "infants or toddlers with disabilities" for "disabled infants" in two places. Subsec. (a)(2)(C). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(2)(C), substituted "when" for "where".Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(2)(D), inserted ",leadership," after "mutual support".Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(2)(E), (F), struck out subpar. (A) designation and heading "In general" and struck out "in not more than 10 States" after "public and private entities". Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(2)(G), in heading, substituted "among" for "between" and "substance abuse, developmental disabilities, and domestic violence service" for "and developmental disabilities" and, in text, substituted "among" for "between", "mental health, substance abuse, developmental disabilities, and domestic violence service agencies, and entities that carry out community-based programs, for" for "mental health, and developmental disabilities agencies, for", and "ensure" for "help assure".Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(2)(H), added par. (6).Subsec. (b)(4)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(3)(A), substituted "victims of child abuse or neglect" for "neglected or abused".Subsec. (b)(4)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(3)(B), substituted "child abuse and neglect" for "abuse or neglect".Subsec. (b)(4)(C)(iii). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(3)(B), (C), substituted "has been a victim of child abuse or neglect" for "has been neglected or abused" and "possibility of child abuse and neglect" for "possibility of abuse or neglect".Subsec. (b)(4)(D). Pub. L. 111-320, §114(3)(D), substituted "grantee is an" for "grantee is a" in introductory provisions.2003- Pub. L. 108-36, §113(d), substituted "Grants to States and public or private agencies and organizations" for "Grants to public agencies and nonprofit private organizations for demonstration programs and projects" as section catchline.Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108-36, §113(a)(2), in introductory provisions, inserted "States," after "contracts with," and struck out "nonprofit" after "private" and "time limited, demonstration" after "organizations) for". Pub. L. 108-36, §113(a)(1), substituted "Grants for" for "Demonstration" in heading. Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 108-36, §113(a)(3)(A), struck out "nonprofit" after "public or private" in introductory provisions. Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 108-36, §113(a)(3)(B), substituted "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," for "law, education, social work, and other relevant fields".Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 108-36, §113(a)(3)(C), substituted "children, youth and family service organizations in order to prevent child abuse and neglect;" for "nonprofit children, youth and family service organizations in order to prevent child abuse and neglect through collaborative analysis of current recruitment, selection, and training programs and development of model programs for dissemination and replication nationally; and".Subsec. (a)(1)(D) to (J). Pub. L. 108-36, §113(a)(3)(D), (E), added subpars. (D) to (J).Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 108-36, §113(a)(5), added par. (2). Former par. (2) redesignated (3).Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 108-36, §113(a)(6), substituted "organizations" for "nonprofit organizations (such as Parents Anonymous)". Pub. L. 108-36, §113(a)(4), redesignated par. (2) as (3). Former par. (3) redesignated (4). Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 108-36, §113(a)(7), added par. heading and struck out former heading "Other innovative programs and projects", redesignated subpar. (B) as (A), substituted "In general" for "Kinship care" in subpar. heading, and struck out "nonprofit" before "entities" and former subpars. (A) and (C), which related, respectively, to general issues of awarding grants and grants to promote safe, family-friendly physical environments for visitation and exchange. Pub. L. 108-36, §113(a)(4), redesignated par. (3) as (4).Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 108-36, §113(a)(8), added par. (5).Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108-36, §113(b)(1), substituted "subsection (a)" for "subsection (b)" in introductory provisions.Subsec. (b)(1) to (3). Pub. L. 108-36, §113(b)(2)-(4), added par. (3), redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (1) and (2), respectively, and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: "Projects which provide educational identification, prevention, and treatment services in cooperation with preschool and elementary and secondary schools."Subsec. (b)(4)(D). Pub. L. 108-36, §113(b)(5), struck out "nonprofit" before "acute care hospital" in introductory provisions.Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108-36, §113(c), struck out "demonstration" before "projects" in first sentence, inserted "or contract" after "or as a separate grant" in second sentence, and inserted at end "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."1996- Pub. L. 104-235, §106(1), struck out "or service" after "demonstration" in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-235, §106(2), amended heading and text of subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text consisted of pars. (1) and (2) which related to general authority of Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for demonstration or service programs and projects and to evaluate the effectiveness of those demonstration projects. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-235, §106(3), (4), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and pars. (3) to (7) thereof as (1) to (5), respectively, struck out former pars. (1) and (2) which related to training programs and other innovative programs, respectively, and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (b). Text read as follows: "The Secretary shall, directly or through grants or contracts with public or private nonprofit organizations under this section, provide for the establishment of resource centers- "(1) serving defined geographic areas;"(2) staffed by multidisciplinary teams of personnel trained in the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; and "(3) providing advice and consultation to individuals, agencies, and organizations which request such services."Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-235, §106(6), added subsec. (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (b). 1992-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-295, §113(a), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2).Subsec. (c)(1)(B). Pub. L. 102-295, §141(5), substituted "disabilities" for "handicaps". Pub. L. 102-295, §113(b)(1), inserted "culturally specific" before "instruction".Subsec. (c)(1)(C). Pub. L. 102-295, §113(b)(2), added subpar. (C). Subsec. (c)(6)(A)(i). Pub. L. 102-295, §141(5), substituted "children with disabilities" for "children with handicaps".Subsec. (c)(6)(B)(i). Pub. L. 102-295, §141(1), substituted "child with disabilities" for "handicapped child".Subsec. (c)(6)(C)(ii). Pub. L. 102-295, §141(2), substituted "child with disabilities" for "child with handicaps". 1988- Pub. L. 100-294 amended section generally, substituting provision authorizing grants to public agencies and nonprofit private organizations for demonstration or service programs and projects for provision directing the Secretary to ensure coordination among Federal programs related to child abuse and neglect. See section 5106e of this title. 1984- Pub. L. 98-457 substituted "among programs" for "between programs".
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1See References in Text note below.
- practices
- The term "practices" means design, financing, permitting, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance, and other practices that contribute to achieving zero-net-energy buildings or facilities.
- project
- The terms "federally assisted housing" and "project" mean-(A) a public housing project (as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)] );(B) housing for which project-based assistance is provided under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437f] ;(C) housing that is assisted under section 1701q of title 12;(D) housing that is assisted under section 1701q of title 12, as such section existed before November 28, 1990;(E) housing financed by a loan or mortgage insured under section 1715l(d)(3) of title 12 that bears interest at a rate determined under the proviso of section 1715l(d)(5) of title 12;(F) housing insured, assisted, or held by the Secretary or a State or State agency under section 1715z-1 of title 12;(G) housing constructed or substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section 8(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437f(b)(2)], as in effect before October 1, 1983, that is assisted under a contract for assistance under such section; and(H) housing that is assisted under section 80131 of this title.