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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2973 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health and wellbeing of maltreated infants and toddlers through the implementation 

of infant-toddler court teams within States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 4, 2021 

Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. COOPER, Ms. 

NORTON, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. RUTHERFORD, and Mr. SAN NICOLAS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 

and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the 

health and well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers 

through the implementation of infant-toddler court teams 

within States, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Amer5 ica’s Families Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INFANT-TODDLER COURT TEAMS FOR CHILDREN 

2 EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF MALTREAT3 MENT. 

4 Part Q of title III of the Public Health Service Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 280h et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 330Z–3. INFANT-TODDLER COURT TEAMS FOR CHIL8 DREN EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF MAL9 TREATMENT. 

10 ‘‘(a) CONTINUATION AND EXPANSION OF INFANT11 TODDLER COURT PROGRAM.— 

12 ‘‘(1) CONTINUATION AND EXPANSION OF PRO13 GRAM.—The Secretary, acting through the Adminis14 trator of the Health Resources and Services Admin15 istration— 

16 ‘‘(A) shall continue in effect the Infant17 Toddler Court Program; and 

18 ‘‘(B) may, beginning with fiscal year 2022, 

19 carry out such program on a national basis. 

20 ‘‘(2) INFANT-TODDLER COURT PROGRAM DE21 FINED.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 

22 ‘Infant-Toddler Court Program’ refers to the pro23 gram carried out pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of 

24 the Social Security Act that is designed— 

25 ‘‘(A) to support research-based infant-tod26 dler court teams for purposes of changing child 


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1 welfare practices to improve well-being for in2 fants, toddlers, and their families, including ef3 forts to build on, and continue the work of, 

4 sites established through the Quality Improve5 ment Center for Research-Based Infant-Toddler 

6 Court Teams initiative funded by the Adminis7 tration for Children and Families; and 

8 ‘‘(B) to provide training and technical as9 sistance in support of infant-toddler court 

10 teams’ efforts across the United States. 

11 ‘‘(b) GRANTS TO STATES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF

12 INFANT-TODDLER COURT TEAMS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health 

14 and Human Services, acting through the Adminis15 trator of the Health Resources and Services Admin16 istration, may make grants to States for purposes of 

17 seeding the establishment of, or stabilizing and en18 hancing existing, infant-toddler court teams for chil19 dren experiencing or at risk of maltreatment. 

20 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—A State receiving a 

21 grant under this subsection may only use funds re22 ceived through the grant to— 

23 ‘‘(A) designate a State lead agency as a 

24 focal point for statewide planning administra25 tion and coordination— 


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1 ‘‘(i) to identify sites and leadership 

2 for, and establish, enhance, or stabilize, 

3 local community infant-toddler court 

4 teams; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) to promote collaboration among 

6 State and local systems that address the 

7 needs of— 

8 ‘‘(I) infants and toddlers and 

9 their families within the child welfare 

10 system; and 

11 ‘‘(II) individuals in need of pre12 ventive family strengthening services 

13 to facilitate the provision of local serv14 ices; 

15 ‘‘(B) provide funding to the sites identified 

16 under subparagraph (A)(i) to establish, en17 hance, or stabilize local community infant-tod18 dler court teams that meet the criteria specified 

19 in paragraph (8); and 

20 ‘‘(C) ensure that local community court 

21 team projects— 

22 ‘‘(i) provide for improved communica23 tion and coordination among the courts, 

24 child welfare agencies, and related child25 serving organizations— 


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1 ‘‘(I) to share information and ex2 pedite appropriate high-quality serv3 ices for young children and their fami4 lies in the child welfare system; and 

5 ‘‘(II) to prevent recurrence of 

6 maltreatment, promote timely perma7 nency, and provide a community 

8 structure to help prevent entry into 

9 the child welfare system; 

10 ‘‘(ii) protect young children in the 

11 child welfare system and at risk of enter12 ing the child welfare system from further 

13 maltreatment and developmental harm and 

14 address the damage already done; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) identify and address the struc16 tural issues in the child welfare system 

17 that are harmful to infants and toddler de18 velopment and impede the ability to 

19 strengthen and stabilize families. 

20 ‘‘(3) TERM OF GRANT.—A grant under this 

21 subsection shall be for a term of not less than 3 

22 years and may be renewed for a single term not to 

23 exceed 8 years. 

24 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION PROCESS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State seeking a 

2 grant under this subsection shall submit an ap3 plication to the Secretary at such time, in such 

4 manner, and containing such information as the 

5 Secretary may require, including— 

6 ‘‘(i) the information specified in para7 graph (5); and 

8 ‘‘(ii) a plan for the establishment or 

9 enhancement and ongoing support of local 

10 community infant-toddler court teams in 

11 the State. 

12 ‘‘(B) LEAD STATE AGENCY.—The Gov13 ernor of a State submitting an application 

14 under subparagraph (A) shall designate an ap15 propriate State lead agency, such as the State 

16 Court Improvement Program or the State agen17 cy that administers child welfare services, with 

18 the ability to carry out the activities specified in 

19 paragraph (2). 

20 ‘‘(5) APPLICATION CONTENTS.—The informa21 tion specified in this paragraph is— 

22 ‘‘(A) a description of how the State lead 

23 agency designated pursuant to paragraph 

24 (4)(B) will implement infant-toddler court team 

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1 graph (2)(C) and the communities in which 

2 local community infant-toddler court teams will 

3 be established, enhanced, or stabilized; 

4 ‘‘(B) an assurance that the State lead 

5 agency will consult with representatives of State 

6 agencies providing services to infants, toddlers, 

7 and families, the State and local judiciary, and 

8 local communities and stakeholders, to develop 

9 a comprehensive plan for implementing infant10 toddler court teams in the State, that includes 

11 a plan for determining how the court team 

12 structure and approach will inform and support 

13 building a family strengthening continuum, 

14 which may include using the infant-toddler 

15 court team structure in implementing preven16 tion and family services and programs under 

17 section 471(e) of the Social Security Act (42 

18 U.S.C. 671(e)); and 

19 ‘‘(C) a certification that any infant-toddler 

20 court team established, enhanced, or imple21 mented using funds received through the grant 

22 meet the criteria specified in paragraph (8). 

23 ‘‘(6) CONTINUUM REQUIREMENTS.—The con24 tinuum referred to in paragraph (5)(B) shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) seek to ensure that children and their 

2 families, particularly families with histories of 

3 trauma and adversity, receive effective, timely 

4 services that strengthen protective factors; 

5 ‘‘(B) begin as early as possible before fam6 ilies encounter the child welfare system— 

7 ‘‘(i) to provide comprehensive sup8 portive community services to families with 

9 very young children in need of such serv10 ices; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) to emphasize the social deter12 minants of health to strengthen families 

13 and prevent abuse and neglect; 

14 ‘‘(C) for young children with substantiated 

15 cases of maltreatment, including those whose 

16 families have been placed in an alternative or 

17 differential response program, include a com18 prehensive approach to stabilizing and strength19 ening families and preventing children from 

20 being placed in foster care that provides serv21 ices and supports focused on in-home parent 

22 education and specialized programs that ad23 dress the risk factors for removal of infants and 

24 toddlers from the home; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) use the community structure com2 bined with the judicial oversight within the in3 fant-toddler court team to improve outcomes for 

4 infants and toddlers who have been placed in 

5 foster care and their families through working 

6 with communities to ensure that— 

7 ‘‘(i) parents receive intensive services 

8 and supports, including mental health and 

9 substance use disorder treatment, to in10 crease the likelihood of reunification; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) young children receive intensive 

12 interventions that will address their devel13 opmental needs and heal the trauma of 

14 abuse, neglect, domestic violence, and sepa15 ration from their caregiver and family. 

16 ‘‘(7) CONDITIONS.—A State selected to receive 

17 a grant under this subsection, shall, as a condition 

18 on receipt of such grant— 

19 ‘‘(A) agree to work with the National In20 fant-Toddler Court Team Resource Center es21 tablished under subsection (c) to design or en22 hance and implement local infant-toddler court 

23 teams, including supporting data collection and 

24 continuous quality improvement; 


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1 ‘‘(B) provide information to the National 

2 Infant-Toddler Court Team Resource Center on 

3 the plan developed pursuant to paragraph 

4 (5)(B), including the development of a con5 tinuum of family strengthening services that 

6 meets the conditions specified in paragraph (6); 

7 ‘‘(C) commit to building sustainability into 

8 the State lead agency function and the plan re9 ferred to in subparagraph (B); and 

10 ‘‘(D) ensure that any infant-toddler court 

11 team established, enhanced, or implemented 

12 using funds received through the grant meets 

13 the criteria specified in paragraph (8). 

14 ‘‘(8) LOCAL COMMUNITY INFANT-TODDLER

15 COURT TEAM CRITERIA.—The criteria specified in 

16 this paragraph with respect to a local community in17 fant-toddler court team established, enhanced, or im18 plemented using funds received through the grant 

19 are that the team— 

20 ‘‘(A) organizes and promotes collaboration, 

21 with leadership from judges and the heads of 

22 child welfare agencies, among community stake23 holders and service providers to address the 

24 needs of families with infants and toddlers, 

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1 tices for infants and toddlers and their families 

2 in the child welfare system and for creating a 

3 community structure that can provide a con4 tinuum of services; 

5 ‘‘(B) works to strengthen families to pre6 vent foster care placement, promote timely per7 manency, prevent recurrence of maltreatment, 

8 and promote positive early development; 

9 ‘‘(C) is coordinated through a local com10 munity coordinator; 

11 ‘‘(D) is composed of community stake12 holders that include legal and child welfare pro13 fessionals involved with families of infants and 

14 toddlers and community service providers 

15 that— 

16 ‘‘(i) have experience solving problems 

17 and filling gaps at the community systems 

18 level, including with respect to evidence19 based interventions appropriate for infants 

20 and toddlers and their families; 

21 ‘‘(ii) receive training on the science of 

22 early childhood development, the impact of 

23 trauma, and the implications for child wel24 fare and family strengthening practice; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) work to build a community 

2 structure for strengthening families across 

3 sectors, including work support, education, 

4 health (including mental health), and social 

5 supports; 

6 ‘‘(iv) undergo a period of preparation 

7 and training before taking families into the 

8 infant-toddler court program; 

9 ‘‘(v) provide a team of professionals 

10 that provides support to an individual fam11 ily to ensure the needs of individual chil12 dren within such family and such family as 

13 a whole are met; 

14 ‘‘(vi) focus on infants and toddlers 

15 under the court’s jurisdiction or under in16 home supervision; and 

17 ‘‘(vii) as resources and team structure 

18 permit, work with families of infants and 

19 toddlers outside the child welfare system to 

20 provide preventive services to strengthen 

21 families of young children and avoid child 

22 welfare involvement; 

23 ‘‘(E) supports parents’ strengths and 

24 needs in a compassionate, respectful, holistic, 

25 and individualized way; 


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1 ‘‘(F) prevents children from entering and 

2 reentering the child welfare system; 

3 ‘‘(G) addresses community service gaps 

4 and disparities using evidence-based strategies; 

5 ‘‘(H) commits to working toward sustain6 ability for the infant-toddler court team pro7 gram; 

8 ‘‘(I) removes barriers to racial equity and 

9 social justice, and prevents disparate outcomes 

10 for racial and ethnic minorities, Tribes, and les11 bian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer indi12 viduals; 

13 ‘‘(J) integrates family support services to 

14 meet family needs in a comprehensive way, in15 cluding— 

16 ‘‘(i) developmentally appropriate evi17 dence-based interventions for very young 

18 children and their families, including devel19 opmental screening, early intervention 

20 services, high-quality early care and learn21 ing programs such as Early Head Start, 

22 and multigenerational mental health treat23 ment focused on the child-caregiver rela24 tionship; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) assessments of parents’ needs, 

2 including past trauma, high-quality health 

3 services, including mental health services, 

4 for parents, including prenatal and post5 natal care, screening for depression, well6 woman care, mental health treatment, and 

7 evidence-based substance use disorder 

8 treatment; 

9 ‘‘(K) infuses a trauma-informed approach 

10 in the delivery of family support services that 

11 supports children, families, and professionals 

12 across systems of care; 

13 ‘‘(L) provides for a continuum of parenting 

14 interventions and mental health and substances 

15 use prevention and treatment services con16 sistent with paragraph (7); 

17 ‘‘(M) uses continuous quality improvement 

18 practices, including collecting project data ele19 ments established by the National Infant-Tod20 dler Court Team Resource Center under sub21 section (c) for case management and assessing 

22 progress; and 

23 ‘‘(N) where placement of an infant or tod24 dler in foster care is necessary, uses— 


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1 ‘‘(i) concurrent planning upon removal 

2 and limits the number of placements; 

3 ‘‘(ii) mentoring and coparenting be4 tween birth and foster parents and kin 

5 caregivers and supports; 

6 ‘‘(iii) preremoval conferences and 

7 monthly family team meetings to ensure 

8 support for family and child from the be9 ginning as well as timely action and serv10 ices to address child and family needs; and 

11 ‘‘(iv) frequent, quality family time 

12 interaction or visitation in settings where 

13 families normally interact and coaches to 

14 support parent-child interactions. 

15 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL INFANT-TODDLER COURT TEAM RE16 SOURCE CENTER GRANT.— 

17 ‘‘(1) GRANT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall 

18 award to an eligible entity a grant to establish a na19 tional center to carry out the activities specified in 

20 paragraph (3) to serve as a resource for infant-tod21 dler court teams (to be known as and referred to in 

22 this section as the ‘National Infant-Toddler Court 

23 Team Resource Center’). The term of a grant under 

24 this subsection shall be for not less than 3 years, re25 newable for up to 8 years. 


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1 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity is eligible 

2 to receive a grant under this subsection if the entity 

3 is a national early childhood development organiza4 tion with— 

5 ‘‘(A) recognized experience as a training 

6 organization in infant-toddler development, in7 fant-early childhood mental health, and other 

8 related topics; 

9 ‘‘(B) experience working in collaboration 

10 with, and providing training to, court officials, 

11 child welfare agencies, attorneys, guardians, 

12 court-appointed special advocates, and other in13 dividuals and community organizations pro14 viding services to infants and toddlers in the 

15 child welfare system, including— 

16 ‘‘(i) specific expertise in educating 

17 judges, attorneys, child welfare staff, and 

18 community service providers about the im19 pacts of child maltreatment and trauma on 

20 early development and family functioning; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(ii) experience in incorporating the 

23 expertise described in clause (i) into the 

24 court and child-family service systems to 

25 promote change in the way courts and 


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1 communities address cases involving mal2 treated infants and toddlers and support 

3 other families with infants and toddlers in 

4 need of family strengthening services; 

5 ‘‘(C) the capacity to carry out the activities 

6 of the National Infant-Toddler Court Team Re7 source Center; 

8 ‘‘(D) a proven ability to provide training 

9 and technical assistance, collect data and sup10 port its use for continuous quality improvement 

11 and evaluation, and other tasks; and 

12 ‘‘(E) a demonstrated ability to bring the 

13 collective impact of other national organizations 

14 together to address the needs of infants and 

15 toddlers that touch the child welfare system or 

16 are in need of preventive services to strengthen 

17 families and avoid the child welfare system. 

18 ‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES OF NATIONAL INFANT-TOD19 DLER COURT TEAM RESOURCE CENTER.—The Na20 tional Infant-Toddler Court Team Resource Center 

21 shall carry out the following activities: 

22 ‘‘(A) Provide technical assistance to States 

23 and communities with infant-toddler court 

24 teams receiving funding under subsection (a) 

25 established through the Infant-Toddler Court 


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1 Program, or through other means in building 

2 the systemic team structure to identify and ad3 dress the needs of at-risk children and families 

4 before maltreatment occurs. 

5 ‘‘(B) Provide technical assistance and 

6 training to States and local jurisdictions— 

7 ‘‘(i) in selecting sites, coordinating 

8 systems, planning, and implementing, en9 hancing, or stabilizing evidence-based in10 fant-toddler court teams, including embed11 ding a child development approach to pro12 mote the healthy development and mitigate 

13 trauma of infants and toddlers experi14 encing or at risk of experiencing maltreat15 ment and their families, so that such court 

16 teams meet the criteria specified in sub17 section (b)(7); and 

18 ‘‘(ii) in determining how to use the 

19 court team community structure to inform 

20 and support the continuum of family 

21 strengthening services described in para22 graph (6). 

23 ‘‘(C) Develop materials to guide judges in 

24 the decision-making process regarding infants 

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1 toddler court teams and others in the commu2 nity regarding the appropriate care of infants 

3 and toddlers, including the importance of— 

4 ‘‘(i) understanding early brain devel5 opment, the impact of abuse and neglect 

6 and placement in foster care, and the need 

7 for preventing such occurrences; 

8 ‘‘(ii) the social determinants of health; 

9 ‘‘(iii) placement stability and caregiver 

10 continuity for very young children; 

11 ‘‘(iv) supporting the parent-child rela12 tionship; 

13 ‘‘(v) comprehensive services for chil14 dren and parents to reduce the recurrence 

15 of abuse and neglect; 

16 ‘‘(vi) comprehensive services to mon17 itor and improve the health, development, 

18 and well-being of infants and toddlers in 

19 foster care or in in-home placements; 

20 ‘‘(vii) for children placed in foster 

21 care, timely permanent placement frequent 

22 parent-child visitation, and concurrent 

23 planning; and 

24 ‘‘(viii) implementing a comprehensive 

25 service delivery plan addressing the needs 


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1 of children and parents at the proximate 

2 time of a child’s removal from the care of 

3 the child’s biological parents. 

4 ‘‘(D) Provide information to States, com5 munities, and courts around the United States 

6 seeking to adopt an infant-toddler court team 

7 approach grounded in the science of early child8 hood development, including information related 

9 to— 

10 ‘‘(i) the incorporation of knowledge 

11 about infant and toddler development into 

12 the resolution of cases by judges with ju13 risdiction over children in foster care and 

14 by child welfare agencies overseeing chil15 dren under in-home supervision; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) methods to change State and 

17 local government systems to better address 

18 the needs of infants and toddlers in the 

19 child welfare system and their families. 

20 ‘‘(E) Coordinate and facilitate peer learn21 ing opportunities for judges, community coordi22 nators, and other personnel through commu23 nities of practice, learning communities, con24 ferences, and other means. 


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1 ‘‘(F) Ensure local infant-toddler court 

2 teams collect and report data specified under 

3 subparagraph (H) and provide technical assist4 ance in— 

5 ‘‘(i) ensuring quality data collection 

6 and reporting; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) using the data collected for case 

8 and site monitoring, to establish a contin9 uous quality improvement process to iden10 tify areas that need strengthening, to de11 velop a plan for such improvements, and to 

12 monitor progress. 

13 ‘‘(G) Provide technical assistance to States 

14 and communities— 

15 ‘‘(i) in evidence-based methods to 

16 change policies and practices to better ad17 dress the needs of infants and toddlers ex18 periencing maltreatment and their families 

19 as well as infants, toddlers, and families in 

20 need of services to strengthen families and 

21 prevent the likelihood of entry into the 

22 child welfare system; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) through onsite implementation 

24 assistance to local infant-toddler court 

25 teams tailored to the needs of each unique 


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1 jurisdiction, using a process of assessing 

2 and building on community strengths. 

3 ‘‘(H) Define key metrics and collect data 

4 from local infant-toddler court teams related to 

5 the operation and outcomes of the projects sup6 ported by States receiving a grant under sub7 section (b) and other existing infant-toddler 

8 court team sites on elements that include— 

9 ‘‘(i) data on child and parent demo10 graphics and relevant family history; 

11 ‘‘(ii) adult health care services, includ12 ing prenatal and postnatal care, depression 

13 screening, mental health services, sub14 stance use treatment, and well-woman 

15 care; 

16 ‘‘(iii) child services, including multi17 generational mental health treatment fo18 cused on the relationship, developmental 

19 screening, early intervention services, well20 child care and medical homes, and early 

21 childhood education; 

22 ‘‘(iv) family engagement activities, 

23 such as family team meetings and court 

24 hearings; 


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1 ‘‘(v) family well-being, including 

2 health equity and health insurance; 

3 ‘‘(vi) court practices, such as fre4 quency of hearings, family team meetings, 

5 and stakeholder meetings; and 

6 ‘‘(vii) foster care practices that sup7 port development and stable relationships, 

8 including placement type, visitation fre9 quency, and permanency outcomes and 

10 timeliness, with an emphasis on reunifica11 tion. 

12 ‘‘(I) Compile such data annually and re13 port to the Secretary together with information 

14 from State planning processes reported under 

15 subsection (b)(7)(B). 

16 ‘‘(J) In developing data elements under 

17 subparagraph (H), consult with the organiza18 tion awarded a contract under paragraph (4). 

19 ‘‘(4) EVALUATION.—The National Infant-Tod20 dler Court Team Resource Center shall enter into a 

21 contract with an organization experienced in con22 ducting a child welfare national evaluation over the 

23 course of the grant period of the effectiveness of 

24 local evidence-based infant-toddler court teams sup25 ported by States receiving a grant under subsection 


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1 (b) as well as other infant-toddler court team sites 

2 that may participate in such evaluation in— 

3 ‘‘(A) linking children and families to ap4 propriate services and supports that prevent 

5 foster care placements, expedite permanency 

6 where placements occur, and strengthen fami7 lies in improving family well-being and support 

8 for positive child development; 

9 ‘‘(B) preventing, or reducing the recur10 rence of, abuse and neglect; 

11 ‘‘(C) promoting access to timely, high-qual12 ity primary health care and oral health care in 

13 a medical home for children and parents; 

14 ‘‘(D) promoting quality parent education, 

15 mentoring, and coaching to strengthen par16 enting skills; 

17 ‘‘(E) promoting timely assessment, referral 

18 to, and receipt of, mental health treatment and 

19 substance use treatment for parents of infants 

20 and toddlers; 

21 ‘‘(F) promoting timely permanent place22 ments of maltreated infants and toddlers; and 

23 ‘‘(G) reducing costs through system im24 provements. 

25 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) The term ‘child welfare system’ includes 

2 all services and supports provided through a State’s 

3 child welfare system. 

4 ‘‘(2) The term ‘State’ means each State of the 

5 United States, the District of Columbia, each terri6 tory or possession of the United States, and each 

7 federally recognized Indian Tribe (as defined in sec8 tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu9 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)). 

10 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

12 appropriated to carry out this section, $25,000,000 

13 for each of fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. 

14 ‘‘(2) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Of the 

15 amounts made available under paragraph (1) for a 

16 fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve— 

17 ‘‘(A) in the case of a fiscal year in which 

18 the amount made available under paragraph (1) 

19 does not exceed $15,000,000, not less than 

20 $5,000,000 for the National Infant-Toddler 

21 Court Team Resource Center established pursu22 ant to subsection (c); and 

23 ‘‘(B) in the case of a fiscal year in which 

24 the amount made available under paragraph (1) 

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1 ceed $25,000,000, not less than $7,000,000 for 

2 such Center.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

4 Not later than 3 years after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, and not later than 5 years after such 

6 date of enactment, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 

7 a report addressing the implementation and effectiveness 

8 of the infant-toddler court teams pursuant to section 

9 330Z–3 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by sec10 tion 2, including— 

11 (1) a compilation of the data on local commu12 nity infant-toddler court teams included in the an13 nual report from the National Infant-Toddler Court 

14 Team Resource Center established pursuant to such 

15 section; and 

16 (2) interim or final results from the national 

17 evaluation of infant-toddler court teams conducted 

18 under such section. 

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