(1) in paragraphs (1), (5), (6), and (8), by 
striking ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused 
programs and activities designed to strengthen and 
support families’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based 
family strengthening services designed’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘meets’’ and 
inserting ‘‘meet’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘including 
core and optional services as described in section 
202’’; 
(4) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(3) shall demonstrate how they have addressed 
unmet needs identified by the inventory required 
under section 204;’’; 
(5) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) shall describe the number of families 
served, including families with children or caregivers 
with disabilities, and the involvement of a diverse 
representation of families in the design, operation, 
and evaluation of both community-based family 
strengthening services and networks of such serv-
ices;’’;
(6) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(7) shall describe— 
‘‘(A) the number of programs funded 
disaggregated by urban, suburban, and rural 
community type; 
‘‘(B) the number of children and families 
served under each such program disaggregated 
by urban, suburban, and rural community type; 
and 
‘‘(C) the number of programs that partner 
with outside entities and the services such out-
side entities provide;’’; 
(7) in paragraph (8)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘leadership of’’ and insert 
‘‘partnership with’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(8) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) shall describe the extent to which there is 
evidence to support the effectiveness of activities 
conducted under this title for the program’s in-
tended purpose, or, in instances where such evidence 
is not available, shall describe barriers and chal-
lenges to developing evidence of effectiveness.’’.
SEC. 207. NATIONAL NETWORK FOR COMMUNITY-BASED 
FAMILY RESOURCE PROGRAMS. 
Section 207 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116g) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘such sums as may be necessary’’ and in-
serting ‘‘not more than 5 percent’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘community- 
based and prevention-focused programs and activi-
ties designed to strengthen and support families’’ 
and inserting ‘‘community-based family strength-
ening services designed’’. 
SEC. 208. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 208 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116h) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (2) and (1), respectively, and transfer-
ring paragraph (1) as redesignated to appear before 
paragraph (2) as redesignated; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (1) (as so redesig-
nated) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) COMMUNITY-BASED
FAMILY
STRENGTH-
ENING SERVICES.—The term ‘community-based fam-
ily strengthening services’ includes organizations 
such as family resource programs, family support 
programs, voluntary home visiting programs, respite
care services, parenting education, mutual support 
groups for parents, children, parent partner pro-
grams, and other community programs or networks 
of such programs that provide activities that are de-
signed to prevent child abuse and neglect.’’. 
SEC. 209. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Child Abuse Pre-
vention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 209 as section 210; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 208 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 209. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘Nothing in this title shall be construed to prohibit 
grandparents, kinship care providers, foster parents, adop-
tive parents, or any other individual in a parenting role 
from receiving or participating in services and programs 
under this title.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 209 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 209. Rule of construction. 
‘‘Sec. 210. Authorization of appropriations.’’.
SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 210 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116 et seq.), as redesignated 
by section 209 of this Act, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘There are’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘to carry out’’ through ‘‘fiscal 
year 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘to carry out this title 
$270,000,000 for fiscal year 2022’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘2011 through 2015’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) TREATMENT OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS IN CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEARS.—For any fiscal year for which the 
amount appropriated under subsection (a) exceeds the 
amount appropriated under such subsection for fiscal year 
2021, the Secretary shall consider non-Federal funds and 
in-kind contributions as part of the State contribution for 
the activities specified in section 204(4).’’. 
SEC. 211. STUDY AND REPORT. 
(a) STUDY RELATING TO NEW PREVENTION PRO-
GRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall complete a study, using data 
reported by States to the Secretary of Health and