(1) SECTION 103.—Section 103(b)(5) (42 U.S.C. 
5104(b)(5)) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(B)(iii)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(D)(ii)’’. 
(2) SECTION 105.—Section 105(a)(11) (42 U.S.C. 
5106(a)(11) (as redesignated by section 105(1)(A) of 
this Act) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(D)(ii)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) in clause (i)(II), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(D)(ii)’’; 
(ii) in clause (i)(IV), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(iii)(II)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 106(b)(2)(D)(ii)(II)’’; and 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘clauses 
(ii) and (iii) of section 106(b)(2)(B)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘clauses (i) and (ii) of section 
106(b)(2)(D)’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) in clause (i)(I), by striking ‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(B)(iii)(I)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(D)(ii)(I)’’; 
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(ii) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(D)(i)’’; 
(iii) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(D)(ii)(I)’’; 
(iv) in clause (iii)(I), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(A)(i)’’; 
(v) in clause (iii)(IV), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(D)(ii)’’; and 
(vi) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(D)(ii)’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
106(b)(2)(D)(i)’’; and 
(E) in subparagraph (G)(ii), by striking 
‘‘clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 106(b)(2)(B)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘clauses (i) and (ii) of section 
106(b)(2)(D)’’. 
(3) SECTION 114.—Section 114(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 
5108(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘clauses (ii) and 
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(iii) of section 106(b)(2)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘clauses 
(i) and (ii) of section 106(b)(2)(D)’’. 
(4) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act is amended— 
(A) by striking the items relating to sections 
2 and 102; 
(B) by inserting after the item relating to 
section 114 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 115. Electronic interstate data exchange system.’’; and 
(C) by striking the item relating to section 
110, and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 110. Study and report relating to scaling evidence-based treatment of child 
abuse and neglect; study and report on marital age of consent; 
study and report on State mandatory reporting laws.’’. 
TITLE 
II—COMMUNITY-BASED 
GRANTS FOR THE PREVEN-
TION OF CHILD ABUSE AND 
NEGLECT 
SEC. 201. PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY. 
Subsections (a) and (b) of section 201 of the Child 
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116) are 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this title are— 
‘‘(1) to establish and maintain support for com-
munity-based family strengthening services and state-
wide systems-building approaches to the extent prac-
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ticable, to ensure the development, operation, expan-
sion, coordination, and evaluation of quality services, 
initiatives, programs, and activities to prevent child 
abuse and neglect; and 
‘‘(2) to promote improved access for diverse pop-
ulations with demonstrated need, including low-in-
come families, racial and ethnic minorities, families 
with children or caregivers with disabilities, under-
served communities, and rural communities, to fam-
ily strengthening services in order to more effectively 
prevent child abuse and neglect. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall make grants 
under this title on a formula basis to the entity designated 
by the State as the lead entity (referred to in this title as 
the ‘lead entity’) under section 202(1) for the following pur-
poses: 
‘‘(1) Providing programs, activities, and initia-
tives to help families build protective factors linked to 
the prevention of child abuse and neglect, such as 
knowledge of parenting and child development, paren-
tal resilience, social connections, time-limited and 
need-based concrete support, and social and emotional 
development of children, that— 
‘‘(A) are accessible to diverse populations, 
effective, and culturally appropriate; 
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‘‘(B) build upon existing strengths; 
‘‘(C) offer assistance to families; 
‘‘(D) provide early, comprehensive support 
for parents; 
‘‘(E) promote the development of healthy fa-
milial relationships and parenting skills, espe-
cially in young parents and parents with very 
young children; 
‘‘(F) increase family stability; 
‘‘(G) improve family access to formal and 
informal community-based resources, including 
health and mental health services, time-limited 
and need-based concrete supports, and services 
and supports to meet the needs of families with 
children or caregivers with disabilities; and 
‘‘(H) support the additional needs of fami-
lies with children with disabilities, including 
through respite care. 
‘‘(2) Fostering the development of a continuum 
of preventive services to strengthen families through 
State- and community-based collaborations and both 
public and private partnerships. 
‘‘(3) Financing the start-up, maintenance, ex-
pansion, or redesign of core services described in sec-
tion 205, where communities have identified gaps and 
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inventory described in section 204(3), including 
the participation of public and private stake-
holders, community-based organizations, legisla-
tors, parents and other relevant stakeholders, and 
State agencies, including the child welfare agen-
cy, the public health agency, housing agency, 
and the State education agency, to scale evi-
dence-based, evidence-informed, and promising 
programs that expand access to family strength-
ening services and reduce the numbers of chil-
dren entering the foster care system; 
‘‘(B) developing comprehensive outreach 
strategies to engage families with various risk 
factors, including families who have experienced 
trauma or domestic violence, parents with sub-
stance use disorder, and families with children 
or caregivers with disabilities; and 
‘‘(C) providing capacity-building supports 
to local programs to improve desired outcomes 
for children and families, such as— 
‘‘(i) technical assistance, including 
support for local programs to collect out-
come data that helps improve service deliv-
ery; 
‘‘(ii) professional development; and 
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‘‘(iii) peer support networks, including 
through 
developing 
a 
problem-solving 
forum.’’. 
SEC. 202. ELIGIBILITY. 
Section 202 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116a) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) the Governor of the State has designated a 
lead entity to administer funds under this title for the 
purposes identified under the authority of this title, 
including to develop, implement, operate, enhance, or 
expand community-based family strengthening serv-
ices designed to prevent child abuse and neglect;’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (D) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(D) the Governor of the State has given consid-
eration to the capacity and expertise of all entities re-
questing to be designated under subparagraph (A);’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following: 
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‘‘(A) has demonstrated ongoing meaningful 
partnerships with parents in the development, 
operation, and oversight of State- and commu-
nity-based family strengthening services designed 
to prevent child abuse and neglect;’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘com-
munity-based and prevention-focused programs 
and activities designed to strengthen and support 
families’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based fam-
ily strengthening services designed’’; 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(C) has the capacity to provide operational 
support (both financial and programmatic), pro-
fessional development, technical assistance, and 
evaluation assistance, to community-based orga-
nizations;’’; and 
(D) by striking subparagraph (D) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(D) will integrate efforts with individuals 
and organizations experienced in working in 
partnership with low-income families, racial and 
ethnic minorities, families with children or care-
givers with disabilities, sexual and gender mi-
nority youth, victims of domestic violence, and 
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with the child abuse and neglect prevention ac-
tivities in the State, and demonstrate a financial 
commitment to those activities; and 
‘‘(E) will take into consideration access for 
diverse populations and unmet need when dis-
tributing funds to local programs under section 
205.’’. 
SEC. 203. AMOUNT OF GRANT. 
Section 203 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) RESERVATION.—For the purpose of making allot-
ments to Indian tribes and tribal organizations and mi-
grant programs, the Secretary shall reserve 5 percent of the 
amount appropriated under section 210(a) for each fiscal 
year, except that, if making such reservation would cause 
the total amount allotted to States under this section for 
a fiscal year to be less than such total for fiscal year 2019, 
the Secretary shall reserve 1 percent of the amount appro-
priated under section 210(a) for the year for such purpose.’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—For any fiscal year for which the 
amount allotted to a State under subsection (b) exceeds the 
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amount allotted to the State under such subsection for fiscal 
year 2019, the State’s lead entity may use not more than 
10 percent of such excess amount for administrative ex-
penses.’’. 
SEC. 204. APPLICATION. 
Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116d) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘specified by the Secretary as essential to 
carrying out the provisions of section 202, including’’ 
and inserting ‘‘and assurances required in para-
graphs (2) and (3) of section 202 and types of infor-
mation specified by the Secretary as essential in car-
rying out the provisions of section 201(b), including’’; 
(2) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4), by striking 
‘‘community-based and prevention-focused programs 
and activities designed to strengthen and support 
families’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based family 
strengthening services designed’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘community- 
based and prevention-focused programs and activi-
ties’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘community-based 
family 
strengthening services designed’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and preven-
tion-focused programs and activities designed to 
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strengthen and support families to prevent child 
abuse and neglect;’’ and inserting ‘‘services and state-
wide strategies designed to strengthen and support 
families to promote child, family, and community 
well-being and prevent child abuse and neglect;’’; 
(5) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(6) a description of the State’s capacity and 
commitment to ensure the meaningful involvement of 
parents who are or have been consumers of preventa-
tive supports, including the involvement of parents of 
diverse populations, such as low-income families, 
families with children or caregivers with disabilities, 
racial and ethnic minorities, and members of other 
underrepresented or underserved groups, family advo-
cates, and adult victims of child abuse or neglect who 
can provide leadership in the planning, implementa-
tion, and evaluation of the programs and policy deci-
sions of the applicant agency in accomplishing the de-
sired outcomes for such efforts;’’; 
(6) by redesignating paragraph (12) as para-
graph (15); 
(7) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (11) 
as paragraphs (8) through (12), respectively; 
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(8) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) a description of the process and criteria the 
lead entity will use to identify and select communities 
in which to build a continuum of family strength-
ening services, including an assurance that the proc-
ess will ensure access for all families, including fami-
lies in communities with high rates of child abuse 
and neglect relative to other communities in the 
State;’’; 
(9) by striking paragraph (9), as so redesig-
nated, and inserting the following: 
‘‘(9) a description of outreach activities that the 
lead entity and local grantees will undertake to maxi-
mize the participation of low-income families, racial 
and ethnic minorities, families with children or care-
givers with disabilities, sexual and gender minority 
youth, victims of domestic violence, homeless families 
and those at risk of homelessness, and members of 
other underserved or underrepresented groups;’’. 
(10) by striking paragraph (10), as so redesig-
nated, and inserting the following: 
‘‘(10) a plan for providing operational support, 
professional development, and technical assistance to 
grantees, other State and local programs and pro-
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viders, families, and other entities involved in 
strengthening families and preventing child abuse 
and neglect;’’; 
(11) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘and its members (where appropriate)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘of community-based family strengthening 
services and statewide initiatives’’; and 
(12) by striking paragraph (12), as so redesig-
nated, and inserting the following: 
‘‘(12) a description of the actions that the appli-
cant entity will take to inform systemic changes in 
State policies, practices, procedures, and regulations 
to improve the delivery of community-based family 
strengthening services designed to promote child, fam-
ily, and community well-being, and to prevent child 
abuse and neglect; 
‘‘(13) a description of how the lead entity will 
incorporate research evidence in its process for select-
ing community-based family strengthening services; 
‘‘(14) an assurance that, in issuing regulations 
to improve the delivery of community-based family 
strengthening services designed to promote child, fam-
ily, and community well-being, and to prevent child 
abuse and neglect, the State will— 
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‘‘(A) take into account how such regulations 
will impact activities funded under this Act; and 
‘‘(B) where appropriate, attempt to avoid 
duplication of efforts, minimize costs of compli-
ance with such regulations, and maximize local 
flexibility with respect to such regulations; and’’. 
SEC. 205. LOCAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 205 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116e) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 205. LOCAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Grants from the lead entity made 
under this title shall be used to develop, implement, operate, 
expand, and enhance community-based family strength-
ening services designed to prevent child abuse and neglect 
that— 
‘‘(1) assess community assets and needs and de-
velop a strategy to create a comprehensive continuum 
of effective services that strengthen and support fami-
lies to prevent child abuse and neglect, through a 
planning process involving parents, local and public 
agencies, local nonprofit organizations and service 
providers, and private sector representatives in mean-
ingful ways; 
‘‘(2) develop or enhance existing place-based fam-
ily strengthening services, other parenting support 
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services, and connections and coordination among key 
family services in the community by reaching spaces 
familiar to such families; and 
‘‘(3) help families build protective factors that 
support child and family well-being and help prevent 
child abuse and neglect, including knowledge of par-
enting and child development, parental resilience, so-
cial connections, time-limited and need-based concrete 
support, and social and emotional development of 
children. 
‘‘(b) LOCAL CONSIDERATION.—In awarding grants, 
the lead entity shall consider, consistent with the needs of 
the State and community, how the grantee— 
‘‘(1) demonstrates the ability to form collabora-
tions across a range of services or initiatives and the 
commitment to engage in long-term planning and 
strategic development for community-based family 
strengthening services as well as provide on-going 
problem solving support; 
‘‘(2) involves parents, including parents of chil-
dren with disabilities, diverse racial and ethnic 
groups, and members of other underrepresented or un-
derserved populations, in the development, implemen-
tation, oversight, and evaluation of services; 
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‘‘(3) addresses the need for place-based services 
and the need to reach families in hard-to-reach areas 
through approaches that provide core family strength-
ening services; 
‘‘(4) 
promotes 
improved 
access 
to 
family 
strengthening services for diverse populations and en-
sures that the services address identified needs of all 
families; and 
‘‘(5) demonstrates an understanding of the 
sources of child and family trauma and the strategies 
that mitigate the impact of and prevent adverse child-
hood experiences. 
‘‘(c) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—Grant funds from the 
lead entity shall be used for community-based family 
strengthening services designed to prevent child abuse and 
neglect, which may include the following: 
‘‘(1) Developing a strategy based on supporting 
a comprehensive continuum of preventive, family-cen-
tered services that strengthen and support families to 
prevent child abuse and neglect, especially to young 
parents, to parents with young children, and to par-
ents who are adult victims of domestic violence or 
child abuse or neglect, through public-private partner-
ships. 
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‘‘(2) Addressing the needs of families in hard-to- 
reach areas by creating access to place-based family 
strengthening services. 
‘‘(3) Performing an assessment of community 
needs, including by partnering, at the option of the 
grantee, with an organization that already has per-
formed a needs assessment (such as a Maternal, In-
fant and Early Childhood Home Visiting program 
under section 511 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 711) or a Head Start program under the 
Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.). 
‘‘(4) Supporting outreach for services, including 
by coordinating with existing family strengthening 
services such as home visiting and other early inter-
vention programs. 
‘‘(5) Providing, promoting the development or 
enhancement of, or connecting families to, core serv-
ices that include— 
‘‘(A) parenting support and parent edu-
cation programs, including services that help 
parents and other caregivers support children’s 
development; 
‘‘(B) parent leadership skills development 
programs that support parents’ personal growth 
as leaders in their families and communities; 
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‘‘(C) mutual support groups for parents, 
children, and parent partners; 
‘‘(D) respite and crisis care; and 
‘‘(E) referrals to optional community and 
social services, including— 
‘‘(i) domestic violence services; 
‘‘(ii) screening and referrals to early 
intervention; 
‘‘(iii) voluntary home visiting pro-
grams; 
‘‘(iv) health and mental health services, 
including referrals for information on the 
State Medicaid plan under title XIX of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et 
seq.); 
‘‘(v) early care and learning programs 
including child care and Head Start pro-
grams and Early Head Start programs 
under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 
et seq.); 
‘‘(vi) nutrition programs, including 
the special supplemental nutrition program 
for women, infants, and children established 
under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) and the supple-
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mental nutrition assistance program estab-
lished under the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 
‘‘(vii) education and workforce develop-
ment programs, including adult literacy, 
child development, wellness, and family so-
cioeconomic mobility programs; and 
‘‘(viii) services and supports to meet 
the needs of families with children or care-
givers with disabilities, such as early inter-
vention services for infants and toddlers 
with disabilities and their families, as early 
intervention services are defined in section 
632 of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1432). 
‘‘(6) Providing leadership in mobilizing local 
public and private resources to support the provision 
of community-based family strengthening services de-
signed to prevent child abuse and neglect. 
‘‘(7) Developing and maintaining meaningful 
partnerships with parents relating to the develop-
ment, operation, evaluation, and oversight of the pro-
grams and services. 
‘‘(8) Coordinating with other community-based 
family strengthening services designed to prevent 
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child abuse and neglect in the development, operation, 
and expansion of networks where appropriate. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—When awarding grants, a lead entity 
shall give priority to effective community-based efforts that 
serve low-income communities and are focused on com-
prehensive approaches to serving young parents or parents 
with young children.’’. 
SEC. 206. PERFORMANCE MEASURES. 
Section 206 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116f) is amended— 
(1) in paragraphs (1), (5), (6), and (8), by strik-
ing ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused pro-
grams and activities designed to strengthen and sup-
port families’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based fam-
ily 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;’’. 
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(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 represen-
tation of families in the design, operation, and eval-
uation of both community-based family strengthening 
services and networks of such services;’’; 
(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 
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(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 con-
ducted under this title for the program’s intended 
purpose, or, in instances where such evidence is not 
available, shall describe barriers and challenges to de-
veloping evidence of effectiveness.’’. 
SEC. 207. NATIONAL NETWORK FOR COMMUNITY-BASED 
FAMILY RESOURCE PROGRAMS. 
Section 207 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116g) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘such sums as may be necessary’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘not more than 5 percent’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘community- 
based and prevention-focused programs and activities 
designed to strengthen and support families’’ and in-
serting ‘‘community-based family strengthening serv-
ices designed’’. 
SEC. 208. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 208 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116h) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (2) and (1), respectively, and transferring 
paragraph (1) as redesignated to appear before para-
graph (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 pro-
grams, 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 Preven-
tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116 et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating section 209 as section 210; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 208 the following: 
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‘‘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 contents 
in section 1(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment 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 Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116 et seq.), as redesignated by sec-
tion 209 of this Act, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘There are’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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 2020’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘2011 through 2015’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2021 through 2025’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(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 
2019, 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 
Human Services under section 206 of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116f), as 
amended by this Act— 
(A) to determine how many families and 
children in the first 3 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act are served annually 
through programs funded under title II of the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 
U.S.C. 5116 et seq.); and 
(B) to compare the number of such families 
and children served annually in the first 3 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act to the 
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number of such families and children served in 
fiscal year 2019. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The study required under para-
graph (1) shall include the following for each of the 
first 3 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act: 
(A) An examination of how many families 
received evidence-based programming under title 
II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5116 et seq.). 
(B) An examination of the extent to which 
local programs conduct evaluations using funds 
provided under such title and the findings of 
such evaluations. 
(C) An examination of whether findings of 
effectiveness in evaluation studies vary by urban, 
suburban, or rural community type. 
(D) An examination of whether programs 
partnering with other entities are more effective 
than those that do not partner with other enti-
ties. 
(E) An examination of barriers to imple-
ment evidence-based programming or to conduct 
evaluations in instances where such activities do 
not occur. 
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor of the House of Representa-
tives a report that contains the results of the study con-
ducted under paragraph (1). 
TITLE III—ADOPTION 
OPPORTUNITIES 
SEC. 301. PURPOSE. 
Section 201 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5111) 
is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘CON-
GRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF 
PURPOSE’’ and inserting ‘‘PURPOSE’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (a); and 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—’’; 
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘sexual and gender minority youth’’ 
after ‘‘particularly older children, minority chil-
dren,’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘services 
and,’’ after ‘‘post-legal adoption’’. 
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104 
SEC. 303. INFORMATION AND SERVICES. 
(a) NATIONAL
RESOURCE
CENTER
FOR
SPECIAL 
NEEDS ADOPTION.—Section 203(b)(9) of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 
1978 (42 U.S.C. 5113(b)(9)) is amended by inserting ‘‘not 
later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the 
Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, estab-
lish and’’ before ‘‘maintain’’. 
(b) PLACEMENT WITH ADOPTIVE FAMILIES.—Section 
203(b)(11)(C) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
and 
Adoption 
Reform 
Act 
of 
1978 
(42 
U.S.C. 
5113(b)(11)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘such children’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the children and youth described in the mat-
ter preceding paragraph (1) of section 201’’. 
(c) PRE-ADOPTION SERVICES.—Section 203(c)(1) of 
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption 
Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5113(c)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘post’’ and inserting ‘‘pre- and post-’’. 
(d) SERVICES.—Section 203(c)(2) of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 
1978 (42 U.S.C. 5113(c)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 
the development of such services,’’ after ‘‘not supplant, serv-
ices’’. 
(e) ELIMINATION OF BARRIERS TO ADOPTION ACROSS 
JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES.—Section 203(e)(1) of the 
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