sionals if such programs were developed at the 
State, rather than the national, level. 
(4) Child protection professionals should be 
trained not only to respond to cases of child mal-
treatment after such maltreatment has occurred, but 
also to take a leadership role in implementing evi-
dence-based community prevention programs. 
(5) The National Child Protection Training 
Center has taken a leadership role in implementing 
model undergraduate and graduate curricula on 
child abuse and neglect, in assisting States in devel-
oping forensic interview training programs, and in 
providing ongoing training, technical assistance, and 
publications to child protection professionals. Spe-
cifically, the National Child Protection Training 
Center has— 
(A) assisted the States of Arkansas, Con-
necticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, 
Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, New 
Jersey, Oklahoma, Ohio, South Carolina, Vir-
ginia, and West Virginia in developing and sus-
taining forensic interview training programs; 
(B) developed and implemented model un-
dergraduate and graduate curricula on child 
maltreatment in 13 universities and colleges in 
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8 States and the District of Columbia, and has 
worked with dozens of additional universities to 
implement model curricula; and 
(C) provided training, technical assistance, 
and other services to more than 40,000 child 
protection professionals throughout the United 
States. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL TRAINING CENTERS 
AND GRANT PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act is amended by inserting after section 109 
(42 U.S.C. 5106e) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 109A. REGIONAL TRAINING CENTERS AND GRANT 
PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) REGIONAL TRAINING CENTERS.—The Secretary 
of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section 
as the ‘Secretary’) shall enter into an agreement with the 
National Child Protection Training Center to establish 
and sustain within the Center regional training centers in 
the midwestern, northeastern, southern, and western re-
gions of the United States, which shall be called ‘Regional 
Training Centers’ (referred to in this section as the ‘Cen-
ters’). The Centers shall— 
‘‘(1) provide child protection professionals (in-
cluding child protection workers, child protection at-
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torneys, medical and mental health professionals, 
law enforcement officers, forensic interviewers, and 
other professionals who work directly with mal-
treated children) in the field with low-cost, high- 
quality training, technical assistance, and publica-
tions; 
‘‘(2) provide child protection professionals ongo-
ing training and assistance in developing evidence- 
based community prevention programs; 
‘‘(3) develop model undergraduate and graduate 
curricula on child maltreatment and, after approval 
by the Secretary, disseminate the curricula to com-
munity colleges, colleges, universities, law schools, 
medical schools, and other institutions of higher edu-
cation; and 
‘‘(4) assist States in developing and maintain-
ing forensic interview training programs. 
‘‘(b) GRANT PROGRAMS.—The Secretary, in accord-
ance with agreements entered into with the National Child 
Protection Training Center, shall establish the following 
grant programs: 
‘‘(1) FORENSIC
INTERVIEW
TRAINING
PRO-
GRAMS.—The National Child Protection Training 
Center, in accordance with an agreement between 
such center and the Secretary under this paragraph, 
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shall award grants to State and local governments 
and other nonprofit entities to— 
‘‘(A) assist State and local child protection 
professionals described in subsection (a) in de-
veloping statewide forensic interview training 
programs; or 
‘‘(B) expand forensic interview training 
programs to provide for additional, advanced fo-
rensic interview training courses. 
‘‘(2) MODEL CURRICULA.—The National Child 
Protection Training Center, in accordance with an 
agreement between such center and the Secretary 
under this paragraph, shall award grants to State 
and local governments and other nonprofit entities 
to— 
‘‘(A) defray the expenses of institutions of 
higher education in implementing model under-
graduate or graduate curricula on child abuse 
and neglect; or 
‘‘(B) assist institutions of higher education 
in expanding model undergraduate or graduate 
curricula on child abuse and neglect. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) REGIONAL CENTERS.—To carry out sub-
section (a), there is authorized to be appropriated 
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$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
2014. 
‘‘(2) GRANT
PROGRAMS.—To carry out sub-
section (b), there is authorized to be appropriated 
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
2014, of which— 
‘‘(A) $1,000,000 per fiscal year shall be al-
located to the program under paragraph (1) of 
such subsection; and 
‘‘(B) $1,000,000 per fiscal year shall be al-
located to the program under paragraph (2) of 
such subsection.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Child Abuse Pre-
vention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 1(b), by inserting after the item 
relating to section 109 the following new item: 
‘‘109A. Regional training centers and grant programs.’’; and 
(2) in section 112— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘(except section 109A)’’ after ‘‘this title’’; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting 
‘‘(except 
for 
activities 
under 
section 
109A)’’ after ‘‘this title’’; and 
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(B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘(except 
for funds appropriated under section 109A)’’ 
after ‘‘this title’’. 
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