SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT
Sec. 101. Findings.
Subtitle A—GENERAL PROGRAM
Sec. 111. National Clearinghouse for Information Relating to Child Abuse.
Sec. 112. Research and assistance activities and demonstrations.
Sec. 113. Grants to States and public or private agencies and organizations.
Sec. 114. Grants to States for child abuse and neglect prevention and treat-
ment programs.
Sec. 115. Miscellaneous requirements relating to assistance.
Sec. 116. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 117. Reports.
Subtitle B—Community-Based Grants for the Prevention of Child Abuse
Sec. 121. Purpose and authority.
Sec. 122. Eligibility.
Sec. 123. Amount of grant.
Sec. 124. Existing grants.
Sec. 125. Application.
Sec. 126. Local program requirements.
Sec. 127. Performance measures.
Sec. 128. National network for community-based family resource programs.
Sec. 129. Definitions.
Sec. 130. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE II—ADOPTION OPPORTUNITIES
Sec. 201. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose.
Sec. 202. Information and services.
Sec. 203. Study of adoption placements.
Sec. 204. Studies on successful adoptions.
Sec. 205. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—ABANDONED INFANTS ASSISTANCE
Sec. 301. Findings.
Sec. 302. Establishment of local programs.
Sec. 303. Evaluations, study, and reports by Secretary.
Sec. 304. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 305. Definitions.
TITLE I—CHILD ABUSE PREVEN-
TION AND TREATMENT ACT
SEC. 101. FINDINGS.
Section 2 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘close to
1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘approximately 900,000’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through
(11) as paragraphs (4) through (13), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2)(A) more children suffer neglect than any
other form of maltreatment; and
‘‘(B) investigations have determined that ap-
proximately 63 percent of children who were victims
of maltreatment in 2000 suffered neglect, 19 percent
suffered physical abuse, 10 percent suffered sexual
abuse, and 8 percent suffered emotional maltreat-
ment;
‘‘(3)(A) child abuse can result in the death of
a child;
‘‘(B) in 2000, an estimated 1,200 children were
counted by child protection services to have died as
a result of abuse or neglect; and
‘‘(C) children younger than 1 year old com-
prised 44 percent of child abuse fatalities and 85
percent of child abuse fatalities were younger than
6 years of age;’’;
(4) by striking paragraph (4) (as so redesig-
nated), and inserting the following:
‘‘(4)(A) many of these children and their fami-
lies fail to receive adequate protection and treat-
ment;
‘‘(B) slightly less than half of these children
(45 percent in 2000) and their families fail to re-
ceive adequate protection or treatment; and
‘‘(C) in fact, approximately 80 percent of all
children removed from their homes and placed in
foster care in 2000, as a result of an investigation
or assessment conducted by the child protective serv-
ices agency, received no services;’’;
(5) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or-
ganizations’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based
organizations’’;
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘en-
sures’’ and all that follows through ‘‘knowl-
edge,’’ and inserting ‘‘recognizes the need for
properly trained staff with the qualifications
needed’’; and
(C) in subparagraph (E), by inserting be-
fore the semicolon the following: ‘‘, which may
impact child rearing patterns, while at the same
time, not allowing those differences to enable
abuse’’;
(6) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), by
striking ‘‘this national child and family emergency’’
and inserting ‘‘child abuse and neglect’’; and
(7) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)—
(A) by striking ‘‘intensive’’ and inserting
‘‘needed’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘if removal has taken
place’’ and inserting ‘‘where appropriate’’.
Subtitle A—GENERAL PROGRAM
SEC. 111. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION
RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE.
(a) FUNCTIONS.—Section 103(b) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5104(b)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘all pro-
grams,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘neglect; and’’
and inserting ‘‘all effective programs, including pri-
vate and community-based programs, that show
promise of success with respect to the prevention,
assessment, identification, and treatment of child
abuse and neglect and hold the potential for broad
scale implementation and replication;’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and
inserting a semicolon;
(3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3);
(4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) maintain information about the best prac-
tices used for achieving improvements in child pro-
tective systems;’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) provide technical assistance upon request
that may include an evaluation or identification of—
‘‘(A) various methods and procedures for
the investigation, assessment, and prosecution
of child physical and sexual abuse cases;
‘‘(B) ways to mitigate psychological trau-
ma to the child victim; and
‘‘(C) effective programs carried out by the
States under this Act; and
‘‘(5) collect and disseminate information relat-
ing to various training resources available at the
State and local level to—
‘‘(A) individuals who are engaged, or who
intend to engage, in the prevention, identifica-
tion, and treatment of child abuse and neglect;
and
‘‘(B) appropriate State and local officials
to assist in training law enforcement, legal, ju-
dicial, medical, mental health, education, and
child welfare personnel.’’.
(b) COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES.—
Section 103(c)(1) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5104(c)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘105(a);
and’’ and inserting ‘‘104(a);’’;
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (G); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(F) collect and disseminate information
that 
describes 
best 
practices 
being 
used
throughout the Nation for making appropriate
referrals related to, and addressing, the phys-
ical, developmental, and mental health needs of
abused and neglected children; and’’.
SEC. 112. RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES AND
DEMONSTRATIONS.
(a) RESEARCH.—Section 104(a) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5105(a)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing longitudinal research,’’ after ‘‘interdiscipli-
nary program of research’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting be-
fore the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including
the effects of abuse and neglect on a child’s de-
velopment and the identification of successful
early intervention services or other services that
are needed’’;
(C) in subparagraph (C)—
(i) by striking ‘‘judicial procedures’’
and inserting ‘‘judicial systems, including
multidisciplinary, 
coordinated 
decision-
making procedures’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and
(D) in subparagraph (D)—
with paragraphs (1) through (12) of section
106(a);
‘‘(E) effective approaches to interagency
collaboration between the child protection sys-
tem and the juvenile justice system that im-
prove the delivery of services and treatment, in-
cluding methods for continuity of treatment
plan and services as children transition between
systems;
‘‘(F) an evaluation of the redundancies
and gaps in the services in the field of child
abuse and neglect prevention in order to make
better use of resources;
‘‘(G) the nature, scope, and practice of vol-
untary relinquishment for foster care or State
guardianship of low income children who need
health services, including mental health serv-
ices;
‘‘(H) the information on the national inci-
dence of child abuse and neglect specified in
clauses (i) through (xi) of subparagraph (H);
and’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph
(B) and inserting the following:
‘‘(B) Not later than 2 years after the date
of enactment of the Keeping Children and
Families Safe Act of 2002, and every 2 years
thereafter, the Secretary shall provide an oppor-
tunity for public comment concerning the prior-
ities proposed under subparagraph (A) and
maintain an official record of such public com-
ment.’’;
(3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (4);
(4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) RESEARCH.—The Secretary shall conduct
research on the national incidence of child abuse and
neglect, including the information on the national in-
cidence on child abuse and neglect specified in sub-
paragraphs (i) through (ix) of paragraph (1)(I).
‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the
date of the enactment of the Keeping Children and
Families Safe Act of 2002, the Secretary shall pre-
pare and submit to the Committee on Education and
the Workforce of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions of the Senate a report that contains the re-
sults of the research conducted under paragraph
(2).’’.
(b) PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Sec-
tion 104(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act (42 U.S.C. 5105(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘nonprofit private agencies
and’’ and inserting ‘‘private agencies and com-
munity-based’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, including replicating
successful program models,’’ after ‘‘programs
and activities’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) effective approaches being utilized to
link child protective service agencies with health
care, mental health care, and developmental
services to improve forensic diagnosis and
health evaluations, and barriers and shortages
to such linkages.’’.
(c) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.—
Section 104 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act (42 U.S.C. 5105) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(e) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.—
The Secretary may award grants to, and enter into con-
tracts with, States or public or private agencies or organi-
zations (or combinations of such agencies or organiza-
tions) for time-limited, demonstration projects for the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(1) PROMOTION OF SAFE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR VISITATION AND EX-
CHANGE.—The Secretary may award grants under
this subsection to entities to assist such entities in
establishing and operating safe, family-friendly phys-
ical environments—
‘‘(A) for court-ordered, supervised visita-
tion between children and abusing parents; and
‘‘(B) to safely facilitate the exchange of
children for visits with noncustodial parents in
cases of domestic violence.
‘‘(2) EDUCATION
IDENTIFICATION, 
PREVEN-
TION, AND TREATMENT.—The Secretary may award
grants under this subsection to entities for projects
that provide educational identification, prevention,
and treatment services in cooperation with preschool
and elementary and secondary schools.
‘‘(3) RISK AND SAFETY ASSESSMENT TOOLS.—
The Secretary may award grants under this sub-
section to entities for projects that provide for the
development of research-based risk and safety as-
sessment tools relating to child abuse and neglect.
‘‘(4) TRAINING.—The Secretary may award
grants under this subsection to entities for projects
that involve research-based innovative training for
mandated child abuse and neglect reporters.
‘‘(5) RESEARCH-BASED
ADOLESCENT
VICTIM/
VICTIMIZER
PREVENTION
PROGRAMS.—The Sec-
retary may award grants to organizations that dem-
onstrate innovation in preventing child sexual abuse
through school-based programs in partnership with
parents and community-based organizations to es-
tablish a network of trainers who will work with
schools to implement the program. The program
shall be research-based, meet State guidelines for
health education, and should reduce child sexual
abuse by focusing on prevention for both adolescent
victims and victimizers.’’.
SEC. 113. GRANTS TO STATES AND PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.—
Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking
‘‘DEMONSTRATION’’ and inserting ‘‘GRANTS FOR’’;
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘States,’’ after ‘‘contracts
with,’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘time limited, demonstra-
tion’’;
(3) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘law,
education, social work, and other relevant
fields’’ and inserting ‘‘law enforcement, judici-
ary, social work and child protection, education,
and other relevant fields, or individuals such as
court appointed special advocates (CASAs) and
guardian ad litem,’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘non-
profit’’ and all that follows through ‘‘; and’’ and
inserting ‘‘children, youth and family service or-
ganizations in order to prevent child abuse and
neglect;’’;
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the
period and inserting a semicolon;
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) for training to support the enhance-
ment of linkages between child protective serv-
ice agencies and health care agencies, including
physical and mental health services, to improve
forensic diagnosis and health evaluations and
for innovative partnerships between child pro-
tective service agencies and health care agencies
that offer creative approaches to using existing
Federal, State, local, and private funding to
meet the health evaluation needs of children
who have been subjects of substantiated cases
of child abuse or neglect;
‘‘(E) for the training of personnel in best
practices to promote collaboration with the fam-
ilies from the initial time of contact during the
investigation through treatment;
‘‘(F) for the training of personnel regard-
ing the legal duties of such personnel and their
responsibilities to protect the legal rights of
children and families;
‘‘(ii) the parents of such infants.’’;
(4) by redesignating paragraph (2) and (3) as
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;
(5) by inserting after paragraph (1), the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) TRIAGE
PROCEDURES.—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, in-
cluding programs of collaborative partnerships be-
tween the State child protective services agency,
community social service agencies and family sup-
port programs, law enforcement agencies, develop-
mental disability agencies, substance abuse treat-
ment entities, health care entities, domestic violence
prevention entities, mental health service entities,
schools, churches and synagogues, and other commu-
nity agencies, to allow for the establishment of a
triage system that—
‘‘(A) accepts, screens, and assesses reports
received to determined which such reports re-
quire an intensive intervention and which re-
quire voluntary referral to another agency, pro-
gram, or project;
‘‘(B) provides, either directly or through
referral, a variety of community-linked services
to assist families in preventing child abuse and
neglect; and
‘‘(C) provides further investigation and in-
tensive intervention where the child’s safety is
in jeopardy.’’;
(6) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by
striking ‘‘(such as Parents Anonymous)’’;
(7) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)—
(A) by striking the paragraph heading;
(B) by striking subparagraphs (A) and
(C); and
(C) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(B) KINSHIP CARE.—
’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(4) KINSHIP CARE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; and
(8) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) LINKAGES BETWEEN CHILD PROTECTIVE
SERVICE AGENCIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH, MENTAL
HEALTH, AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AGEN-
CIES.—The Secretary may award grants to entities
that provide linkages between State or local child
protective service agencies and public health, mental
health, and developmental disabilities agencies, for
the purpose of establishing linkages that are de-
signed to help assure that a greater number of sub-
stantiated victims of child maltreatment have their
physical health, mental health, and developmental
needs appropriately diagnosed and treated.’’.
(b) DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—Section 105(b) of the
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C.
5106(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (1);
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so re-
designated), the following:
‘‘(3) Programs based within children’s hospitals
or other pediatric and adolescent care facilities, that
provide model approaches for improving medical di-
agnosis of child abuse and neglect and for health
evaluations of children for whom a report of mal-
treatment has been substantiated.’’; and
(4) in paragraph (4)(D), by striking ‘‘non-
profit’’.
(c) EVALUATION.—Section 105(c) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(c)) is
amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘dem-
onstration’’;
(2) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘or
contract’’ after ‘‘or as a separate grant’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘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, includ-
ing the use of a rigorous application of scientific
evaluation techniques.’’.
(d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT
TO HEADING.—The
section heading for section 105 of the Child Abuse Preven-
tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 105. GRANTS TO STATES AND PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.’’.
SEC. 114. GRANTS TO STATES FOR CHILD ABUSE AND NE-
GLECT PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION GRANTS.—Sec-
tion 106(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including ongoing case
monitoring,’’ after ‘‘case management’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘and treatment’’ after
‘‘and delivery of services’’;
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘improving’’
and all that follows through ‘‘referral systems’’ and
inserting ‘‘developing, improving, and implementing
risk and safety assessment tools and protocols’’;
(3) by striking paragraph (7);
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), (8),
and (9) as paragraphs (6), (8), (9), and (12), re-
spectively;
(5) by inserting after paragraph (4), the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(5) developing and updating systems of tech-
nology that support the program and track reports
of child abuse and neglect from intake through final
disposition and allow interstate and intrastate infor-
mation exchange;’’;
(6) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by
striking ‘‘opportunities’’ and all that follows through
‘‘system’’ and inserting ‘‘including training regard-
ing research-based practices to promote collaboration
with the families and the legal duties of such indi-
viduals’’;
(7) by inserting after paragraph (6) (as so re-
designated) the following:
‘‘(7) improving the skills, qualifications, and
availability of individuals providing services to chil-
dren and families, and the supervisors of such indi-
viduals, through the child protection system, includ-
ing improvements in the recruitment and retention
of caseworkers;’’;
(8) by striking paragraph (9) (as so redesig-
nated), and inserting the following:
‘‘(9) developing and facilitating research-based
training protocols for individuals mandated to report
child abuse or neglect;
‘‘(10) developing, implementing, or operating
programs to assist in obtaining or coordinating nec-
essary services for families of disabled infants with
life-threatening conditions, including—
‘‘(A) existing social and health services;
‘‘(B) financial assistance; and
‘‘(C) services necessary to facilitate adop-
tive placement of any such infants who have
been relinquished for adoption;
‘‘(11) developing and delivering information to
improve public education relating to the role and re-
sponsibilities of the child protection system and the
nature and basis for reporting suspected incidents of
child abuse and neglect;’’; and
(9) in paragraph (12) (as so redesignated), by
striking the period and inserting a semicolon;
(10) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(13) supporting and enhancing interagency
collaboration between the child protection system
and the juvenile justice system for improved delivery
of services and treatment, including methods for
continuity of treatment plan and services as children
transition between systems; or
‘‘(14) supporting and enhancing collaboration
among public health agencies, the child protection
system, and private community-based programs to
provide child abuse and neglect prevention and
treatment services (including linkages with education
systems) and to address the health needs, including
mental health needs, of children identified as abused
or neglected, including supporting prompt, com-
prehensive health and developmental evaluations for
children who are the subject of substantiated child
maltreatment reports.’’.
(b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 106(b) of the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C.
5106a(b)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)—
(i) by striking ‘‘provide notice to the
Secretary of any substantive changes’’ and
inserting the following: ‘‘ provide notice to
the Secretary—
‘‘(i) of any substantive changes; and’’;
(ii) by striking the period and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(ii) any significant changes to how
funds provided under this section are used
to support the activities which may differ
from the activities as described in the cur-
rent State application.’’;
(B) in paragraph (2)(A)—
(i) by redesignating clauses (ii), (iii),
(iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi),
(xii), and (xiii) as clauses (iii), (v), (vi),
(vii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv)
and (xvi), respectively;
(ii) by inserting after clause (i), the
following:
‘‘(ii) policies and procedures (includ-
ing appropriate referrals to child protection
service systems and for other appropriate
services) to address the needs of infants
born and identified as being physically af-
fected by illegal substance abuse or with-
drawal symptoms resulting from prenatal
drug exposure and requirements for the
development of a plan of safe care for the
infant;’’;
(iii) in clause (iii) (as so redesig-
nated), by inserting ‘‘risk and’’ before
‘‘safety’’;
(iv) by inserting after clause (iii) (as
so redesignated), the following:
‘‘(iv) triage procedures for the appro-
priate referral of a child not at risk of im-
minent harm to a community organization
or voluntary preventive service;’’;
(v) in clause (vii)(II) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘, having a need for
such information in order to carry out its
responsibilities under law to protect chil-
dren from abuse and neglect’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, as described in clause (viii)’’;
(vi) by inserting after clause (vii) (as
so redesignated), the following:
‘‘(viii) provisions to require a State to
disclose confidential information to any
Federal, State, or local government entity,
or any agent of such entity, that has a
need for such information in order to carry
out its responsibilities under law to protect
children from abuse and neglect;’’;
(vii) in clause (xii) (as so redesig-
nated)—
(I) by inserting ‘‘who has re-
ceived training appropriate to the role,
and’’ after ‘‘guardian ad litem,’’; and
(II) by inserting ‘‘who has re-
ceived training appropriate to that
role’’ after ‘‘advocate’’;
(viii) in clause (xiv) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘to be effective not
later than 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of this section’’;
(ix) in clause (xv) (as so redesig-
nated)—
(I) by striking ‘‘to be effective
not later than 2 years after the date
of enactment of this section’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(x) in clause (xvi) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘clause (xii)’’ each
place that such appears and inserting
‘‘clause (xv)’’; and
(xi) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(xvii) provisions and procedures to
require that a representative of the child
protective services agency shall, at the ini-
tial time of contact with the individual sub-
ject to a child abuse and neglect investiga-
tion, advise the individual of the com-
plaints or allegations made against the in-
dividual, in a manner that is consistent
with laws protecting the rights of the in-
formant;
‘‘(xviii) 
provisions 
addressing 
the
training of representatives of the child pro-
tective services system regarding the legal
duties of the representatives, which may
consist of various methods of informing
such representatives of such duties, in
order to protect the legal rights and safety
of children and families from the initial
time 
of 
contact 
during 
investigation
through treatment;
‘‘(xix) provisions and procedures for
improving the training, retention, and su-
pervision of caseworkers; and
‘‘(xx) not later than 2 years after the
date of enactment of the Keeping Children
and Families Safe Act of 2002, provisions
and procedures for requiring criminal
background record checks for prospective
foster and adoptive parents and other
adult relatives and non-relatives residing in
the household;’’; and
(C) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end
the following flush sentence:
‘‘Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to
limit the State’s flexibility to determine State poli-
cies relating to public access to court proceedings to
determine child abuse and neglect.’’.
(2) LIMITATION.—Section 106(b)(3) of the
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5106a(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘With
regard to clauses (v) and (vi) of paragraph (2)(A)’’
and inserting ‘‘With regard to clauses (vi) and (vii)
of paragraph (2)(A)’’.
(c) CITIZEN REVIEW PANELS.—Section 106(c) of the
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C.
5106a(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) in the matter preceding clause
(i)—
(I) by striking ‘‘and procedures’’
and inserting ‘‘, procedures, and prac-
tices’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘the agencies’’
and inserting ‘‘State and local child
protection system agencies’’; and
(ii) in clause (iii)(I), by striking
‘‘State’’ and inserting ‘‘State and local’’;
and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) PUBLIC
OUTREACH.—Each panel
shall provide for public outreach and comment
in order to assess the impact of current proce-
dures and practices upon children and families
in the community and in order to meet its obli-
gations under subparagraph (A).’’; and
(2) in paragraph (6)—
(A) by striking ‘‘public’’ and inserting
‘‘State and the public’’; and
(B) by inserting before the period the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and recommendations to improve the
child protection services system at the State
and local levels. Not later than 6 months after
the date on which a report is submitted by the
panel to the State, the appropriate State agency
shall submit a written response to the State
and local child protection systems that describes
whether or how the State will incorporate the
recommendations of such panel (where appro-
priate) to make measurable progress in improv-
ing the State and local child protective system’’.
(d) ANNUAL
STATE
DATA
REPORTS.—Section
106(d) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
(42 U.S.C. 5106a(d)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(13) The annual report containing the sum-
mary of the activities of the citizen review panels of
the State required by subsection (c)(6).
‘‘(14) The number of children under the care of
the State child protection system who are trans-
ferred into the custody of the State juvenile justice
system.’’.
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall prepare and submit to Congress a
report that describes the extent to which States are imple-
menting the policies and procedures required under sec-
tion 106(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act.
SEC. 115. MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO
ASSISTANCE.
Section 108 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106d) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(d) GAO STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the
United States shall conduct a survey of a wide range of
State and local child protection service systems to evaluate
and submit to Congress a report concerning the cross
training of child protective service workers and court per-
sonnel.
‘‘(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary should encourage all States and
public and private agencies or organizations that receive
assistance under this title to ensure that children and fam-
ilies with limited English proficiency who participate in
programs under this title are provided materials and serv-
ices under such programs in an appropriate language
other than English.’’.
SEC. 116. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.—Section 112(a)(1)
of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5106h(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) GENERAL
AUTHORIZATION.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title
$120,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004
through 2007.’’.
(b) 
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.—Section
112(a)(2)(B) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106h(a)(2)(B)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Secretary make’’ and inserting
‘‘Secretary shall make’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘section 106’’ and inserting
‘‘section 104’’.
SEC. 117. REPORTS.
Section 110 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106f) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(c) STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO CITIZEN RE-
VIEW PANELS.—
‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a
study by random sample of the effectiveness of the
citizen review panels established under section
106(c).
‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the
date of enactment of the Keeping Children and
Families Safe Act of 2002, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
of the Senate a report that contains the results of
the study conducted under paragraph (1).’’.
Subtitle 
B—Community-Based
Grants for the Prevention of
Child Abuse
SEC. 121. PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY.
(a) PURPOSE.—Section 201(a)(1) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116(a)(1)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) to support community-based efforts to de-
velop, operate, expand, enhance, and, where appro-
priate to network, initiatives aimed at the prevention
of child abuse and neglect, and to support networks
of coordinated resources and activities to better
strengthen and support families to reduce the likeli-
hood of child abuse and neglect; and’’.
(b) AUTHORITY.—Section 201(b) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116(b)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A) by striking ‘‘Statewide’’ and all that follows
through the dash, and inserting ‘‘community-
based and prevention-focused programs and ac-
tivities designed to prevent child abuse and ne-
glect (through networks where appropriate)
that are accessible, effective, culturally appro-
priate, and build upon existing strengths that—
’’;
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end; and
(C) by striking subparagraph (G) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(G) demonstrate a commitment to mean-
ingful parent leadership, including among par-
ents of children with disabilities, parents with
disabilities, racial and ethnic minorities, and
members of other underrepresented or under-
served groups; and
‘‘(H) provide referrals to early health and
developmental services;’’; and
(2) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘through leveraging of
funds’’ after ‘‘maximizing funding’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘a Statewide network of
community-based, prevention-focused’’ and in-
serting ‘‘community-based and prevention-fo-
cused’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port program’’ and inserting ‘‘programs and ac-
tivities designed to prevent child abuse and ne-
glect (through networks where appropriate)’’.
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO TITLE HEADING.—
Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
(42 U.S.C. 5116) is amended by striking the heading for
such title and inserting the following:
‘‘TITLE 
II—COMMUNITY–BASED
GRANTS FOR THE PREVEN-
TION OF CHILD ABUSE AND
NEGLECT’’.
SEC. 122. ELIGIBILITY.
Section 202 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116a) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘a Statewide network
of community-based, prevention-focused’’
and inserting ‘‘community-based and pre-
vention-focused’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘family resource and
support programs’’ and all that follows
through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘pro-
grams and activities designed to prevent
child abuse and neglect (through networks
where appropriate);’’
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting
‘‘that exists to strengthen and support families
to prevent child abuse and neglect’’ after ‘‘writ-
ten authority of the State)’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a
network of community-based family resource
and support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘commu-
nity-based and prevention-focused programs
and activities designed to prevent child abuse
and neglect (through networks where appro-
priate)’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by striking ‘‘to the network’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, and parents with
disabilities’’ before the semicolon;
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘to
the network’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘Statewide network of community-based, pre-
vention-focused, family resource and support
programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based and
prevention-focused programs and activities to
prevent child abuse and neglect (through net-
works where appropriate)’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘Statewide network of community-based, pre-
vention-focused, family resource and support
programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based and
prevention-focused programs and activities to
prevent child abuse and neglect (through net-
works where appropriate)’’;
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and
training and technical assistance, to the State-
wide network of community-based, prevention-
focused, family resource and support programs’’
and inserting ‘‘training, technical assistance,
and evaluation assistance, to community-based
and prevention-focused programs and activities
to prevent child abuse and neglect (through net-
works where appropriate)’’; and
(D) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘,
parents with disabilities,’’ after ‘‘children with
disabilities’’.
SEC. 123. AMOUNT OF GRANT.
Section 203(b)(1)(B) of the Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b(b)(1)(B)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘as the amount leveraged by the
State from private, State, or other non-Federal
sources and directed through the’’ and inserting ‘‘as
the amount of private, State or other non-Federal
funds leveraged and directed through the currently
designated’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘the lead agency’’ and inserting
‘‘the current lead agency’’.
SEC. 124. EXISTING GRANTS.
Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5115c) is repealed.
SEC. 125. APPLICATION.
Section 205 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116d) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Statewide
network of community-based, prevention-focused,
family resource and support programs’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused pro-
grams and activities to prevent child abuse and ne-
glect (through networks where appropriate)’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘network of community-
based, prevention-focused, family resource and
support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community-
based and prevention-focused programs and ac-
tivities to prevent child abuse and neglect
(through networks where appropriate)’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘, including those funded
by programs consolidated under this Act,’’;
(3) by striking paragraph (3), and inserting the
following:
‘‘(3) a description of the inventory of current
unmet needs and current community-based and pre-
vention-focused programs and activities to prevent
child abuse and neglect, and other family resource
services operating in the State;’’;
(4) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘State’s net-
work of community-based, prevention-focused, family
resource and support programs’’ and inserting
‘‘community-based and prevention-focused programs
and activities designed to prevent child abuse and
neglect’’;
(5) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘Statewide
network of community-based, prevention-focused,
family resource and support programs’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘start up, maintenance, expansion, and redesign
of community-based and prevention-focused pro-
grams and activities designed to prevent child abuse
and neglect’’;
(6) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘individual
community-based, prevention-focused, family re-
source and support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘com-
munity-based and prevention-focused programs and
activities designed to prevent child abuse and ne-
glect’’;
(7) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘community-
based, prevention-focused, family resource and sup-
port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based
and prevention-focused programs and activities de-
signed to prevent child abuse and neglect’’;
(8) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘community-
based, prevention-focused, family resource and sup-
port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based
and prevention-focused programs and activities de-
signed to prevent child abuse and neglect’’;
(9) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘(where ap-
propriate)’’ after ‘‘members’’;
(10) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘preven-
tion-focused, family resource and support program’’
and inserting ‘‘community-based and prevention-fo-
cused programs and activities designed to prevent
child abuse and neglect’’; and
(11) by redesignating paragraph (13) as para-
graph (12).
SEC. 126. LOCAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
Section 206(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116e(a)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ‘‘prevention-focused, family resource and
support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘and prevention-
focused programs and activities designed to prevent
child abuse and neglect’’;
(2) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting ‘‘vol-
untary home visiting and’’ after ‘‘including’’; and
(3) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(6) participate with other community-based
and prevention-focused programs and activities to
prevent child abuse and neglect in the development,
operation and expansion of networks where appro-
priate.’’.
SEC. 127. PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
Section 207 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116f) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a Statewide
network of community-based, prevention-focused,
family resource and support programs’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused pro-
grams and activities to prevent child abuse and ne-
glect’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (3), and inserting the
following:
‘‘(3) shall demonstrate that they will have ad-
dressed unmet needs identified by the inventory and
description of current services required under section
205(3);’’;
(3) in paragraph (4),
(A) by inserting ‘‘and parents with disabil-
ities,’’ after ‘‘children with disabilities,’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘evaluation of’’ the first
place it appears and all that follows through
‘‘under this title’’ and inserting ‘‘evaluation of
community-based and prevention-focused pro-
grams and activities to prevent child abuse and
neglect, and in the design, operation and eval-
uation of the networks of such community-
based and prevention-focused programs’’;
(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, prevention-
focused, family resource and support programs’’ and
inserting ‘‘and prevention-focused programs and ac-
tivities designed to prevent child abuse and neglect’’;
(5) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Statewide
network of community-based, prevention-focused,
family resource and support programs’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused pro-
grams and activities designed to prevent child abuse
and neglect’’; and
(6) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘community
based, prevention-focused, family resource and sup-
port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based
and prevention-focused programs and activities de-
signed to prevent child abuse and neglect’’.
SEC. 128. NATIONAL NETWORK FOR COMMUNITY-BASED
FAMILY RESOURCE PROGRAMS.
Section 208(3) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116g(3)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Statewide networks of community-based, prevention-
focused, family resource and support programs’’ and in-
serting ‘‘community-based and prevention-focused pro-
grams and activities designed to prevent child abuse and
neglect’’.
SEC. 129. DEFINITIONS.
(a) CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.—Section 209(1)
of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5116h(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘given such term
in section 602(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘given the term ‘child
with a disability’ in section 602(3) or ‘infant or toddler
with a disability’ in section 632(5)’’.
(b) COMMUNITY-BASED AND PREVENTION-FOCUSED
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE
AND NEGLECT.—Section 209 of the Child Abuse Preven-
tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116h) is amended
by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(3) COMMUNITY-BASED AND PREVENTION-FO-
CUSED
PROGRAMS
AND
ACTIVITIES
TO
PREVENT
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.—The term ‘commu-
nity-based and prevention-focused programs and ac-
tivities to prevent child abuse and neglect’ includes
organizations such as family resource programs,
family support programs, voluntary home visiting
programs, respite care programs, parenting edu-
cation, mutual support programs, and other commu-
nity programs that provide activities that are de-
signed to prevent or respond to child abuse and ne-
glect.’’.
SEC. 130. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 210 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116i) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this title $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and such sums
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004
through 2007.’’.
TITLE II—ADOPTION
OPPORTUNITIES
SEC. 201. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION
OF PURPOSE.
Section 201 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C.
5111) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) through (4)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) the number of children in substitute care
has increased by nearly 24 percent since 1994, as
our Nation’s foster care population included more
than 565,000 as of September of 2001;
‘‘(2) children entering foster care have complex
problems that require intensive services, with many
such children having special needs because they are
born to mothers who did not receive prenatal care,
are born with life threatening conditions or disabil-
ities, are born addicted to alcohol or other drugs, or
have been exposed to infection with the etiologic
agent for the human immunodeficiency virus;
‘‘(3) each year, thousands of children are in
need of placement in permanent, adoptive homes;’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (6);
(C) by striking paragraph (7)(A) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(7)(A) currently, there are 131,000 children
waiting for adoption;’’; and
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (7),
(8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (4), (5), (6),
(7), and (8) respectively; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by inserting ‘‘, including geographic barriers,’’
after ‘‘barriers’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘a na-
tional’’ and inserting ‘‘an Internet-based na-
tional’’.
SEC. 202. INFORMATION AND SERVICES.
Section 203 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C.
5113) is amended—
(1) by striking the section heading and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘SEC. 203. INFORMATION AND SERVICES.’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘SEC. 203. (a) The Secretary’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’;
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘REQUIRED
ACTIVI-
TIES.—’’ after ‘‘(b)’’;
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘non-
profit’’ each place that such appears;
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘non-
profit’’;
(D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘non-
profit’’;
(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘non-
profit’’;
(F) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘study
the nature, scope, and effects of’’ and insert
‘‘support’’;
(G) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘non-
profit’’;
(H) in paragraph (9)—
(i) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(I) in paragraph (10)—
(i) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; each place
that such appears; and
(ii) by striking the period at the end
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(J) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(11) provide (directly or by grant to or con-
tract with States, local government entities, or pub-
lic or private licensed child welfare or adoption agen-
cies) for the implementation of programs that are
intended to increase the number of older children
(who are in foster care and with the goal of adop-
tion) placed in adoptive families, with a special em-
phasis on child-specific recruitment strategies,
including—
‘‘(A) outreach, public education, or media
campaigns to inform the public of the needs
and numbers of older youth available for adop-
tion;
‘‘(B) training of personnel in the special
needs of older youth and the successful strate-
gies of child-focused, child-specific recruitment
efforts; and
‘‘(C) recruitment of prospective families for
such children.’’;
(4) in subsection (c)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘(c) SERVICES FOR FAMILIES ADOPTING SPECIAL
NEEDS CHILDREN.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘(2) Services’’ and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(2) SERVICES.—Services’’; and
(C) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by realigning the margins of sub-
paragraphs (A) through (G) accordingly;
(ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(iii) in subparagraph (G), by striking
the period and inserting a semicolon; and
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(H) day treatment; and
‘‘(I) respite care.’’; and
(D) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; each place
that such appears;
(5) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(d)(1) The Secretary’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘(d) IMPROVING PLACEMENT RATE OF CHILDREN IN
FOSTER CARE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘(2)(A) Each State’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS; TECHNICAL
AND
OTHER
ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(A) APPLICATIONS.—Each State’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘(B) The Secretary’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘(B) TECHNICAL
AND
OTHER
ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Secretary’’;
(D) in paragraph (2)(B)—
(i) by realigning the margins of
clauses (i) and (ii) accordingly; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’;
(E) by striking ‘‘(3)(A) Payments’’ and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(3) PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Payments’’; and
(F) by striking ‘‘(B) Any payment’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘(B) REVERSION
OF
UNUSED
FUNDS.—
Any payment’’; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) ELIMINATION
OF BARRIERS
TO ADOPTIONS
ACROSS JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award
grants to, or enter into contracts with, States, local
government entities, public or private child welfare
or adoption agencies, adoption exchanges, or adop-
tion family groups to carry out initiatives to improve
efforts to eliminate barriers to placing children for
adoption across jurisdictional boundaries.
‘‘(2) SERVICES
TO
SUPPLEMENT
NOT
SUP-
PLANT.—Services provided under grants made under
this subsection shall supplement, not supplant, serv-
ices provided using any other funds made available
for the same general purposes including—
‘‘(A) developing a uniform homestudy
standard and protocol for acceptance of
homestudies between States and jurisdictions;
‘‘(B) developing models of financing cross-
jurisdictional placements;
‘‘(C) expanding the capacity of all adoption
exchanges to serve increasing numbers of chil-
dren;
‘‘(D) developing training materials and
training social workers on preparing and mov-
ing children across State lines; and
‘‘(E) developing and supporting initiative
models for networking among agencies, adop-
tion exchanges, and parent support groups
across jurisdictional boundaries.’’.
SEC. 203. STUDY OF ADOPTION PLACEMENTS.
Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C.
5114) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—The’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘of
the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of
2002’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘to determine the nature’’ and
inserting ‘‘to determine—
‘‘(1) the nature’’;
(4) by striking ‘‘which are not licensed’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘entity’’;’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) how interstate placements are being fi-
nanced across State lines;
‘‘(3) recommendations on best practice models
for both interstate and intrastate adoptions; and
‘‘(4) how State policies in defining special needs
children differentiate or group similar categories of
children.’’.
SEC. 204. STUDIES ON SUCCESSFUL ADOPTIONS.
Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C.
5114) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) DYNAMICS OF SUCCESSFUL ADOPTION.—The
Secretary shall conduct research (directly or by grant to,
or contract with, public or private nonprofit research agen-
cies or organizations) about adoption outcomes and the
factors affecting those outcomes. The Secretary shall sub-
mit a report containing the results of such research to the
appropriate committees of the Congress not later than the
date that is 36 months after the date of the enactment
of the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002.
‘‘(c) INTERJURISDICTIONAL ADOPTION.—Not later
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Keeping
Children and Families Safe Act of 2002, the Secretary,
in consultation with the Comptroller General, shall submit
to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report
that contains recommendations for an action plan to facili-
tate the interjurisdictional adoption of foster children.’’.
SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 205(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C.
5115(a)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated
$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal years 2004 through 2007 to carry
out programs and activities authorized under this sub-
title.’’.
TITLE III—ABANDONED INFANTS
ASSISTANCE
SEC. 301. FINDINGS.
Section 2 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (1);
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘studies indicate that a
number of factors contribute to’’ before ‘‘the in-
ability of’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘some’’ after ‘‘inability
of’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘who abuse drugs’’; and
(D) by striking ‘‘care for such infants’’
and inserting ‘‘care for their infants’’;
(3) by amending paragraph (5) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(5) appropriate training is needed for per-
sonnel working with infants and young children with
life-threatening conditions and other special needs,
including those who are infected with the human im-
munodeficiency virus (commonly known as ‘HIV’),
those who have acquired immune deficiency syn-
drome (commonly know as ‘AIDS’), and those who
have been exposed to dangerous drugs;’’;
(4) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7);
(5) in paragraph (8), by inserting ‘‘by parents
abusing drugs,’’ after ‘‘deficiency syndrome,’’;
(6) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘comprehen-
sive services’’ and all that follows through the semi-
colon at the end and inserting ‘‘comprehensive sup-
port services for such infants and young children
and their families and services to prevent the aban-
donment of such infants and young children, includ-
ing foster care services, case management services,
family support services, respite and crisis interven-
tion services, counseling services, and group residen-
tial home services; and’’;
(7) by striking paragraph (11);
(8) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4),
(5), (8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (1) through
(7), respectively.
(9) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8) Private, Federal, State, and local resources
should be coordinated to establish and maintain such
services and to ensure the optimal use of all such re-
sources.’’.
SEC. 302. ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL PROGRAMS.
Section 101 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended—
(1) by striking the section heading and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL PROGRAMS.’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(b) PRIORITY IN PROVISION OF SERVICES.—The
Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) un-
less the applicant for the grant agrees to give priority to
abandoned infants and young children who—
‘‘(1) are infected with, or have been perinatally
exposed to, the human immunodeficiency virus, or
have a life-threatening illness or other special med-
ical need; or
‘‘(2) have been perinatally exposed to a dan-
gerous drug.’’.
SEC. 303. EVALUATIONS, STUDY, AND REPORTS BY SEC-
RETARY.
Section 102 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘SEC. 102. EVALUATIONS, STUDY, AND REPORTS BY SEC-
RETARY.
‘‘(a) EVALUATIONS OF LOCAL PROGRAMS.—The Sec-
retary shall, directly or through contracts with public and
nonprofit private entities, provide for evaluations of
projects carried out under section 101 and for the dissemi-
nation of information developed as a result of such
projects.
‘‘(b) STUDY AND REPORT ON NUMBER OF ABAN-
DONED INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct a study for the purpose of determining—
‘‘(A) an estimate of the annual number of
infants and young children relinquished, aban-
doned, or found deceased in the United States
and the number of such infants and young chil-
dren who are infants and young children de-
scribed in section 223(b);
‘‘(B) an estimate of the annual number of
infants and young children who are victims of
homicide;
‘‘(C) characteristics and demographics of
parents who have abandoned an infant within 1
year of the infant’s birth; and
‘‘(D) an estimate of the annual costs in-
curred by the Federal Government and by State
and local governments in providing housing and
care for abandoned infants and young children.
‘‘(2) DEADLINE.—Not later than 36 months
after the date of the enactment of the Keeping Chil-
dren and Families Safe Act of 2002, the Secretary
shall complete the study required under paragraph
(1) and submit to the Congress a report describing
the findings made as a result of the study.
‘‘(c) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall evaluate and
report on effective methods of intervening before the aban-
donment of an infant or young child so as to prevent such
abandonments, and effective methods for responding to
the needs of abandoned infants and young children.’’.
SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 104 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—For the purpose of car-
rying out this Act, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2004
through 2007.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Not more than 5 percent of
the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for
any fiscal year may be obligated for carrying out
section 224(a).’’;
(2) by striking subsection (b);
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘AU-
THORIZATION.—’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘LIMITATION.—’’
after ‘‘(2)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1991.’’
and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2002.’’; and
(4) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as
subsections (b) and (c), respectively.
SEC. 305. DEFINITIONS
Section 103 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this Act:
‘‘(1) The terms ‘abandoned’ and ‘abandon-
ment’, with respect to infants and young children,
mean that the infants and young children are medi-
cally cleared for discharge from acute-care hospital
settings, but remain hospitalized because of a lack of
appropriate out-of-hospital placement alternatives.
‘‘(2) The term ‘acquired immune deficiency syn-
drome’ includes infection with the etiologic agent for
such syndrome, any condition indicating that an in-