I 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5601
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to make improve-
ments to and reauthorize programs under that Act, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 10, 2002
Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. DELAY, and Mr. GREEN-
WOOD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
OCTOBER 10, 2002
Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged; considered and 
passed 
A BILL 
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
to make improvements to and reauthorize programs 
under that Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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’’; 
(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; 
(D) in subparagraph (D)—
(i) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(ii) by redesignating clause (ix) as 
clause (x); and 
(iii) by inserting after clause (viii), the 
following: 
‘‘(ix) the incidence and prevalence of 
child maltreatment by a wide array of de-
mographic characteristics such as age, sex, 
race, family structure, household relation-
ship (including the living arrangement of 
the resident parent and family size), school 
enrollment and education attainment, dis-
ability, grandparents as caregivers, labor 
force status, work status in previous year, 
and income in previous year; and’’; 
(E) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
subparagraph (I); and 
(F) by inserting after subparagraph (C), 
the following: 
‘‘(D) the evaluation and dissemination of 
best practices consistent with the goals of 
achieving improvements in the child protective 
services systems of the States in accordance 
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:
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; 
‘‘(G) for improving the training of super-
visory and nonsupervisory child welfare work-
ers; 
‘‘(H) for enabling State child welfare agen-
cies to coordinate the provision of services with 
State and local health care agencies, alcohol 
and drug abuse prevention and treatment agen-
cies, mental health agencies, and other public 
and private welfare agencies to promote child 
safety, permanence, and family stability; 
‘‘(I) for cross training for child protective 
service workers in research-based methods for
recognizing situations of substance abuse, do-
mestic violence, and neglect; and 
‘‘(J) for developing, implementing, or oper-
ating information and education programs or 
training programs designed to improve the pro-
vision of services to disabled infants with life-
threatening conditions for—
‘‘(i) professionals and paraprofessional 
personnel concerned with the welfare of 
disabled infants with life-threatening con-
ditions, including personnel employed in 
child protective services programs and 
health care facilities; and 
‘‘(ii) the parents of such infants.’’; 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (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;