‘‘(3) report to Congress on the effectiveness of 
Court Teams, including the extent to which local 
Court Teams are— 
‘‘(A) improving access to services for mal-
treated infants and toddlers; 
‘‘(B) reducing the recurrence of abuse and 
neglect; 
‘‘(C) promoting permanent placements of 
maltreated infants and toddlers; and 
‘‘(D) improving the developmental out-
comes for maltreated infants and toddlers who 
have been in foster care. 
‘‘SEC. 276. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘For the purposes of this part: 
‘‘(1) COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE.— 
The term ‘court-appointed special advocate’ means 
an individual who is trained by a recognized court- 
appointed special advocate program and appointed 
by a court to advocate for the best interests of chil-
dren who come into the court system primarily as a 
result of abuse or neglect. 
‘‘(2) COURT
IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘Court Improvement Program’ means a pro-
gram authorized under section 438 of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 629h). 
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‘‘(3) GUARDIAN AD LITEM.—The term ‘Guard-
ian Ad Litem’ means an attorney or court-appointed 
special advocate who is appointed by a court to ad-
vocate for the best interests of children who come 
into the court system primarily as a result of abuse 
or neglect. 
‘‘(4) MALTREATED INFANT OR TODDLER.—The 
term ‘maltreated infant or toddler’ means any child 
three years of age or younger who is the victim of 
a substantiated case of physical abuse, neglect, med-
ical neglect, sexual abuse, or emotional abuse. 
‘‘(5) NATIONAL EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOP-
MENT
ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘national early 
childhood development organization’ means a na-
tional, private, nonprofit organization— 
‘‘(A) that is dedicated to supporting the 
healthy development and well-being of infants, 
toddlers, and their families; and 
‘‘(B) that has the capacity for research, 
training, information dissemination, and leader-
ship development in all of the professional dis-
ciplines related to infants and toddlers three 
years of age and younger. 
‘‘(6) QUALIFIED JUDGE.—The term ‘qualified 
judge’ means a judge who presides over a court that 
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has jurisdiction over children in foster care, such as 
a judge for a dependency court or family court.’’. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 299 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the header, by striking ‘‘PARTS C 
AND E)’’ and inserting ‘‘PARTS C, E, AND F)’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘parts C 
and E)’’ and inserting ‘‘parts C, E, and F)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 
PART F.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out part F such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.’’. 
Æ 
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