National Child Protection Training Act

Bill: 114-s-2431
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2015-12-18
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare

Domestic violence and child abuse

Education programs funding

Higher education

Medical education

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Teaching, teachers, curricula
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-12-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p> <b>National Child Protection Training Act</b> </p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, in coordination with the National Child Protection Training Center, to establish at least four regional training centers affiliated with institutions of higher education (IHEs). <br /></p> <p>Regional training centers must:&nbsp; </p> <ul> <li>develop model undergraduate and graduate child maltreatment curricula for distribution to IHEs,</li> <li>develop laboratory training facilities for students preparing for and professionals engaged in child protection careers, and </li> <li>promote evidence-based prevention programs in communities and forensic interview training programs in states. </li> </ul>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2431 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 18, 2015 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Boozman , and Mr. Franken ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To improve the training of child protection professionals.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Child Protection Training Act . 2. Establishment of regional training centers (a) Regional training centers The Attorney General, acting through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and in coordination with the National Child Protection Training Center, shall establish a program to sustain not less than 4 regional training centers affiliated with institutions of higher education. (b) Responsibilities The regional training centers described in subsection (a) shall— (1) develop model undergraduate curricula on recognizing and responding to cases of child maltreatment that is interdisciplinary and that, at a minimum, consists of a 3-course certificate program or minor degree; (2) develop model graduate curricula on recognizing and responding to cases of child maltreatment for medical schools, law schools, seminaries, and other institutions of higher education that instruct students likely to become child protection professionals or other professionals required by law to report cases of child maltreatment; (3) after approval by the Attorney General, disseminate model undergraduate and graduate child maltreatment curricula to institutions of higher education, including graduate schools, law schools, and medical schools; (4) develop laboratory training facilities that include mock houses, medical facilities, courtrooms, and forensic interview rooms that allow for simulated, interactive, and intensive training of undergraduate or graduate students preparing for child protection careers as well as for training child protection professionals currently in the field (including child protection workers, child protection attorneys, medical and mental health professionals, law enforcement officers, forensic interviewers, and other professionals who work directly with maltreated children); (5) assist communities in developing evidence-based prevention programs; and (6) assist States in developing and maintaining forensic interview training programs. (c) Definition In this section, the term institution of higher education has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001(a) ).