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[CITE: 42USC13013]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 132--VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM
 
Sec. 13013. Strengthening of court-appointed special advocate 
        program
        

(a) In general

    The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention shall make grants to expand the court-appointed special 
advocate program.

(b) Grantee organizations

    (1) An organization to which a grant is made pursuant to subsection 
(a) of this section shall be a national organization that has broad 
membership among court-appointed special advocates and has demonstrated 
experience in grant administration of court-appointed special advocate 
programs and in providing training and technical assistance to court-
appointed special advocate program; or (2) may be a local public or not-
for-profit agency that has demonstrated the willingness to initiate or 
expand a court-appointed special advocate program.
    (2) An organization described in paragraph (1)(a) that receives a 
grant may be authorized to make subgrants and enter into contracts with 
public and not-for-profit agencies to initiate and to expand the court-
appointed special advocate program. Should a grant be made to a national 
organization for this purpose, the Administrator shall specify an amount 
not exceeding 5 percent that can be used for administrative purposes by 
the national organization.

(c) Grant criteria

    (1) The Administrator shall establish criteria to be used in 
evaluating applications for grants under this section, consistent with 
sections 5665a, 5673,\1\ and 5676 \1\ of this title.
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    (2) In general, the grant criteria established pursuant to paragraph 
(1) shall require that a court-appointed special advocate program 
provide screening, training, and supervision of court-appointed special 
advocates in accordance with standards developed by the National Court-
Appointed Special Advocate Association. Such criteria may include the 
requirements that--
        (A) a court-appointed special advocate association program have 
    a mission and purpose in keeping with the mission and purpose of the 
    National Court-Appointed Special Advocate Association and that it 
    abide by the National Court-Appointed Special Advocate Association 
    Code of Ethics;
        (B) a court-appointed special advocate association program 
    operate with access to legal counsel;
        (C) the management and operation of a court-appointed special 
    advocate program assure adequate supervision of court-appointed 
    special advocate volunteers;
        (D) a court-appointed special advocate program keep written 
    records on the operation of the program in general and on each 
    applicant, volunteer, and case;
        (E) a court-appointed special advocate program have written 
    management and personnel policies and procedures, screening 
    requirements, and training curriculum;
        (F) a court-appointed special advocate program not accept 
    volunteers who have been convicted of, have charges pending for, or 
    have in the past been charged with, a felony or misdemeanor 
    involving a sex offense, violent act, child abuse or neglect, or 
    related acts that would pose risks to children or to the court-
    appointed special advocate program's credibility;
        (G) a court-appointed special advocate program have an 
    established procedure to allow the immediate reporting to a court or 
    appropriate agency of a situation in which a court-appointed special 
    advocate volunteer has reason to believe that a child is in imminent 
    danger;
        (H) a court-appointed special advocate volunteer be an 
    individual who has been screened and trained by a recognized court-
    appointed special advocate program and appointed by the court to 
    advocate for children who come into the court system primarily as a 
    result of abuse or neglect; and
        (I) a court-appointed special advocate volunteer serve the 
    function of reviewing records, facilitating prompt, thorough review 
    of cases, and interviewing appropriate parties in order to make 
    recommendations on what would be in the best interests of the child.

    (3) In awarding grants under this section, the Administrator shall 
ensure that grants are distributed to localities that have no existing 
court-appointed special advocate program and to programs in need of 
expansion.

(Pub. L. 101-647, title II, Sec. 217, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4794.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 5673 and 5676 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), 
was in the original a reference to sections 293 and 296 of the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-415. Sections 
293 and 296 of the Act were renumbered sections 299B and 299E, 
respectively, by Pub. L. 102-586, Sec. 2(i)(1)(B), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 
Stat. 5006.
