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[CITE: 42USC13023]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 132--VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE
 
SUBCHAPTER III--CHILD ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND 
                              PRACTITIONERS
 
Sec. 13023. Specialized technical assistance and training 
        programs
        

(a) Grants to develop model programs

    (1) The Administrator shall make grants to national organizations to 
develop 1 or more model technical assistance and training programs to 
improve the judicial system's handling of child abuse and neglect cases.
    (2) An organization to which a grant is made pursuant to paragraph 
(1) shall be one that has broad membership among juvenile and family 
court judges and has demonstrated experience in providing training and 
technical assistance for judges, attorneys, child welfare personnel, and 
lay child advocates.

(b) Grants to juvenile and family courts

    (1) In order to improve the judicial system's handling of child 
abuse and neglect cases, the Administrator shall make grants to State 
courts or judicial administrators for programs that provide or contract 
for, the implementation of--
        (A) training and technical assistance to judicial personnel and 
    attorneys in juvenile and family courts; and
        (B) administrative reform in juvenile and family courts.

    (2) The criteria established for the making of grants pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall give priority to programs that improve--
        (A) procedures for determining whether child service agencies 
    have made reasonable efforts to prevent placement of children in 
    foster care;
        (B) procedures for determining whether child service agencies 
    have, after placement of children in foster care, made reasonable 
    efforts to reunite the family; and
        (C) procedures for coordinating information and services among 
    health professionals, social workers, law enforcement professionals, 
    prosecutors, defense attorneys, and juvenile and family court 
    personnel, consistent with subchapter I of this chapter.

(c) Grant criteria

    The Administrator shall make grants under subsections (a) and (b) of 
this section consistent with section \1\ 5665a, 5673,\2\ and 5676 \2\ of 
this title.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``sections''.
    \2\ See References in Text note below.
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(Pub. L. 101-647, title II, Sec. 223, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4797.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 5673 and 5676 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c), 
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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 13024 of this title.
