Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 117.djvu/820

 PUBLIC LAW 108–36—JUNE 25, 2003 Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

302. 303. 304. 305. 306.

117 STAT. 801

Establishment of local projects. Evaluations, study, and reports by Secretary. Authorization of appropriations. Definitions. Conforming amendment.

TITLE IV—FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES ACT Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

401. 402. 403. 404. 405. 406. 407. 408. 409. 410. 411. 412. 413. 414. 415. 416.

State demonstration grants. Secretarial responsibilities. Evaluation. Information and technical assistance centers. Related assistance. Authorization of appropriations. Grants for State domestic violence coalitions. Evaluation and monitoring. Family member abuse information and documentation project. Model State leadership grants. National domestic violence hotline and internet grant. Youth education and domestic violence. Demonstration grants for community initiatives. Transitional housing assistance. Technical and conforming amendments. Conforming amendment to another Act.

TITLE I—CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT SEC. 101. FINDINGS.

Section 2 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 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 following: ‘‘(2)(A) more children suffer neglect than any other form of maltreatment; and ‘‘(B) investigations have determined that approximately 60 percent of children who were victims of maltreatment in 2001 suffered neglect, 19 percent suffered physical abuse, 10 percent suffered sexual abuse, and 7 percent suffered emotional maltreatment; ‘‘(3)(A) child abuse can result in the death of a child; ‘‘(B) in 2001, an estimated 1,300 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 comprised 41 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 redesignated), and inserting the following: ‘‘(4)(A) many of these children and their families fail to receive adequate protection and treatment; and ‘‘(B) slightly less than half of these children (42 percent in 2001) and their families fail to receive adequate protection or treatment;’’; (5) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘community-based organizations’’;

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