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PUBLIC LAW 93-247-JAN. 31, 1974

THE NATIONAL CENTER ON CHILD ABUSE A N D NEGLECT

SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter referred to in this Act as the "Secretary'') shall establish an office to be known as the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (hereinafter referred to in this Act as the "Center"). (b) The Secretary, through the Center, shall— (1) compile, analyze, and publish a summary annually of recently conducted and currently conducted research on child abuse and neglect; (2) develop and maintain an information clearinghouse on all programs, including private programs, showing promise of success, for the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; (3) compile and publish training materials for personnel who are engaged or intend to engage in the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; (4) provide technical assistance (directly or through grant or contract) to public and nonprofit private agencies and organizations to assist them in planning, improving, developing, and carrying out programs and activities relating to the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; (5) conduct research into the causes of child abuse and neglect, and into the prevention, identification, and treatment thereof; and (6) make a complete and full study and investigation of the national incidence of child abuse and neglect, including a determination of the extent to which incidents of child abuse and neglect are increasing in number or severity.

Establishment. 42 USC 5101.

Annual r e s e a r c h summary. Information clearinghouse

Study.

DEFINITION

SEC. 3. For purposes of this Act the term "child abuse and neglect" means the physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, negligent treatment, or maltreatment of a child under the age of eighteen by a person who is responsible for the child's welfare under circumstances which indicate that the child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened thereby, as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. DEMONSTRATION

PROGRAMS AND

• 2 USC 5102,

PROJECTS

SEC. 4. (a) The Secretary, through the Center, is authorized to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public agencies or nonprofit private organizations (or combinations thereof) for demonstration programs and projects designed to prevent, identify, and treat child abuse and neglect. Grants or contracts under this suijsection may be— (1) for the development and establishment of training programs for professional and paraprofessional personnel in the fields of medicine, law, education, social work, and other relevant

Grants and contracts. 42 USC 5103.

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