2018 US Code
Title 34 - Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subtitle II - Protection of Children and Other Persons
Chapter 203 - Victims of Child Abuse
Subchapter III - Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners
Sec. 20333 - Specialized technical assistance and training programs
| 34 U.S.C. § 20333 (2018) |
| §20333. Specialized technical assistance and training programs |
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(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; (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; and (D) procedures for improving the judicial response to children who are vulnerable to human trafficking, to the extent an appropriate screening tool exists. The Administrator shall make grants under subsections (a) and (b) consistent with sections 11172, 11183, and 11186 of this title. |
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(Pub. L. 101–647, title II, §223, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4797; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title II, §12221(b)(1)(D), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1894; Pub. L. 115–393, title V, §503, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5277; Pub. L. 115–424, §2(h)(5), Jan. 7, 2019, 132 Stat. 5470.) |
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CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 13023 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers or references in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections or references prior to editorial reclassification. AMENDMENTS2019—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–424 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to sections 11183 and 11186 of this title. 2018—Subsec. (b)(2)(D). Pub. L. 115–393 added subpar. (D). 2002—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–273 substituted "sections 5666, 5673, and 5676 of this title" for "section 5665a, 5673, and 5676 of this title". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2002 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 107–273 effective on the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after Nov. 2, 2002, and applicable only with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after Nov. 2, 2002, see section 12223 of Pub. L. 107–273, as amended, set out as a note under section 11101 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT |
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| Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT Subtitle II - Protection of Children and Other Persons CHAPTER 203 - VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE SUBCHAPTER III - CHILD ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND PRACTITIONERS Sec. 20333 - Specialized technical assistance and training programs |
| section 20333 |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
| No |
| standard |
| 104 Stat. 4797 116 Stat. 1894 132 Stat. 5277, 5470 |
| Public Law 101-647, Public Law 107-273, Public Law 115-393, Public Law 115-424 |
