Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Chapter 203 — Victims of Child Abuse
§ 20333. Specialized technical assistance and training programs
Statutory text
Grants to develop model programs
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.
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.
Grants to juvenile and family courts
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—
training and technical assistance to judicial personnel and attorneys in juvenile and family courts; and
administrative reform in juvenile and family courts.
The criteria established for the making of grants pursuant to paragraph (1) shall give priority to programs that improve—
procedures for determining whether child service agencies have made reasonable efforts to prevent placement of children in foster care;
procedures for determining whether child service agencies have, after placement of children in foster care, made reasonable efforts to reunite the family;
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
procedures for improving the judicial response to children who are vulnerable to human trafficking, to the extent an appropriate screening tool exists.
Grant criteria
The Administrator shall make grants under subsections (a) and (b) consistent with sections 11172, 11183, and 11186 of this title.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–647 title II § 223 · 104 Stat. 4789
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 20333
Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 223, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4797
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 223, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4797Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 223. 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 subtitle A. (c) Grant Criteria.— The Administrator shall make grants under subsections (a) and (b) consistent with section 262, 293, and 296 of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5665 et seq.).Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–273 div. C title II § 12221(b)(1)(D) · 116 Stat. 1758
Substituted · 34 U.S.C. § 20333(c)
Pub. L. 107–273 substituted “sections 5666, 5673, and 5676 of this title” for “section 5665a, 5673, and 5676 of this title”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–273 substituted “sections 5666, 5673, and 5676 of this title” for “section 5665a, 5673, and 5676 of this title”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(D) in section 223(c) by striking “section 262, 293, and 296” and inserting “sections 262, 299B, and 299E”.Effective date note
Amendment 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.Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017
Pub. L. 115–393 title V § 503 · 132 Stat. 5265
Added · 34 U.S.C. § 20333(b)(2)(D)
Pub. L. 115–393 added subpar. (D)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(2)(D). Pub. L. 115–393 added subpar. (D).Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 503. JUDICIAL TRAINING. Section 223(b)(2) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (34 U.S.C. 20333(b)(2)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking “and” at the end; (2) in subparagraph (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(D) procedures for improving the judicial response to children who are vulnerable to human trafficking, to the extent an appropriate screening tool exists.” .Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–424 § 2(h)(5) · 132 Stat. 5465
Changed · 34 U.S.C. § 20333(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
Source evidence
Code amendment note
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.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(5) in section 223(c) (34 U.S.C. 20333(c)), by striking “(42 U.S.C. 5665 et seq.)” and inserting “(34 U.S.C. 11183, 11186)”.
4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
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.
Amendments2002–2019 · 3 rounds
2019
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”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 107–273 effective on the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after , and applicable only with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after , see section 12223 of Pub. L. 107–273, as amended, set out as a note under section 11101 of this title.