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H.R. 3839 (107th)

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002

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Introduced

5 March 2002

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Summary

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002 - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to revise requirements for child abuse prevention and treatment grants, with special emphasis on: (1) community-based organizations; (2) linkages between child protective services agencies and health care, mental health care, and developmental services; and (3) children with disabilities or serious health-related problems who are victims of abuse or neglect. Amends the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 with respect to infant abandonment prevention grants and family support programs for child abuse and neglect prevention. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to research and report to the appropriate congressional committees about adoption outcomes and the factors affecting them. Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to: (1) revise requirements for State demonstration grants; (2) authorize an extended duration of a national domestic violence hotline grant; and (3) extend the authorization of appropriations for demonstration grants for community initiatives and for transitional housing assistance grants.

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