• Report Child Abuse Training
  
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention, ACES Study
• Child Welfare Information System
• Crimes against Children Research Center
• Enough Abuse Campaign
• Kids Count State-Level Data Online
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• National Center for the Review & Prevention of Child Deaths
• National District Attorney’s Association
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• National Association of Counsel for Children
• National Children's Alliance
• National Data Archive on Child Abuse & Neglect
• National Citizen Review Panel
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Background

Children's Justice Act Grant Background

On June 25, 2003, the President signed the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003, Public Law 108-36. The law reauthorizes and amends Section 107(a) of Title I of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act that authorizes grants to States for the purpose of assisting States in developing, establishing, and operating programs designed to improve:

• the handling of child abuse and neglect cases, particularly cases of child sexual abuse and exploitation, in a manner which limits additional trauma to the child victim;
• the handling of cases of suspected child abuse or neglect related fatalities;
• the investigation and prosecution of cases of child abuse and neglect, particularly child sexual abuse and exploitation; and the handling of cases involving children with disabilities or serious health-related problems who are victims of abuse or neglect.