Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Research and Demonstration Project
Program Description
The discretionary grant activities funded by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) support research on the causes, prevention, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and the development and implementation of evidence-based training programs. Grants are provided to State and local agencies and organizations as well as university- and hospital-affiliated programs. Projects have focused on every aspect of the prevention, identification, investigation, assessment and t reatment of child abuse and neglect. The Children’s Bureau is currently funding the following projects under CAPTA FY ’04 discretionary funds:
- Systems of Care – 9 grants
- Replication of Effective Prevention Programs – 8 grants
- Evaluation of Existing Prevention Programs – 4 grants
- Field Initiated Child Abuse and Neglect Demonstration – 8 grants
- University Research Fellowships in Child Abuse and Neglect – 11 grants
- Quality Improvement Centers in CPS and Adoption - 4 grants
- National Resource Center on Child Protective Services – 1 grant
- The Consortium for Longitudinal Studies of Child Maltreatment (known as LONGSCAN) consists of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Coordinating Center and five satellite sites in North Carolina, Seattle, Chicago, San Diego and Baltimore.
- Greenbook Project (Community-based collaborations between domestic violence and child welfare agencies)
- User Manual Series (Publications on child abuse and neglect issues targeted to professionals in various disciplines.)
- 15th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
- Citizen Review Panels Feasibility Study
- Consortium on Child Neglect Research (Interagency Agreement with NIH)
- "Project Making Medicine" (Interagency Agreement with Indian Health Services)
- Systems of Care TA (Interagency Agreement with Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA)
Statistics
There are currently 51 grants funded under this program. Other program efforts are supported through contracts and interagency agreements.
Awarded Grants
To view information about current and previously funded grants under this program, go to either:
- ACYF Directory of Funded Grants - for abstracts and contact information for grant awardees starting with FY 2002--use the "guided search", select "year", select "Children's Bureau", and select the Child Abuse and Neglect Discretionary Grant Activities program.
- Children's Bureau Listing of Discretionary Grant and Competitive Grant Awards - For awardees names and funding levels from FY 2000 and later.
Budget Information
The program is funded at $31,645,000 for FY 2006.
