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Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
as Amended by the
Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003
SECTION I: CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT
Sec. 203. AMOUNT OF GRANT. [42 U.S.C. 5116b]
[This section was amended by sec. 123 of P.L. 108-36.]
- RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall reserve 1 percent of the amount
appropriated under section 5116i of this title for a fiscal year to make allotments
to Indian tribes and tribal organizations and migrant programs.
- REMAINING AMOUNTS.—
- IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allot the amount appropriated
under section 5116i of this title for a fiscal year and remaining after the
reservation under subsection (a) of this section among the States as follows:
- 70 percent of such amount appropriated shall be allotted
among the States by allotting to each State an amount that bears the
same proportion to such amount appropriated as the number of children
under the age of 18 residing in the State bears to the total number of
children under the age of 18 residing in all States (except that no State
shall receive less than $175,000 under this subparagraph).
- 30 percent of such amount appropriated shall be allotted
among the States by allotting to each State an amount that bears the
same proportion to such amount appropriated as the amount of private,
State, or other non-Federal funds leveraged and directed through the
currently designated State lead entity in the preceding fiscal year bears
to the aggregate of the amounts leveraged by all States from private,
State, or other non-Federal sources and directed through the current
lead entity of such States in the preceding fiscal year.
- ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall provide
allotments under paragraph (1) to the State lead entity.
- ALLOCATION.—Funds allotted to a State under this section—
- shall be for a 3-year period; and
- shall be provided by the Secretary to the State on an annual basis, as
described in subsection (b) of this section
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