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Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Discretionary Funds Program

Program Description

The discretionary fund activities funded by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) support a variety of activities, including research and demonstration projects on the causes, prevention, identification, assessment and treatment of child abuse and neglect, the development and implementation of evidence-based training programs, technical assistance to grantees and communities through national resource centers and the Child Welfare Information Gateway. Grants are provided to State and local agencies and organizations as well as university- and hospital-affiliated programs. Funds have also supported contracts for cross-site evaluations, technical assistance to grantees, the biennial National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, various publications most notably the User Manual Series, Congressionally mandated studies, and Interagency Agreements to support multiagency efforts at the Federal level.

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.

Other CAPTA Funded Activities

• User Manual Series (Publications on child abuse and neglect issues targeted to professionals in various disciplines.)
• 17th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
• Interagency Agreement with NIH on 2 child maltreatment intervention research projects
• "Project Making Medicine" (Interagency Agreement with Indian Health Services)
• Systems of Care TA (Interagency Agreement with Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA)
• National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (Interagency Agreement with SAMHSA)
• Cross-site evaluation and support contract for Evidence Based Home Visiting grant cluster

Budget Information

The CAPTA Discretionary program is funded at $37,134,000 for FY 2008.