PUBLIC LAW 100-294—APR. 25, 1988
102 STAT. 109
"(2) staffed by multidisciplinary teams of personnel trained in the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; and "(3) providing advice and consultation to individuals, agencies, and organizations which request such services. "(c) DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—In addition to grants or contracts made under subsection (b), grants or contracts under this section may be used for the following: "(1) Training programs— "(A) for professional and paraprofessional personnel in the fields of medicine, law, education, social work, and other relevant fields who are engaged in, or intend to work in, the field of prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; or "(B) to provide instruction in methods of protecting children from child abuse and neglect to children and to persons responsible for the welfare of children, including parents of and persons who work with children with handicaps. "(2) Such other innovative programs and projects as the Secretary may approve, including programs and projects for parent self-help, for prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug-related child abuse and neglect, and for home health visitor programs designed to reach parents of children in populations in which risk is high, that show promise of successfully preventing and treating cases of child abuse and neglect, and for a parent self-help program of demonstrated effectiveness which is national in scope. "(3) Projects which provide educational identification, prevention, and treatment services in cooperation with preschool and elementary and secondary schools. "(4) Respite and crisis nursery programs provided by community-based organizations under the direction and supervision of hospitals. "(5) Respite and crisis nursery programs provided by community-based organizations. "(6)(A) Providing hospital-based information and referral services to— "(i) parents of children with handicaps; and "(ii) children who have been neglected or abused and their parents. "(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C)(iii), services provided under a grant received under this paragraph shall be provided at the hospital involved— "(i) upon the birth or admission of a handicapped child; and "(ii) upon the treatment of a child for abuse or neglect. "(C) Services, as determined as appropriate by the grantee, provided under a grant received under this paragraph shall be hospital-based and shall consist of— "(i) the provision of notice to parents that information relating to community services is available; "(ii) the provision of appropriate information to parents of a child with handicaps regarding resources in the community, particularly parent training resources, that will assist such parents in caring for their child;
Education.
Handicapped persons.
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages. Drugs and drug abuse.
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