34 U.S.C. § 20333: Specialized technical assistance and training programs

The Administrator shall make grants to national organizations to develop 1 or more model technical assistance and training programs to improve the judicial system’s handling of child abuse and neglect cases. An organization to which a grant is made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be one that has broad membership among juvenile and family court judges and has demonstrated experience in providing training and technical assistance for judges, attorneys, child welfare personnel, and lay child advocates. training and technical assistance to judicial personnel and attorneys in juvenile and family courts; and administrative reform in juvenile and family courts. procedures for determining whether child service agencies have made reasonable efforts to prevent placement of children in foster care; procedures for determining whether child service agencies have, after placement of children in foster care, made reasonable efforts to reunite the family; procedures for coordinating information and services among health professionals, social workers, law enforcement professionals, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and juvenile and family court personnel, consistent with subchapter I; and procedures for improving the judicial response to children who are vulnerable to human trafficking, to the extent an appropriate screening tool exists. The Administrator shall make grants under subsections (a) and (b) consistent with sections 11172, 11183, and 11186 of this title.