- Administrator
means the agency head designated under section 11111(b) of this title;
- applicant
means a child protective service, law enforcement, legal, medical and mental health agency or other agency that responds to child abuse cases;
- as soon as possible
means within a 24-hour period.
- census region
means 1 of the 4 census regions (northeast, south, midwest, and west) that are designated as census regions by the Bureau of the Census as of November 4, 1992;
- child abuse
means physical or sexual abuse or neglect of a child, including human trafficking and the production of child pornography;
- child care services
means child protective services (including the investigation of child abuse and neglect reports), social services, health and mental health care, child (day) care, education (whether or not directly involved in teaching), foster care, residential care, recreational or rehabilitative programs, and detention, correctional, or treatment services.
- covered individual
means an adult who—
- event
includes travel, lodging, practice, competition, and health or medical treatment;
- exploitation
means child pornography or child prostitution;
- mental injury
means harm to a child’s psychological or intellectual functioning which may be exhibited by severe anxiety, depression, withdrawal or outward aggressive behavior, or a combination of those behaviors, which may be demonstrated by a change in behavior, emotional response or cognition;
- multidisciplinary response to child abuse
means a coordinated team response to child abuse that is based on mutually agreed upon procedures among the community agencies and professionals involved in the intervention, prevention, prosecution, and investigation systems that best meets the needs of child victims and their nonoffending family members;
- negligent treatment
means the failure to provide, for reasons other than poverty, adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical care so as to seriously endanger the physical health of the child;
- nonoffending family member
means a member of the family of a victim of child abuse other than a member who has been convicted or accused of committing an act of child abuse;
- nonprofit organization
means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such title.
- physical injury
includes but is not limited to lacerations, fractured bones, burns, internal injuries, severe bruising or serious bodily harm;
- sexual abuse
includes the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of a child to engage in, or assist another person to engage in, sexually explicit conduct or the rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children, or incest with children;
- sexually explicit conduct
means actual or simulated—
- State chapter
means a membership organization that provides technical assistance, training, coordination, grant administration, oversight, and organizational capacity support to local children’s advocacy centers, multidisciplinary teams, and communities working to implement a multidisciplinary response to child abuse in the provision of evidence-informed initiatives, including mental health counseling, forensic interviewing, multidisciplinary team coordination, and victim advocacy.
- unresolved audit finding
means a finding in the final audit report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 months from the date when the final audit report is issued and any appeal has been completed.