Keeping Children and Families Safe Act
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Keeping Children and Families Safe Act (2003) was an American
federal legislation reauthorizing the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
, the Adoption Opportunities Act, the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act, and the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
federal legislation reauthorizing the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act provides federal funding to States in support of prevention, assessment, investigation, prosecution, and treatment activities and also provides grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for demonstration programs and projects...
, the Adoption Opportunities Act, the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act, and the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.
See also
- Domestic violence in the United StatesDomestic violence in the United StatesDomestic violence in United States, experienced by 22-25% of American women in their lifetime, is part of a dynamic of control and oppression, often with multiple forms of physical and non-physical abuse. 60% of Native American women are physically assaulted in their lifetime by a partner or spouse...
- Family Violence Prevention and Services ActFamily Violence Prevention and Services ActThe Family Violence Prevention and Services Act is a United States law, first authorized as part of the Child Abuse Amendments of 1984 , that provides federal funding to help victims of domestic violence and their dependent children by providing shelter and related help, offering violence...
- Violence Against Women ActViolence Against Women ActThe Violence Against Women Act of 1994 is a United States federal law. It was passed as Title IV, sec. 40001-40703 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, , and signed as by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994...