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Child Abuse & Neglect Programs
The Children’s Bureau supports programs, research, and monitoring systems that prevent child abuse and neglect while ensuring that children who are victims receive treatment and care.
The program provides funding to states and tribes to help them strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect. The funding also provides for child abuse and neglect assessment, investigation, prosecution, and treatment activities.
The following are child abuse and neglect programs:
- Promoting Safe and Stable FamiliesChild Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)
- The Court Improvement program
- CAPTA discretionary fund
- CAPTA state grants
- Community-Based Grants for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (CBCAP)
- The Children’s Justice Act (CJA)
- The Abandoned Infants Assistance program
Child Abuse & Neglect Reporting Systems
The Children’s Bureau collects case-level data on reports of child abuse and neglect and analyzes the data. They make reports available to the public and provide an annual report to Congress.
Their reporting systems include the following:
- The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS)
- Child Welfare Outcomes Report to Congress
- Child Maltreatment
You will need to provide evidence of your reduction of income in order for the judge to modify your child support obligation. The best evidence is the most recent tax returns and recent pay stubs. After the court orders a specific child support amount, it is often the case that one parent may seek to modify the child support agreement. However, a parent seeking child support modification will need to prove a change of circumstances.
Steps To ask for a court hearing to change your existing child support order:
Fill out your court forms.
Have your forms reviewed.
Make at least 2 copies of all your forms.
File your forms with the court clerk.
Get your court date.
Serve your papers on the other parent (and the LCSA if involved)
File your proof of service.