National Center on Child Maltreatment Fatality Data Practices and Reporting

The National Center on Child Maltreatment Fatality Data Practices and Reporting will serve as a national resource to improve data collection and reporting about child maltreatment fatalities. The center will focus on building knowledge and capacity, increasing cross-agency cooperation and coordination, establishing a national resource for information-sharing, supporting data practice and reporting strategies, and evaluating training and technical assistance activities. The center will provide culturally responsive technical assistance to states, jurisdictions, and their partners, including tribes, to help them develop cross-agency prevention, intervention, and system reform efforts. * Key objectives include: * Building knowledge and capacity * Increasing opportunities for cross-agency cooperation and coordination * Establishing a national resource for information-sharing, learning, and dissemination * Supporting data practice and reporting strategies * Evaluating training and technical assistance activities * Eligible applicants include states, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, public agencies, private agencies, and organizations, as well as faith-based and community organizations.