Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act - Establishes the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Provides that the Center shall: (1) compile, analyze, and publish annually a summary of recently conducted research on child abuse and neglect; (2) develop and maintain an information clearinghouse on all programs for the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; (3) compile and publish training materials for personnel who are engaged or intend to engage in the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; and (4) provide technical assistance (directly or through grant or contract) to public and nonprofit private agencies and organizations to assist them in planning, improving, developing, and carrying out programs and activities relating to the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Directs the Commission to make a complete and full study and investigation of: (1) the effectiveness of existing child abuse and neglect reporting laws and ordinances; (2) the effectiveness of existing programs designed to prevent, identify, and treat child abuse and neglect; (3) the national incidence of child abuse an…