USE OF GRANT

A grant awarded under this subchapter may be used to support: (1) comprehensive medical evaluations, psychosocial assessments, treatment services, and written and photographic documentation of abuse; (2) education and training for health professionals, including physicians, medical students, resident physicians, child abuse fellows, and nurses, relating to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; (3) education and training for community agencies involved with child abuse and neglect, law enforcement officials, child protective services staff, and children's advocacy centers involved with child abuse and neglect; (4) medical case reviews and consultations and testimony regarding those reviews and consultations; (5) research, data collection, and quality assurance activities, including the development of evidence-based guidelines and protocols for the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; (6) the use of telemedicine and other means to extend services from regional programs into underserved areas; and (7) other necessary activities, services, supplies, facilities, and equipment as determined by the department.