National Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and Treatment Act

National Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and Treatment Act - Title I: The National Center on Child Neglect and Abuse - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, within the Office of Human Development, the National Center on Child Neglect and Abuse. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of this title $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $1,000,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.

Title II: State Plans for Child Neglect and Abuse Prevention and Treatment Programs - Directs the Secretary, through the center, to make grants to a designated State agency for the purpose of assisting the States and their political subdivisions in developing, strengthening, and carrying out child neglect abuse prevention and treatment programs. Defines the term child neglect and abuse. Authorizes to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976 for the purposes of this title.

Sets forth a formula for the Secretary to follow in allocating such funds among the States. States that in order for the designated State agency of a State to qualify for assistance under this title, such State must have a plan approved by the Secretary which embodies a program for preventing and treating cases of child neglect and abuse in all political subdivisions of the State. Directs the Secretary to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this title.

Title III: Grants for Research, Training, and Demonstration Projects - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public agencies and/or nonprofit private agencies and organizations for the purpose of: (1) funding research programs designed to further the knowledge of how to prevent, identify, and treat instances of child neglect and abuse; (2) developing and establishing training programs for professional and paraprofessional personnel who are engaged in, or intend to work in, the field of prevention and/or treatment of child neglect and abuse; and (3) funding innovative projects which show promise of being successful in the prevention and/or treatment of child neglect and abuse cases.

Authorizes to be appropriated for purposes of this title $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $5,000,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.