The PREVENT Act directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to maintain and expand a federal program focused on preventing child sexual abuse. The program will work to identify gaps in current research and prevention efforts, improve data collection and surveillance systems for tracking child sexual abuse including technology-facilitated abuse, increase understanding of risk factors, and develop and spread evidence-based prevention strategies and policies. The bill specifically emphasizes addressing the growing problem of technology-facilitated child sexual abuse. The legislation authorizes $6 million per year in funding for the program for fiscal years 2027 through 2031, totaling $30 million over the five-year period.
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