1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Welfare Workforce Support Act . 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to demonstrate the impact of recruitment and retention strategies in the child welfare workforce and identify effective evidence-based strategies for improved worker recruitment, retention, and advancement. 3. Definitions In this Act— (1) the term caseworker means an individual employed or contracted by a State who works in the field of prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; (2) the term child welfare workforce means professional and paraprofessional personnel employed by, or affiliated with, a State in the fields of health care, medicine, law enforcement, judiciary, social work and child protection, education, child care, and other relevant fields, or individuals such as court appointed special advocates or guardian ad litem, who are engaged in, or intend to work in, the field of prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; (3) the term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term Indian tribe in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450b ); (4) the term secondary trauma means the secondary traumatic stress or vicarious trauma that can occur when a professional experiences stress or symptoms of trauma when working with children and families who are experiencing abuse, neglect, or family violence; (5) the term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services