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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1920 

To save money and reduce tragedies through prevention grants. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 29, 2011 

Mr. WHITEHOUSE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To save money and reduce tragedies through prevention 

grants. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saving Money and Re5 ducing Tragedies through Prevention Act of 2011’’ or the 

6 ‘‘SMART Prevention Act of 2011’’. 

7 SEC. 2. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 

8 THROUGH PREVENTION GRANTS. 

9 (a) SMART PREVENTION.—Section 41303 of the Vi10 olence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d– 

11 2) is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 41303. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 

2 THROUGH PREVENTION (SMART PREVEN3 TION). 

4 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General, 

5 in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 

6 Services and the Secretary of Education, is authorized to 

7 award grants for the purpose of preventing domestic vio8 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by tak9 ing a comprehensive approach that focuses on youth, chil10 dren exposed to violence, and men as leaders and 

11 influencers of social norms. 

12 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided under this 

13 section may be used for the following purposes: 

14 ‘‘(1) TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND

15 PREVENTION.—To develop, maintain, or enhance 

16 programs that change attitudes and behaviors 

17 around the acceptability of domestic violence, dating 

18 violence, sexual assault, and stalking and provide 

19 education and skills training to young individuals 

20 and individuals who influence young individuals. The 

21 prevention program may use evidence-based, evi22 dence-informed, or innovative strategies and prac23 tices focused on youth. Such a program should in24 clude— 

25 ‘‘(A) age and developmentally-appropriate 

26 education on domestic violence, dating violence, 


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1 sexual assault, stalking, and sexual coercion, as 

2 well as healthy relationship skills, in school, in 

3 the community, or in health care settings; 

4 ‘‘(B) community-based collaboration and 

5 training for those with influence on youth, such 

6 as parents, teachers, coaches, health-care pro7 viders, faith-leaders, older teens, and mentors; 

8 ‘‘(C) education and outreach to change en9 vironmental factors contributing to domestic vi10 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 

11 stalking; and 

12 ‘‘(D) policy development targeted to pre13 vention, including school-based policies and pro14 tocols. 

15 ‘‘(2) CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE AND

16 ABUSE.—To develop, maintain or enhance programs 

17 designed to prevent future incidents of domestic vio18 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

19 by preventing, reducing and responding to children’s 

20 exposure to violence in the home. Such programs 

21 may include— 

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1 seling or advocacy, and support for the non2 abusing parent; and 

3 ‘‘(B) training and coordination for edu4 cational, after-school, and childcare programs 

5 on how to safely and confidentially identify chil6 dren and families experiencing domestic vio7 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk8 ing and properly refer children exposed and 

9 their families to services and violence prevention 

10 programs. 

11 ‘‘(3) ENGAGING MEN AS LEADERS AND ROLE

12 MODELS.—To develop, maintain or enhance pro13 grams that work with men to prevent domestic vio14 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 

15 by helping men to serve as role models and social 

16 influencers of other men and youth at the individual, 

17 school, community or statewide levels. 

18 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 

19 a grant under this section, an entity shall be— 

20 ‘‘(1) a victim service provider, community-based 

21 organization, tribe or tribal organization, or other 

22 non-profit, nongovernmental organization that has a 

23 history of effective work preventing domestic vio24 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and 


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1 expertise in the specific area for which they are ap2 plying for funds; or 

3 ‘‘(2) a partnership between a victim service pro4 vider, community-based organization, tribe or tribal 

5 organization, or other non-profit, nongovernmental 

6 organization that has a history of effective work pre7 venting domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as8 sault, or stalking and at least one of the following 

9 that has expertise in serving children exposed to do10 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

11 stalking, youth domestic violence, dating violence, 

12 sexual assault, or stalking prevention, or engaging 

13 men to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, 

14 sexual assault, or stalking: 

15 ‘‘(A) A public, charter, tribal, or nationally 

16 accredited private middle or high school, a 

17 school administered by the Department of De18 fense under section 2164 of title 10, United 

19 States Code or section 1402 of the Defense De20 pendents’ Education Act of 1978, a group of 

21 schools, or a school district. 

22 ‘‘(B) A local community-based organiza23 tion, population-specific organization, or faith24 based organization that has established exper25 tise in providing services to youth. 


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1 ‘‘(C) A community-based organization, 

2 population-specific organization, university or 

3 health care clinic, faith-based organization, or 

4 other non-profit, nongovernmental organization 

5 with a demonstrated history of effective work 

6 addressing the needs of children exposed to do7 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

8 or stalking. 

9 ‘‘(D) A nonprofit, nongovernmental entity 

10 providing services for runaway or homeless 

11 youth affected by domestic violence, dating vio12 lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 

13 ‘‘(E) Healthcare entities eligible for reim14 bursement under title XVIII of the Social Secu15 rity Act, including providers that target the 

16 special needs of children and youth. 

17 ‘‘(F) Any other agencies, population-spe18 cific organizations, or nonprofit, nongovern19 mental organizations with the capacity to pro20 vide necessary expertise to meet the goals of the 

21 program. 

22 ‘‘(d) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Applicants for grants 

24 under this section shall prepare and submit to the 

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1 ner, and containing such information as the Director 

2 may require that demonstrates the capacity of the 

3 applicant and partnering organizations to undertake 

4 the project. 

5 ‘‘(2) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Applicants 

6 under this section shall establish and implement 

7 policies, practices, and procedures that— 

8 ‘‘(A) include appropriate referral systems 

9 to direct any victim identified during program 

10 activities to highly-qualified follow-up care; 

11 ‘‘(B) protect the confidentiality and pri12 vacy of adult and youth victim information, 

13 particularly in the context of parental or third 

14 party involvement and consent, mandatory re15 porting duties, and working with other service 

16 providers; 

17 ‘‘(C) ensure that all individuals providing 

18 prevention programming through a program 

19 funded under this section have completed or 

20 will complete sufficient training in connection 

21 with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

22 assault or stalking; and 

23 ‘‘(D) document how prevention programs 

24 are coordinated with service programs in the 

25 community. 


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1 ‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In selecting grant recipi2 ents under this section, the Attorney General shall 

3 give preference to applicants that— 

4 ‘‘(A) include outcome-based evaluation; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(B) identify any other community, school, 

7 or State-based efforts that are working on do8 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

9 or stalking prevention and explain how the 

10 grantee or partnership will add value, coordi11 nate with other programs, and not duplicate ex12 isting efforts. 

13 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section and except 

15 as provided in paragraph (2), the definitions and 

16 grant conditions provided for in section 40002 shall 

17 apply. 

18 ‘‘(2) YOUTH.—In this section, the term ‘youth’ 

19 shall include individuals 11 years of age. 

20 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 

22 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 

23 Amounts appropriated under this section may only be used 

24 for programs and activities described under this section. 

25 ‘‘(g) ALLOTMENT.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 25 percent of 

2 the total amounts appropriated under this section in 

3 each fiscal year shall be used for each set of pur4 poses described in paragraph (1), (2), and (3) of 

5 subsection (a). 

6 ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than 10 percent 

7 of the total amounts appropriated under this section 

8 in each fiscal year shall be made available for grants 

9 to Indian tribes or tribal organizations. If an insuffi10 cient number of applications are received from In11 dian tribes or tribal organizations, such funds shall 

12 be allotted to other population-specific programs.’’. 

13 (b) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 

14 (1) Sections 41304 and 41305 of the Violence 

15 Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d–3 

16 and 14043d–4). 

17 (2) Section 403 of the Violence Against Women 

18 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

19 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14045c). 

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