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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3335

To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to authorize

the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer a Federal

demonstration program to coordinate response and strategy within many

sectors of local communities for intervention and prevention of domestic

violence.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 21, 1993

Ms. FURSE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Education and Labor

A BILL

To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act

to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer a Federal demonstration program to

coordinate response and strategy within many sectors

of local communities for intervention and prevention of

domestic violence.

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 ‘‘Domestic Violence

5 Community Initiative Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON

2 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

3 The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42

4 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end

5 the following new section:

6 ‘‘SEC. 316. DEMONSTRATION GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY INI7 TIATIVES.

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide

9 grants to nonprofit private organizations to establish

10 projects in local communities involving many sectors of

11 each community to coordinate intervention and prevention

12 of domestic violence.

13 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under

14 this section, an entity—

15 ‘‘(1) shall be a nonprofit organization organized

16 for the purpose of coordinating community projects

17 for the intervention in and prevention of domestic vi18 olence; and

19 ‘‘(2) shall include representatives of pertinent

20 sectors of the local community, including—

21 ‘‘(A) health care providers;

22 ‘‘(B) the education community;

23 ‘‘(C) the religious community;

24 ‘‘(D) the justice system;

25 ‘‘(E) domestic violence program advocates;
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1 ‘‘(F) human service entities such as State

2 child services divisions; and

3 ‘‘(G) business and civic leaders.

4 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—An organization that desires to

5 receive a grant under this section shall submit to the Sec6 retary an application, in such form and in such manner

7 as the Secretary shall prescribe through notice in the Fed8 eral Register, that—

9 ‘‘(1) demonstrates that the applicant will serve

10 a community leadership function, bringing together

11 opinion leaders from each sector of the community

12 to develop a coordinated community consensus op13 posing domestic violence;

14 ‘‘(2) demonstrates a community action compo15 nent to improve and expand current intervention and

16 prevention strategies through increased communica17 tion and coordination among all affected sectors;

18 ‘‘(3) includes a complete description of the ap19 plicant’s plan for the establishment and operation of

20 the community project, including a description of—

21 ‘‘(A) the method for identification and se22 lection of an administrative committee made up

23 of persons knowledgeable in domestic violence

24 to oversee the project, hire staff, assure compli-
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1 ance with the project outline, and secure annual

2 evaluation of the project;

3 ‘‘(B) the method for identification and se4 lection of project staff and a project evaluator;

5 ‘‘(C) the method for identification and se6 lection of a project council consisting of rep7 resentatives of the community sectors listed in

8 subsection (b)(2);

9 ‘‘(D) the method for identification and se10 lection of a steering committee consisting of

11 representatives of the various community sec12 tors who will chair subcommittees of the project

13 council focusing on each of the sectors; and

14 ‘‘(E) a plan for developing outreach and

15 public education campaigns regarding domestic

16 violence; and

17 ‘‘(4) contains such other information, agree18 ments, and assurances as the Secretary may require.

19 ‘‘(d) TERM.—A grant provided under this section

20 may extend over a period of not more than 3 fiscal years.

21 ‘‘(e) CONDITIONS ON PAYMENT.—Payments under a

22 grant under this section shall be subject to—

23 ‘‘(1) annual approval by the Secretary; and

24 ‘‘(2) availability of appropriations.
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1 ‘‘(f) GEOGRAPHICAL DISPERSION.—The Secretary

2 shall award grants under this section to organizations in

3 communities geographically dispersed throughout the

4 country.

5 ‘‘(g) USE OF GRANT MONIES.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant made under sub7 section (a) shall be used to establish and operate a

8 community project to coordinate intervention and

9 prevention of domestic violence.

10 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing and op11 erating a project, a nonprofit private organization

12 shall—

13 ‘‘(A) establish protocols to improve and ex14 pand domestic violence intervention and preven15 tion strategies among all affected sectors;

16 ‘‘(B) develop action plans to direct re17 sponses within each community sector that are

18 in conjunction with development in all other

19 sectors; and

20 ‘‘(C) provide for periodic evaluation of the

21 project with a written report and analysis to as22 sist application of this concept in other commu23 nities.
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1 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec3 tion—

4 ‘‘(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1994; and

5 ‘‘(2) such sums as are necessary for each of the

6 fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997,

7 to remain available until expended.

8 ‘‘(i) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days after the

9 date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall pub10 lish proposed regulations implementing this section. Not

11 later than 120 days after the date of enactment, the Sec12 retary shall publish final regulations implementing this

13 section.’’.

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