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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2259 

To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to make 

improvements. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 24, 2019 

Mr. CASEY (for himself and Ms. MURKOWSKI) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act 

to make improvements. 

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; REFERENCES IN ACT. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement 

6 Act of 2019’’. 

7 (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise specified, 

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1 sion of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

4 Subsection (b) of section 301 (42 U.S.C. 10401) is 

5 amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to im7 prove services and interventions and advance primary and 

8 secondary prevention of family violence, domestic violence, 

9 and dating violence by— 

10 ‘‘(1) assisting States and territories in sup11 porting local family violence programs to provide ac12 cessible, trauma-informed, culturally relevant resi13 dential and non-residential services to domestic vio14 lence victims and their children and dependents; 

15 ‘‘(2) strengthening the capacity of Indian 

16 Tribes to exercise their sovereign authority to re17 spond to family violence committed against Indians; 

18 ‘‘(3) providing for a network of technical assist19 ance and training centers to support effective policy, 

20 practice, research, and cross-system collaboration to 

21 improve intervention and prevention efforts through22 out the country; 

23 ‘‘(4) supporting the efforts of State, territorial, 

24 and Tribal coalitions to document and address the 

25 needs of victims and their children and dependents, 


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1 including victims and their children and dependents 

2 who are underserved, implement effective coordi3 nated community and systems responses, and pro4 mote ongoing public education and community en5 gagement; 

6 ‘‘(5) maintaining national domestic violence 

7 hotlines, including a national Indian domestic vio8 lence hotline; and 

9 ‘‘(6) supporting the development and implemen10 tation of evidence-informed, coalition-led, and com11 munity-based primary prevention approaches and 

12 programs.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

14 Section 302 (42 U.S.C. 10402) is amended— 

15 (1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(2) DATING PARTNER.—The term ‘dating 

18 partner’ means any person who is or has been in a 

19 social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature 

20 with a victim, and where the existence of such a re21 lationship shall be determined based on a consider22 ation of— 

23 ‘‘(A) the length of the relationship; 

24 ‘‘(B) the type of the relationship; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) the frequency of interaction between 

2 the persons involved in the relationship.’’; 

3 (2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); 

4 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(3) DIGITAL SERVICES.—The term ‘digital 

7 services’ means services, resources, information, sup8 port, or referrals provided through electronic com9 munications platforms and media, which may in10 clude mobile phone technology, video technology, 

11 computer technology (including use of the internet), 

12 and any other emerging communications tech13 nologies that are appropriate for the purposes of 

14 providing services, resources, information, support, 

15 or referrals for the benefit of victims of domestic vio16 lence, dating violence, or family violence. 

17 ‘‘(4) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

18 FAMILY VIOLENCE.—The terms ‘domestic violence’, 

19 ‘dating violence’, and ‘family violence’ mean any act, 

20 threatened act, or pattern of acts of physical or sex21 ual violence, stalking, harassment, psychological 

22 abuse, economic abuse, technological abuse, or any 

23 other form of abuse, including threatening to com24 mit harm against children or dependents or other 

25 members of the household of the recipient of the 


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1 threat for the purpose of coercion, threatening, or 

2 causing harm, directed against— 

3 ‘‘(A) a dating partner or other person 

4 similarly situated to a dating partner under the 

5 laws of the jurisdiction; 

6 ‘‘(B) a person who is cohabitating with or 

7 has cohabitated with the person committing 

8 such an act; 

9 ‘‘(C) a current or former spouse or other 

10 person similarly situated to a spouse under the 

11 laws of the jurisdiction; 

12 ‘‘(D) a person who shares a child or de13 pendent in common with the person committing 

14 such an act; or 

15 ‘‘(E) any other person who is protected 

16 from any such act under the domestic or family 

17 violence laws, policies, or regulations of the ju18 risdiction.’’; 

19 (4) by amending paragraph (5) to read as fol20 lows: 

21 ‘‘(5) INDIAN; INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZA22 TION.—The terms ‘Indian’, ‘Indian Tribe’, and 

23 ‘Tribal organization’ have the meanings given the 

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1 termination and Education Assistance Act (25 

2 U.S.C. 5304).’’; 

3 (5) by— 

4 (A) redesignating paragraphs (13) and 

5 (14) as paragraphs (17) and (18), respectively; 

6 (B) redesignating paragraphs (8) through 

7 (12) as paragraphs (11) through (15), respec8 tively; and 

9 (C) redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) 

10 as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; 

11 (6) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(6) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

14 The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 

15 meaning given such term in section 101 of the High16 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).’’; 

17 (7) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by 

18 striking ‘‘42 U.S.C. 13925(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘34 

19 U.S.C. 12291(a)’’; 

20 (8) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(9) POPULATION SPECIFIC SERVICES.—The 

23 term ‘population specific services’ has the meaning 

24 given such term in section 40002(a) of the Violence 

25 Against Women Act (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)). 


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1 ‘‘(10) RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUP.— 

2 The term ‘racial and ethnic minority group’ has the 

3 meaning given such term in section 1707(g) of the 

4 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–6(g)).’’; 

5 (9) by amending paragraph (12), as so redesig6 nated, to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(12) SHELTER.—The term ‘shelter’ means the 

8 provision of temporary refuge and basic necessities, 

9 in conjunction with supportive services, provided on 

10 a regular basis, in compliance with applicable State, 

11 Tribal, territorial, or local law to victims of family 

12 violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, and 

13 their children and dependents. Such law includes 

14 regulations governing the provision of safe homes 

15 and other forms of secure temporary lodging, meals, 

16 or supportive services (including providing basic ne17 cessities) to victims of family violence, domestic vio18 lence, or dating violence, and their children and de19 pendents.’’; 

20 (10) in paragraph (14), as so redesignated— 

21 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

22 (C), by inserting ‘‘, designated by the Sec23 retary,’’ after ‘‘organization’’; and 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘de2 pendents’’ and inserting ‘‘children and depend3 ents’’; 

4 (11) in paragraph (15), as so redesignated, by 

5 striking ‘‘dependents’’ each place it appears and in6 serting ‘‘children and dependents’’; 

7 (12) by inserting after paragraph (15), as so 

8 redesignated, the following: 

9 ‘‘(16) TRIBAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALI10 TION.—The term ‘Tribal domestic violence coalition’ 

11 means an established nonprofit, nongovernmental 

12 Indian organization that— 

13 ‘‘(A) provides education, support, and tech14 nical assistance to member Indian service pro15 viders in a manner that enables the member 

16 providers to establish and maintain culturally 

17 appropriate services, including shelter (includ18 ing supportive services) designed to assist In19 dian victims of family violence, domestic vio20 lence, or dating violence and the children and 

21 dependents of such victims; and 

22 ‘‘(B) is comprised of members that are 

23 representative of— 

24 ‘‘(i) the member service providers de25 scribed in subparagraph (A); and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the Tribal communities in which 

2 the services are being provided.’’; 

3 (13) in paragraph (17), as so redesignated— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘tribally’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘Tribally’’; 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘tribal’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘Tribal’’; and 

8 (C) by striking ‘‘tribe’’ each place it ap9 pears and inserting ‘‘Tribe’’; and 

10 (14) by striking paragraph (18), as so redesig11 nated, and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(18) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS AND UN13 DERSERVED INDIVIDUALS.—The terms ‘underserved 

14 populations’ and ‘underserved individuals’ mean vic15 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, or family 

16 violence, and their children and dependents who face 

17 obstacles in accessing and using State, Tribal, terri18 torial, or local domestic violence, dating violence, or 

19 family violence services, and who may be overrepre20 sented due to historical barriers. Populations may be 

21 underserved on the basis of, marginalized racial and 

22 ethnic minority populations, Indigenous status, cul23 tural and language barriers, immigration status, 

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1 entation or gender identity, age (including both el2 ders and minors), geographical location, faith or reli3 gious practice, or other bases, as determined by the 

4 Secretary, under the Family Violence Prevention 

5 and Services Act program carried out under this 

6 title. 

7 ‘‘(19) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means an indi8 vidual who is— 

9 ‘‘(A) younger than age 18; and 

10 ‘‘(B) not an emancipated minor.’’. 

11 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 The Act is amended by repealing section 303 (42 

13 U.S.C. 10403) and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

15 ‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—This section shall apply for any 

16 fiscal year before the first fiscal year for which the amount 

17 appropriated to carry out the provisions specified in sub18 section (b) is not less than $185,000,000. 

19 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

21 appropriated to carry out sections 301 through 312, 

22 $252,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

23 2024. 

24 ‘‘(2) RESERVATION FOR GRANTS TO TRIBES.— 

25 Of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) 


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1 for a fiscal year, 10 percent shall be reserved and 

2 used to carry out section 309. 

3 ‘‘(3) FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES.—Of the 

4 amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fis5 cal year and not reserved under paragraph (2) (re6 ferred to in this subsection as the ‘remainder’), not 

7 less than 75 percent shall be used for making grants 

8 under section 306(a). 

9 ‘‘(4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

10 CENTERS.—Of the remainder, not less than 6 per11 cent shall be used to carry out section 310. 

12 ‘‘(5) GRANTS FOR STATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

13 COALITIONS.—Of the remainder, not less than 10 

14 percent shall be used to carry out section 311. 

15 ‘‘(6) SPECIALIZED SERVICES.—Of the remain16 der, not less than 5 percent shall be used to carry 

17 out section 312. 

18 ‘‘(7) ADMINISTRATION, EVALUATION, AND MON19 ITORING.—Of the remainder, not more than 4 per20 cent shall be used by the Secretary for evaluation, 

21 monitoring, and other administrative costs under 

22 this title. 

23 ‘‘(c) TRIBAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS.— 

24 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 


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1 311A $7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

2 2024. 

3 ‘‘(d) NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE.— 

4 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 

5 313 $10,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

6 2024. 

7 ‘‘(e) NATIONAL INDIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOT8 LINE.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 

9 out section 313A $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

10 through 2024. 

11 ‘‘(f) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCE12 MENT AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH ALLIANCES.—There 

13 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 314 

14 $26,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

15 ‘‘(g) GRANTS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.— 

16 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 

17 315 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

18 2024. 

19 ‘‘(h) GRANTS FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERV20 ICES.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

21 section 316 $6,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

22 through 2024. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 303A. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

24 ‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—This section shall apply for— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the first fiscal year for which the amount 

2 appropriated to carry out the provisions specified in 

3 subsection (b) is not less than $185,000,000; and 

4 ‘‘(2) each subsequent fiscal year. 

5 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

7 appropriated to carry out sections 301 through 312 

8 and 316, $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

9 through 2024. 

10 ‘‘(2) RESERVATIONS FOR GRANTS TO TRIBES.— 

11 Of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) 

12 for a fiscal year, 12.5 percent shall be reserved and 

13 used to carry out section 309. 

14 ‘‘(3) FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES.—Of the 

15 amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fis16 cal year and not reserved under paragraph (2) (re17 ferred to in this subsection as the ‘remainder’), not 

18 less than 70 percent shall be used for making grants 

19 under section 306(a). 

20 ‘‘(4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

21 CENTERS.—Of the remainder, not less than 6 per22 cent shall be used to carry out section 310. 

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1 ‘‘(A) not less than 10 percent shall be used 

2 to carry out section 311; and 

3 ‘‘(B) not less than 3 percent shall be used 

4 to carry out section 311A. 

5 ‘‘(6) SPECIALIZED SERVICES.—Of the remain6 der, not less than 5 percent shall be used to carry 

7 out section 312. 

8 ‘‘(7) CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES.—Of the 

9 remainder, not less 2.5 percent shall be used to 

10 carry out section 316. 

11 ‘‘(8) ADMINISTRATION, EVALUATION, AND MON12 ITORING.—Of the remainder, not more than 3.5 per13 cent shall be used by the Secretary for evaluation, 

14 monitoring, and other administrative costs under 

15 this title. 

16 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE.— 

17 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 

18 313 $10,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

19 2024. 

20 ‘‘(d) NATIONAL INDIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOT21 LINE.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 

22 out section 313A $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

23 through 2024. 

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1 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 314 

2 $26,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

3 ‘‘(f) GRANTS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.— 

4 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 

5 315 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

6 2024.’’. 

7 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY. 

8 Section 304 (42 U.S.C. 10404) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or in11 stitutions of higher education, including to sup12 port and evaluate demonstration or discre13 tionary projects in response to current and 

14 emerging issues,’’ after ‘‘nongovernmental enti15 ties’’; and 

16 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘CAPTA 

17 Reauthorization Act of 2010’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘Family Violence Prevention and Services Im19 provement Act of 2019’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (b)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘preven22 tion and treatment of’’ inserting ‘‘prevention of, 

23 intervention in, and treatment of,’’; and 

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1 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 

2 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 

3 (ii) by adding after subparagraph (C) 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(D) making grants to eligible entities or 

6 entering into contracts with for-profit or non7 profit nongovernmental entities or institutions 

8 of higher education to conduct domestic vio9 lence research or evaluation; and’’. 

10 SEC. 6. ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS. 

11 Section 305 (42 U.S.C. 10405) is amended— 

12 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the sums appropriated 

15 under section 303 and available for grants to States under 

16 section 306(a) for any fiscal year, each State (including 

17 Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Is18 lands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

19 Islands) shall be allotted for a grant under section 306(a), 

20 $600,000, with the remaining funds to be allotted to each 

21 State (other than Guam, American Samoa, the United 

22 States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 

23 Northern Mariana Islands) in an amount that bears the 

24 same ratio to such remaining funds as the population of 

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1 cluding Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin 

2 Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

3 Islands).’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘under section 

5 314’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘under this 

6 title’’; and 

7 (3) by striking subsection (f). 

8 SEC. 7. FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES. 

9 Section 306 (42 U.S.C. 10406) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘depend12 ents’’ and inserting ‘‘children and dependents’’; 

13 and 

14 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Indi15 ans, members of Indian Tribes, or’’ after ‘‘who 

16 are’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

19 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

20 ‘‘, on the basis of sexual orientation or 

21 gender identity under section 

22 40002(b)(13)(A) of the Violence Against 

23 Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

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1 Education Amendments of 1972 (20 

2 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.),’’; 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by strik4 ing the second sentence and inserting the 

5 following: ‘‘If sex-segregated or sex-specific 

6 programming is necessary to the essential 

7 operation of a program, nothing in this 

8 paragraph shall prevent any such program 

9 or activity from being provided in a sex10 specific manner. In such circumstances, 

11 grantees may meet the requirements of 

12 this paragraph by providing comparable 

13 services to individuals who cannot be pro14 vided with the sex-segregated or sex-spe15 cific programming.’’; and 

16 (iii) in subparagraphs (C) and (D)— 

17 (I) by striking ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribe’’; and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘tribally’’ and in20 serting ‘‘Tribally’’; 

21 (B) by striking paragraph (4); 

22 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 

23 (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 

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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by adding at 

2 the end the following: ‘‘The nondisclosure 

3 of confidential or private information re4 quirements under section 40002(b)(2) of 

5 the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

6 (34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(2)) shall apply to 

7 grantees and subgrantees under this title 

8 in the same manner such requirements 

9 apply to grantees and subgrantees under 

10 such Act.’’; 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (G)(i), by strik12 ing ‘‘tribal’’ and inserting ‘‘Tribal’’; 

13 (iii) by striking subparagraphs (B), 

14 (C), (D), and (F); and 

15 (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs 

16 (E), (G), and (H) as subparagraphs (B), 

17 (C), and (D), respectively; and 

18 (E) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘Indian tribe’’ and in20 serting ‘‘Indian Tribe’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘tribal’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘Tribal’’. 

23 SEC. 8. STATE APPLICATION. 

24 Section 307 (42 U.S.C. 10407) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘tribally’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘Tribally’’; and 

4 (ii) by adding ‘‘For purposes of sec5 tion 2007(c)(3) of the Omnibus Crime 

6 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, a 

7 State’s application under this paragraph 

8 shall be deemed to be a ‘State plan’.’’ at 

9 the end; and 

10 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

12 (I) by striking ‘‘provide a de13 scription of the procedures that’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘certify that procedures’’; 

15 and 

16 (II) by inserting ‘‘and provide a 

17 description of such procedures’’ before 

18 the semicolon; 

19 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

20 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

21 (i), by striking ‘‘assurances’’ and in22 serting ‘‘certifications’’; and 

23 (II) in clause (iii)— 

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1 (AA) by striking ‘‘oper2 ation of shelters’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘provision of shelter’’; 

4 and 

5 (BB) by striking ‘‘de6 pendents’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘children and dependents’’; 

8 and 

9 (bb) in subclause (II), by 

10 striking ‘‘dependents’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘children and dependents’’; 

12 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

13 ‘‘an assurance’’ and inserting ‘‘a certifi14 cation’’; 

15 (iv) in subparagraph (D)— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘an assurance’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘a certification’’; 

18 (II) by striking ‘‘planning and 

19 monitoring’’ and inserting ‘‘planning, 

20 coordination, and monitoring’’; and 

21 (III) by striking ‘‘and the admin22 istration of the grant programs and 

23 projects’’ and inserting ‘‘, the admin24 istration of the grant programs and 

25 projects, and the establishment of a 


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1 set of service standards and best prac2 tices for grantees’’; 

3 (v) in subparagraph (E)— 

4 (I) by inserting ‘‘provide certifi5 cation and’’ before ‘‘describe’’; and 

6 (II) by striking ‘‘to underserved 

7 populations’’ and all that follows 

8 through the semicolon and inserting 

9 ‘‘for individuals from racial and ethnic 

10 minority groups, Tribal populations, 

11 and other underserved populations, in 

12 the State planning process, and how 

13 the State plan addresses the unmet 

14 needs of such populations;’’; 

15 (vi) in subparagraphs (E), (F), and 

16 (G), by striking ‘‘Indian tribe’’ each place 

17 it appears and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribe’’; 

18 (vii) in subparagraph (G), by striking 

19 ‘‘tribally’’ and inserting ‘‘Tribally’’; 

20 (viii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

21 (H) and (I) as subparagraph (I) and (J), 

22 respectively; 

23 (ix) by inserting after subparagraph 

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1 ‘‘(H) describe how activities and services 

2 provided by the State or Indian Tribe are de3 signed to promote trauma-informed care, auton4 omy, and privacy for victims of family violence, 

5 domestic violence, and dating violence, and their 

6 children and dependents, including in the de7 sign and delivery of shelter services;’’; and 

8 (x) in subparagraph (I), as so redesig9 nated— 

10 (I) by striking ‘‘tribe’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘Tribe’’; 

12 (II) by striking ‘‘an assurance’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘a certification’’; and 

14 (III) by inserting ‘‘, remove, or 

15 exclude’’ after ‘‘bar’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘tribe’’ 

18 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Tribe’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

21 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TRIB22 AL’’ and inserting ‘‘TRIBAL’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘Indian tribes’’ each 

24 place such term appears and inserting ‘‘In25 dian Tribes’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. SUBGRANTS AND USES OF FUNDS. 

2 Section 308 (42 U.S.C. 10408) is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘that is designed’’ and in5 serting ‘‘that are designed’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘dependents’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘children and dependents’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (b)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (i) in the matter preceding subpara11 graph (A), by striking ‘‘, supportive serv12 ices, or prevention services’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘or supportive services’’; 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

15 ‘‘developing safety plans’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘safety planning’’; 

17 (iii) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 

18 ‘‘for racial and ethnic minority groups’’ be19 fore the semicolon; 

20 (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs 

21 (F) through (H) as subparagraphs (G) 

22 through (I), respectively; 

23 (v) by inserting after subparagraph 

24 (E) the following: 

25 ‘‘(F) provision of shelter and services to 

26 underserved populations;’’; 


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1 (vi) in subparagraph (H), as so redes2 ignated— 

3 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

4 (i), by striking ‘‘, case management 

5 services,’’; 

6 (II) in clause (i), by striking 

7 ‘‘Federal and State’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘Federal, State, and local’’; 

9 (III) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘, 

10 but which shall not include reimburse11 ment for any health care services’’; 

12 (IV) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘; 

13 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

14 (V) by redesignating clause (vi) 

15 as clause (vii); 

16 (VI) by inserting after clause (v) 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(vi) language assistance, including 

19 translation of written materials, telephonic 

20 and in-person interpreter services, for vic21 tims with limited English proficiency or 

22 victims who are deaf or hard of hearing; 

23 and’’; and 


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1 (VII) in clause (vii), as so redes2 ignated, by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in3 serting a semicolon; and 

4 (vii) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(J) partnerships that enhance the design 

7 and delivery of services to victims and their 

8 children and dependents.’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘for the primary pur11 pose of providing’’ and inserting ‘‘whose 

12 primary purpose is to provide’’; 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, for the provision of 

14 such shelter and services’’ before the pe15 riod at the end of the first sentence; 

16 (iii) by striking ‘‘supportive services 

17 and prevention services’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘supportive services or prevention serv19 ices’’; and 

20 (iv) by striking ‘‘through (H)’’ and in21 serting ‘‘through (I)’’; and 

22 (C) by striking ‘‘dependents’’ each place it 

23 appears (other than in paragraph (1)(J)) and 

24 inserting ‘‘children and dependents’’; and 

25 (3) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘a local public agency, 

3 or’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘dependents’’ and in5 serting ‘‘children and dependents’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘tribal organizations, and 

7 voluntary associations),’’ and inserting ‘‘Tribal 

8 organizations and voluntary associations) or a 

9 local public agency’’; and 

10 (C) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

11 follows: 

12 ‘‘(2) an organization whose primary purpose is 

13 to provide culturally appropriate services to racial 

14 and ethnic minority groups, Tribal communities, or 

15 other underserved populations, that does not have a 

16 documented history of effective work concerning 

17 family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, 

18 but that is in partnership with an organization de19 scribed in paragraph (1).’’; and 

20 (4) in subsection (d)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OR

23 DEPENDANTS’’ and inserting ‘‘, OR CHIL24 DREN OR DEPENDENTS’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘dependent’’ and in2 serting ‘‘child or dependent’’; and 

3 (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

4 follows: 

5 ‘‘(2) VOLUNTARILY ACCEPTED SERVICES.—Par6 ticipation in supportive services under this title shall 

7 be voluntary. Receipt of the benefits of shelter de8 scribed in subsection (b)(1)(A) shall not be condi9 tioned upon the participation of the adult or youth, 

10 or their children or dependents, in any or all of the 

11 supportive services offered under this title.’’. 

12 SEC. 10. GRANTS FOR INDIAN TRIBES. 

13 Section 309 (42 U.S.C. 10409) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘42 U.S.C. 14045d’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘34 U.S.C. 20126’’; 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘tribal’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘Tribal’’; 

19 (C) by striking ‘‘Indian tribes’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘Indian Tribes’’; and 

21 (D) by striking ‘‘section 303(a)(2)(B)’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘section 303 or 303A and made 

23 available’’; and 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Indian tribe’’ each place it 

2 appears and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribe’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘tribal organization’’ each 

4 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Tribal organiza5 tion’’. 

6 SEC. 11. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS AND TRAINING 

7 AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTERS. 

8 Section 310 (42 U.S.C. 10410) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 

10 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

11 (A), by striking ‘‘under this title and reserved 

12 under section 303(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘under section 303 or 303A and made available 

14 to carry out this section’’; 

15 (B) in subparagraph (A)— 

16 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

17 and inserting a semicolon; 

18 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘7’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘9’’; and 

20 (iii) by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(iii) an Alaska Native Tribal re23 source center on domestic violence, to re24 duce Tribal disparities; and’’; and 

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1 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

2 by striking ‘‘grants, to’’ inserting ‘‘grants 

3 to entities that focus on other critical 

4 issues, such as’’; 

5 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘(includ6 ing Alaska Native)’’; and 

7 (iii) by amending clause (ii) to read as 

8 follows: 

9 ‘‘(ii) entities demonstrating expertise 

10 related to carrying out an activity de11 scribed in subclause (I), (II), or (III) to— 

12 ‘‘(I) address the housing needs of 

13 domestic violence victims and their 

14 children and dependents; 

15 ‘‘(II) develop leadership of advo16 cates from underserved communities; 

17 or 

18 ‘‘(III) address other emerging 

19 issues related to family violence, do20 mestic violence, or dating violence.’’; 

21 and 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

24 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 


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1 (I) in clause (i), by inserting 

2 ‘‘and dependents’’ after ‘‘children’’; 

3 and 

4 (II) in clause (ii), in the matter 

5 preceding subclause (I), by inserting 

6 ‘‘online’’ after ‘‘central’’; and 

7 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

8 (I) in clauses (i) and (ii)— 

9 (aa) by striking ‘‘tribes and 

10 tribal organizations’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘Tribes and Tribal organiza12 tions’’; and 

13 (bb) by striking ‘‘the tribes’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘the Tribes’’; 

15 (II) in clause (i), by striking 

16 ‘‘42’’ and all the follows through 

17 ‘‘3796gg–10 note’’ and inserting ‘‘34 

18 U.S.C. 10452 note’’; 

19 (III) in clause (ii), by striking 

20 ‘‘42’’ and all that follows through 

21 ‘‘3796gg–10 note’’ and inserting ‘‘34 

22 U.S.C. 10452 note’’; and 

23 (IV) in clause (iii), by inserting 

24 ‘‘the Office for Victims of Crime and’’ 

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1 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (i) in the matter preceding subpara3 graph (A), by striking ‘‘State and local do4 mestic violence service providers’’ and in5 serting ‘‘support effective policy, practice, 

6 research, and cross systems collaboration’’; 

7 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

8 ‘‘which may include the response to the use 

9 of the self-defense plea by domestic vio10 lence victims and the issuance and use of 

11 protective orders’’ and inserting ‘‘including 

12 the issuance and use of protective orders, 

13 batterers’ intervention programming, and 

14 responses to charged, incarcerated, and re15 entering domestic violence victims’’; 

16 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

17 ‘‘dependents’’ and inserting ‘‘children’’; 

18 (iv) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

19 ‘‘, and the response of domestic violence 

20 programs and other community organiza21 tions with respect to health advocacy and 

22 addressing health issues’’ before the pe23 riod; 

24 (v) by amending subparagraph (D) to 

25 read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(D) The response of behavioral health 

2 systems, domestic violence and other related 

3 systems and programs to victims of domestic vi4 olence and their children and dependents who 

5 experience psychological trauma, mental health 

6 issues, or substance use-related needs.’’; and 

7 (vi) by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(F) The response of the domestic violence 

10 programs and related systems to victims who 

11 are underserved due to sexual orientation or 

12 gender identity, including expanding the capac13 ity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender 

14 organizations to respond to and prevent domes15 tic violence. 

16 ‘‘(G) Strengthening the organizational ca17 pacity of State, territorial, and Tribal domestic 

18 violence coalitions and of State, territorial, and 

19 Tribal administrators who distribute funds 

20 under this title to community-based domestic vi21 olence programs, with the aim of better ena22 bling such coalitions and administrators— 

23 ‘‘(i) to collaborate and respond effec24 tively to domestic violence; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) to meet the conditions and carry 

2 out the provisions of this title; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) to implement best practices to 

4 meet the emerging needs of victims of do5 mestic violence and their families, children, 

6 and dependents.’’; 

7 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

8 paragraph (4); 

9 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(3) ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL RESOURCE CEN12 TER.—In accordance with subsection (a)(2), the Sec13 retary shall award a grant to an eligible entity for 

14 an Alaska Native Tribal resource center on domestic 

15 violence to reduce Tribal disparities, which shall— 

16 ‘‘(A) offer a comprehensive array of tech17 nical assistance and training resources to In18 dian Tribes and Tribal organizations, specifi19 cally designed to enhance the capacity of the 

20 Tribes and organizations to respond to domestic 

21 violence and the findings of section 901 and 

22 purposes in section 902 of the Violence Against 

23 Women and Department of Justice Reauthor24 ization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 10452 note); 


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1 ‘‘(B) coordinate all projects and activities 

2 with the national resource center described in 

3 paragraph (1)(B), including projects and activi4 ties that involve working with non-Tribal State 

5 and local governments to enhance their capacity 

6 to understand the unique needs of Alaska Na7 tives; 

8 ‘‘(C) provide comprehensive community 

9 education and domestic violence prevention ini10 tiatives in a culturally sensitive and relevant 

11 manner; and 

12 ‘‘(D) coordinate activities with other Fed13 eral agencies, offices, and grantees that address 

14 the needs of Alaska Natives that experience do15 mestic violence, including the Office of Justice 

16 Services of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the 

17 Indian Health Service, and the Office for Vic18 tims of Crime and the Office on Violence 

19 Against Women of the Department of Justice.’’; 

20 and 

21 (E) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 

22 (i) in subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i), 

23 by striking ‘‘Indian tribes, tribal organiza24 tions’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribes, Tribal 

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1 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

2 (I) by striking ‘‘the tribes’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘the Tribes’’; and 

4 (II) by striking ‘‘nontribal’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘non-Tribal’’; and 

6 (iii) by striking ‘‘(including Alaska 

7 Natives)’’ each place it appears; and 

8 (3) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (i) in the matter preceding subpara11 graph (A), by striking ‘‘or (D)’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘(D), (F), or (G)’’; and 

13 (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 

14 read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(B) includes on the board of directors or 

16 advisory committee and on the staff of such en17 tity, individuals who are from domestic violence 

18 programs and who are geographically and cul19 turally diverse, and, with respect to grantees 

20 described in subsection (b)(2)(F), who reflect 

21 the targeted communities; and’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘tribal organization’’ 

24 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Tribal 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘Indian tribes’’ each 

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Indian 

3 Tribes’’; 

4 (iii) by striking ‘‘42’’ and all that fol5 lows through ‘‘3796gg–10 note’’ and in6 serting ‘‘34 U.S.C. 10452 note’’; and 

7 (iv) by striking ‘‘tribally’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘Tribally’’; 

9 (C) in paragraph (3)(B)— 

10 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

11 and inserting a semicolon; 

12 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking the pe13 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (iii) by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(iv) has a board of directors or advi17 sory committee, and staff, that reflect the 

18 targeted community.’’; 

19 (D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

20 paragraph (5); 

21 (E) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(4) ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL RESOURCE CEN24 TER ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—To be eligible to re25 ceive a grant under subsection (b)(3), an entity shall 


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1 be a Tribal organization or a nonprofit private orga2 nization that focuses primarily on issues of domestic 

3 violence within Tribes in Alaska that submits infor4 mation to the Secretary demonstrating— 

5 ‘‘(A) experience working with Alaska 

6 Tribes and Tribal organizations to respond to 

7 domestic violence and the findings of section 

8 901 of the Violence Against Women and De9 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

10 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 34 U.S.C. 10452 

11 note); 

12 ‘‘(B) experience providing Alaska Tribes 

13 and Tribal organizations with assistance in de14 veloping Tribally based prevention and interven15 tion services addressing domestic violence and 

16 safety for Indian women consistent with the 

17 purposes of section 902 of the Violence Against 

18 Women and Department of Justice Reauthor19 ization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 34 

20 U.S.C. 10452 note); 

21 ‘‘(C) strong support for the entity’s des22 ignation as the Alaska Native Tribal resource 

23 center on domestic violence from advocates 

24 working with Alaska Tribes to address domestic 


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1 violence and the safety of Alaska Native 

2 women; 

3 ‘‘(D) a record of demonstrated effective4 ness in assisting Alaska Tribes and Tribal orga5 nizations with prevention and intervention serv6 ices addressing domestic violence; and 

7 ‘‘(E) the capacity to serve Tribes across 

8 the State of Alaska.’’; and 

9 (F) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘(including Alaska Na11 tives)’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘Indian tribe, tribal 

13 organization’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribe, 

14 Tribal organization’’. 

15 SEC. 12. GRANTS TO STATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALI16 TIONS. 

17 Section 311 (42 U.S.C. 10411) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘section 

19 303(a)(2)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 303 or 303A 

20 and made available to take out this section’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (d)— 

22 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

23 by striking ‘‘shall include’’; 

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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘, and evidence-in2 formed prevention of,’’ after ‘‘comprehen3 sive responses to’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘working with local’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘shall include— 

6 ‘‘(A) working with local’’; 

7 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

8 (3) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively, 

9 and adjusting the margins accordingly; 

10 (D) in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1), 

11 as so redesignated— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘dependents’’ and in13 serting ‘‘children and dependents’’; and 

14 (ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semi15 colon; and 

16 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (C) of 

17 paragraph (1), as so redesignated, the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(D) collaborating with Indian Tribes and 

20 Tribal organizations (and corresponding Native 

21 Hawaiian groups or communities) to address 

22 the needs of Indian (including Alaska Native) 

23 and Native Hawaiian victims of family violence, 

24 domestic violence, or dating violence, as applica25 ble in the State; and’’; 


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1 (F) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘collabo2 rating with and providing’’ and inserting ‘‘may 

3 include— 

4 ‘‘(A) collaborating with and providing’’; 

5 (G) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

6 paragraph (2); 

7 (H) in paragraph (6), by redesignating 

8 subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and 

9 (ii), respectively, and adjusting the margins ac10 cordingly; 

11 (I) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 

12 through (7) as subparagraphs (B) through (D), 

13 respectively, and adjusting the margins accord14 ingly; 

15 (J) in clause (ii) of subparagraph (C) of 

16 paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by striking 

17 ‘‘child abuse is present;’’ and inserting ‘‘there is 

18 a co-occurrence of child abuse; and’’; 

19 (K) by striking paragraph (8); and 

20 (L) in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2), 

21 as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in22 serting a period; 

23 (3) by striking subsection (e); 

24 (4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) 

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1 (5) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by 

2 striking ‘‘Indian tribes and tribal organizations’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations’’. 

4 SEC. 13. GRANTS TO TRIBAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALI5 TIONS. 

6 The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec8 tion 311 the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 311A. GRANTS TO TRIBAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COA10 LITIONS. 

11 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Beginning with fiscal 

12 year 2020, out of amounts appropriated under section 303 

13 or 303A and made available to carry out this section for 

14 a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants to eligible 

15 entities in accordance with this section. 

16 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 

17 a grant under this section, an entity shall be a Tribal do18 mestic violence coalition that is recognized by the Office 

19 on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice 

20 that provides services to Indian Tribes. 

21 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—Each Tribal domestic violence 

22 coalition desiring a grant under this section shall submit 

23 an application to the Secretary at such time, in such man24 ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 

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1 grant shall provide documentation of the coalition’s work, 

2 demonstrating that the coalition— 

3 ‘‘(1) meets all the applicable requirements set 

4 forth in this section; and 

5 ‘‘(2) has the ability to conduct all activities de6 scribed in this section, as indicated by— 

7 ‘‘(A) a documented experience in admin8 istering Federal grants to conduct the activities 

9 described in subsection (d); or 

10 ‘‘(B) a documented history of activities to 

11 further the purposes of this section set forth in 

12 subsection (d). 

13 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A Tribal domestic violence co14 alition eligible under subsection (b) that receives a grant 

15 under this section may use the grant funds for administra16 tion and operation to further the purposes of family vio17 lence, domestic violence, and dating violence intervention 

18 and prevention activities, including— 

19 ‘‘(1) working with local Tribal family violence, 

20 domestic violence, or dating violence service pro21 grams and providers of direct services to encourage 

22 appropriate and comprehensive responses to family 

23 violence, domestic violence, and dating violence 

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1 served, including providing training and technical as2 sistance and conducting Tribal needs assessments; 

3 ‘‘(2) participating in planning and monitoring 

4 the distribution of subgrants and subgrant funds 

5 within the State under section 308(a); 

6 ‘‘(3) working in collaboration with Tribal serv7 ice providers and community-based organizations to 

8 address the needs of victims of family violence, do9 mestic violence, and dating violence, and their chil10 dren and dependents; 

11 ‘‘(4) collaborating with, and providing informa12 tion to, entities in such fields as housing, health 

13 care, mental health, social welfare, and law enforce14 ment to support the development and implementa15 tion of effective policies; 

16 ‘‘(5) supporting the development and implemen17 tation of effective policies, protocols, legislation, 

18 codes, and programs that address the safety and 

19 support needs of adult and youth Tribal victims of 

20 family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence; 

21 ‘‘(6) encouraging appropriate responses to cases 

22 of family violence, domestic violence, or dating vio23 lence against adults or youth, by working with Trib24 al, State, and Federal judicial agencies and law en25 forcement agencies; 


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1 ‘‘(7) working with Tribal, State and Federal ju2 dicial agencies, including family law judges, criminal 

3 court judges, child protective service agencies, and 

4 children’s advocates to develop appropriate responses 

5 to child custody and visitation issues— 

6 ‘‘(A) in cases of child exposure to family 

7 violence, domestic violence, or dating violence; 

8 or 

9 ‘‘(B) in cases in which— 

10 ‘‘(i) family violence, domestic violence, 

11 or dating violence is present; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) child abuse is present; 

13 ‘‘(8) providing information to the public about 

14 prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and 

15 dating violence within Indian Tribes; and 

16 ‘‘(9) assisting Indian Tribes’ participation in, 

17 and attendance of, Federal and State consultations 

18 on family violence, domestic violence, or dating vio19 lence, including consultations mandated by the Vio20 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of Public 

21 Law 103–322), the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 

22 (34 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.), or this title. 

23 ‘‘(e) REALLOCATION.—If, at the end of the sixth 

24 month of any fiscal year for which sums are appropriated 

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1 out this section, a portion of the available amount has not 

2 been awarded to Tribal domestic violence coalitions for 

3 grants under this section because of the failure of such 

4 coalitions to meet the requirements for such grants, then 

5 the Secretary shall award such portion, in equal shares, 

6 to Tribal domestic violence coalitions that meet such re7 quirements.’’. 

8 SEC. 14. SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR ABUSED PARENTS 

9 AND THEIR CHILDREN. 

10 Section 312 (42 U.S.C. 10412) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘dating violence service 

14 programs and community-based programs 

15 to prevent future domestic violence by ad16 dressing, in an appropriate manner, the 

17 needs of children’’ and inserting ‘‘cul18 turally specific community-based programs 

19 to serve children and youth’’; and 

20 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, and to support the 

21 caregiving capacity of adult victims’’ before 

22 the period; and 

23 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘more 

24 than 2’’ and inserting ‘‘less than 3’’; 

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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘or State domestic vio2 lence services’’ after ‘‘local’’; 

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘a culturally specific orga4 nization,’’ after ‘‘associations),’’; 

5 (C) by striking ‘‘tribal organization’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘Tribal organization’’; 

7 (D) by inserting ‘‘adult and child’’ after 

8 ‘‘serving’’; and 

9 (E) by striking ‘‘and their children’’; and 

10 (3) in subsection (c)— 

11 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

12 follows: 

13 ‘‘(1) a description of how the entity will 

14 prioritize the safety of, and confidentiality of infor15 mation about adult and child victims of family vio16 lence, domestic violence, or dating violence;’’; 

17 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘develop18 mentally appropriate and age-appropriate serv19 ices, and culturally and linguistically appro20 priate services, to the victims and children; 

21 and’’ and inserting ‘‘trauma-informed, develop22 mentally appropriate, age-appropriate, and cul23 turally and linguistically appropriate services to 

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1 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘appro2 priate and relevant to the unique needs of chil3 dren exposed to family violence, domestic vio4 lence, or dating violence.’’ and inserting ‘‘rel5 evant to the unique needs of children and youth 

6 exposed to family violence, domestic violence, or 

7 dating violence, and address the parent’s or 

8 caregiver’s ongoing caregiving capacity; and’’; 

9 and 

10 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(4) a description of prevention activities tar12 geting child and youth victims of family violence, do13 mestic violence, or dating violence.’’; 

14 (4) in subsection (d)— 

15 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

16 by striking ‘‘community-based program de17 scribed in subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘cul18 turally specific, community-based program’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘victims of family vio21 lence, domestic violence, or dating violence 

22 and their children’’ and inserting ‘‘child 

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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or the health sys2 tem’’ before the semicolon; and 

3 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

4 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

5 ‘‘community-based organizations serving 

6 victims of family violence, domestic vio7 lence, or dating violence or children ex8 posed to family violence, domestic violence, 

9 or dating violence’’ and inserting ‘‘health, 

10 education, or other community-based orga11 nizations serving adult and child victims of 

12 family violence, domestic violence, or dat13 ing violence’’; and 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

15 ‘‘health,’’ after ‘‘transportation,’’; and 

16 (5) in subsection (e)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘shall participate in an 

18 evaluation and’’ after ‘‘under this section’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘contain an evaluation of’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘information on’’. 

21 SEC. 15. NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE GRANT. 

22 Section 313 (42 U.S.C. 10413) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘toll-free telephone’’ and 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘a hotline that provides’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘a hotline and digital services 

3 that provide’’; and 

4 (C) by inserting before the period at the 

5 end of the second sentence the following: ‘‘, and 

6 who provide information about healthy relation7 ships for adults and youth’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (d)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (i) in the matter preceding subpara11 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘and digital serv12 ices’’ after ‘‘hotline’’; 

13 (ii) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by 

14 striking ‘‘hotline personnel’’ each place 

15 such term appears and inserting ‘‘advocacy 

16 personnel’’; 

17 (iii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

18 ‘‘are able to effectively operate any techno19 logical systems used by the hotline’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘or digital services are able to ef21 fectively operate any technological systems 

22 used by the hotline or provide any digital 

23 services, as applicable’’; 

24 (iv) in subparagraphs (D), (E), and 

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1 after ‘‘hotline’’ each place such term ap2 pears; 

3 (v) in subparagraph (F), by inserting 

4 ‘‘or visual’’ after ‘‘hearing’’; and 

5 (vi) in subparagraph (G), by striking 

6 ‘‘teen dating violence hotline’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘youth dating violence hotline and 

8 other digital services and resources’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, dig10 ital services,’’ after ‘‘hotline’’; 

11 (C) by amending paragraph (5) to read as 

12 follows: 

13 ‘‘(5) demonstrate the ability to— 

14 ‘‘(A) provide information and referrals for 

15 individuals contacting the hotline via telephonic 

16 or digital services; 

17 ‘‘(B) directly connect callers or assist dig18 ital services users in connecting to service pro19 viders; and 

20 ‘‘(C) employ crisis interventions meeting 

21 the standards of family violence, domestic vio22 lence, and dating violence providers;’’; 

23 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (6) 

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1 (E) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(6) demonstrate the ability to provide informa4 tion about healthy relationships for adults and 

5 youth;’’; and 

6 (3) in subsection (e)— 

7 (A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND DIG8 ITAL SERVICES’’ after ‘‘HOTLINE’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘telephone hotline’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘telephonic hotline and digital 

12 services’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘assistance to adult’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘for the benefit of adult’’; 

15 and 

16 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

18 ‘‘and an internet service provider for the 

19 use of operating digital services’’ before 

20 the semicolon; 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

22 ‘‘, provide counseling and referral services 

23 for callers on a 24-hour-a-day basis, and 

24 directly connect callers’’ and inserting 

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1 counseling, health relationship information, 

2 and referral services for callers and digital 

3 services users, on a 24-hour-a-day basis, 

4 and directly connect callers and digital 

5 services users’’; 

6 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

7 ‘‘or digital services users’’ after ‘‘callers’’; 

8 (iv) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

9 ‘‘and digital services’’ after ‘‘hotline’’; 

10 (v) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

11 ‘‘underserved populations’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘racial and ethnic minority groups, Tribal 

13 and underserved populations,’’; and 

14 (vi) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

15 ‘‘teen violence hotline’’ and inserting ‘‘hot16 line or digital services’’. 

17 SEC. 16. NATIONAL INDIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE 

18 GRANT. 

19 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

20 (1) 84.3 percent of American Indian and Alas21 ka Native women have experienced violence in their 

22 lifetime; 

23 (2) 81.6 percent of American Indian and Alas24 ka Native men have experienced violence in their 

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1 (3) 56.1 percent of American Indian and Alas2 ka Native women will experience sexual violence in 

3 their lifetime; 

4 (4) 55.5 percent of American Indian and Alas5 ka Native women will experience intimate partner vi6 olence in their lifetime; 

7 (5) 48.8 percent of American Indian and Alas8 ka Native women will experience stalking; 

9 (6) 38 percent of American Indian and Alaska 

10 Natives female victims have been previously unable 

11 to access victim assistance services; 

12 (7) Indian Tribes require additional criminal 

13 justice and victim services resources to respond to 

14 violent assaults against women; 

15 (8) the unique legal relationship of the United 

16 States to Indian Tribes creates a Federal trust re17 sponsibility to assist Tribal governments in safe18 guarding the lives of Indian women; and 

19 (9) a national Indian domestic violence hotline 

20 is required to increase access of Indian adult and 

21 youth victims of family violence, domestic violence, 

22 and dating violence to Tribal victim services and re23 sources. 

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1 dian adult or youth victims of family violence, domestic 

2 violence, or dating violence, family and household mem3 bers of such victim, and individuals affected by such vic4 timization by supporting a national, toll-free telephonic 

5 and digital hotline to provide services that are— 

6 (1) informed of Federal Indian law and Tribal 

7 laws impacting Indian victims of family violence, do8 mestic violence, or dating violence; 

9 (2) culturally appropriate to Indian adult and 

10 youth victims; and 

11 (3) developed in cooperation with victim serv12 ices offered by Indian Tribes and Tribal organiza13 tions. 

14 (c) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Family Violence Preven15 tion and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amend16 ed by inserting after section 313 the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 313A. NATIONAL INDIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOT18 LINE GRANT. 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award a 

20 grant to a Tribal organization or private, non-profit entity 

21 to maintain the ongoing operation of a national, toll-free 

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1 ily and household members of such victims, and other indi2 viduals affected by such victimization. 

3 ‘‘(b) TERM.—The Secretary shall award a grant 

4 under this section for a period of not more than 5 years. 

5 ‘‘(c) CONDITIONS ON PAYMENT.—The provision of 

6 payments under a grant awarded under this section shall 

7 be subject to annual approval by the Secretary and subject 

8 to the availability of appropriations for each fiscal year 

9 to make the payments. 

10 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

11 under this section, an entity shall be a Tribal organization 

12 or a nonprofit private organization that focuses primarily 

13 on issues of domestic violence as it relates to American 

14 Indians and Alaska Natives, and submit an application to 

15 the Secretary that shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) contain such agreements, assurances, and 

17 information, be in such form, and be submitted in 

18 such manner, as the Secretary shall prescribe; 

19 ‘‘(2) include a complete description of the appli20 cant’s plan for the operation of a national Indian do21 mestic violence hotline and digital services, including 

22 descriptions of— 

23 ‘‘(A) the training program for advocacy 

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1 mation, resources and referrals for Indian vic2 tims of domestic, dating, and family violence; 

3 ‘‘(B) the training program for advocacy 

4 personnel, relating to technology requirements 

5 to ensure that all persons affiliated with the 

6 hotline and digital services are able to effec7 tively operate any technological systems re8 quired to provide the necessary services used by 

9 the hotline; 

10 ‘‘(C) the hiring criteria and qualifications 

11 for advocacy personnel, including the applicant, 

12 to ensure that hotline advocates and other per13 sonnel have demonstrated knowledge of Indian 

14 legal, social, and cultural issues, to ensure that 

15 the unique needs of Indian callers and users of 

16 digital services are met; 

17 ‘‘(D) the methods for the creation, mainte18 nance, and updating of a resource database of 

19 culturally appropriate victim services and re20 sources available from Indian Tribes and Tribal 

21 organizations; 

22 ‘‘(E) a plan for publicizing the availability 

23 of the services from the national Indian hotline 

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1 ‘‘(F) a plan for providing service to non2 English speaking callers, including service 

3 through hotline and digital services personnel 

4 who have non-English language capability; 

5 ‘‘(G) a plan for facilitating access to hot6 line and digital services by individuals with 

7 hearing impairments; and 

8 ‘‘(H) a plan for providing assistance and 

9 referrals to Indian youth victims of domestic vi10 olence and for victims of dating violence who 

11 are minors, which may be carried out through 

12 a national Indian youth dating violence hotline, 

13 digital services, or other resources; 

14 ‘‘(3) demonstrate recognized expertise providing 

15 services, including information on healthy relation16 ships and referrals for Indian victims of family vio17 lence, domestic violence, or dating violence and co18 ordinating services with Indian Tribes or Tribal or19 ganizations; 

20 ‘‘(4) demonstrate support from Indian victim 

21 services programs, Tribal coalitions recognized by 

22 the Office on Violence Against Women and Tribal 

23 grantees under this title; 

24 ‘‘(5) demonstrate capacity and the expertise to 

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1 and a comprehensive database of service providers 

2 from Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations; 

3 ‘‘(6) demonstrate compliance with nondisclosure 

4 requirements as described in section 306(c)(5) and 

5 following comprehensive quality assurance practices; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(7) contain such other information as the Sec8 retary may require. 

9 ‘‘(e) INDIAN HOTLINE ACTIVITIES.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity that receives a 

11 grant under this section shall use funds made avail12 able through the grant for the purpose described in 

13 subsection (a), consistent with paragraph (2). 

14 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In establishing and oper15 ating the hotline, the entity— 

16 ‘‘(A) shall contract with a carrier for the 

17 use of a toll-free telephone line and an internet 

18 service provider for digital services; 

19 ‘‘(B) shall employ, train (including pro20 viding technology training), and supervise per21 sonnel to answer incoming calls and digital 

22 services contacts, provide counseling, healthy 

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1 nect callers, and assist digital services users in 

2 connecting to service providers; 

3 ‘‘(C) shall assemble and maintain a data4 base of information relating to services for In5 dian victims of family violence, domestic vio6 lence, or dating violence to which Indian callers 

7 or digital services users may be referred, includ8 ing information on the availability of shelters 

9 and supportive services for victims of family vi10 olence, domestic violence, or dating violence; 

11 ‘‘(D) shall widely publicize the hotline and 

12 digital services throughout Indian Tribes and 

13 communities, including— 

14 ‘‘(i) national and regional member or15 ganizations of Indian Tribes; 

16 ‘‘(ii) Tribal domestic violence services 

17 programs; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) Tribal non-profit victim service 

19 providers; 

20 ‘‘(E) at the discretion of the hotline oper21 ator, may provide appropriate assistance and 

22 referrals for family and household members of 

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1 by the victimization described in subsection (a); 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(F) at the discretion of the hotline oper4 ator, may provide assistance, or referrals for 

5 counseling or intervention, for identified Indian 

6 perpetrators, including self-identified perpetra7 tors, of family violence, domestic violence, or 

8 dating violence, but shall not be required to 

9 provide such assistance or referrals in any cir10 cumstance in which the hotline operator fears 

11 the safety of a victim may be impacted by an 

12 abuser or suspected abuser. 

13 ‘‘(f) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—The entity receiv14 ing a grant under this section shall submit a performance 

15 report to the Secretary at such time as shall be reasonably 

16 required by the Secretary. Such performance report shall 

17 describe the activities that have been carried out with such 

18 grant funds, contain an evaluation of the effectiveness of 

19 such activities, and provide such additional information as 

20 the Secretary may reasonably require.’’. 

21 SEC. 17. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCE22 MENT AND LEADERSHIP. 

23 Section 314 (42 U.S.C. 10414) is amended to read 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 314. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCE2 MENT AND LEADERSHIP. 

3 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE AND DESCRIPTION OF GRANTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this section 

5 are— 

6 ‘‘(A) to continue efforts to build evidence 

7 for effective primary prevention practices, pro8 grams, and policies that reduce and end family 

9 violence, domestic violence, and dating violence; 

10 ‘‘(B) to build capacity at the State, Tribal, 

11 territorial, and local levels to meet the objec12 tives described in subparagraph (A); and 

13 ‘‘(C) to advance primary prevention efforts 

14 related to family violence, domestic violence, 

15 and dating violence nationally. 

16 ‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION OF GRANTS.—From the 

17 amounts appropriated under this section, the Sec18 retary shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) acting through the Division of Vio20 lence Prevention of the Centers for Disease 

21 Control and Prevention, in consultation with 

22 the Director of the Division of Family Violence 

23 Prevention and Services of the Administration 

24 for Children and Families— 

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1 tion of family violence, domestic violence 

2 and dating violence; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) enter into cooperative agree4 ments under subsection (b)(2) with State, 

5 territorial, and Tribal domestic violence 

6 coalitions that are in partnerships with en7 tities carrying out local and culturally spe8 cific programs, to test, evaluate, or scale 

9 up innovative family violence, domestic vio10 lence, or dating violence prevention models, 

11 particularly those programs serving cul12 turally specific or traditionally underserved 

13 communities; and 

14 ‘‘(B) acting through the Family Violence 

15 Prevention and Services Program of the Admin16 istration for Children and Families, award 

17 grants under subsection (c) to enhance the ca18 pacity of communities and systems to engage in 

19 effective prevention efforts. 

20 ‘‘(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EVALUATION, 

21 AND MONITORING.—Of the amounts appropriated 

22 under this section for a fiscal year the Secretary 

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1 ‘‘(A) not more than 5 percent of the 

2 amounts for evaluation, monitoring, and other 

3 administrative costs under this section; and 

4 ‘‘(B) not more than 3 percent of the 

5 amounts for each fiscal year for technical as6 sistance under this section. 

7 ‘‘(b) GRANTS TO STATE, TERRITORIAL, AND TRIBAL

8 COALITIONS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) GRANTS TO BUILD PRIMARY PREVENTION

10 CAPACITY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) PURPOSE.—The Secretary shall pro12 vide a core grant for each eligible State, terri13 torial, and Tribal coalition. The Secretary shall 

14 provide such a grant to build organizational ca15 pacity and leadership for primary prevention of 

16 family violence, domestic violence and dating vi17 olence, including work with other systems cen18 tral to prevention at the local, State, territorial, 

19 and Tribal levels. 

20 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to re21 ceive a grant under this paragraph, a State, 

22 territorial, or Tribal coalition shall be a State 

23 domestic violence coalition, territorial domestic 

24 violence coalition, or Tribal domestic violence 

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1 a cooperative agreement under section 314 of 

2 this Act (as in effect on the day before the date 

3 of enactment of the Family Violence Prevention 

4 and Services Improvement Act of 2019) or 

5 under paragraph (2). 

6 ‘‘(C) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.—From the 

7 amount appropriated to carry out this section, 

8 and available for this subsection the Secretary 

9 shall allot an equal share to each qualified enti10 ty receiving funds under section 311 or section 

11 311A to carry out evidence-informed prevention 

12 activities. 

13 ‘‘(D) APPLICATION.—Each coalition seek14 ing a grant under this paragraph shall submit 

15 an application to the Secretary at such time, in 

16 such manner, and containing such information 

17 as the Secretary may require. The application 

18 submitted by the coalition for the grant shall 

19 provide documentation of the coalition’s preven20 tion work, satisfactory to the Secretary, dem21 onstrating that the coalition— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) demonstrates the ability to con2 duct appropriately the prevention activities 

3 described in this paragraph. 

4 ‘‘(E) USE OF FUNDS.—A coalition that re5 ceives a grant under this paragraph— 

6 ‘‘(i) shall use the grant funds to— 

7 ‘‘(I) build the coalition’s organi8 zational capacity and enhance its 

9 State or Tribal leadership to advance 

10 evidence-informed primary prevention 

11 of family violence, domestic violence, 

12 and dating violence; 

13 ‘‘(II) provide prevention-focused 

14 training, technical assistance, peer 

15 learning opportunities, and other sup16 port to local domestic violence pro17 grams and other community-based 

18 and culturally specific programs work19 ing to address family violence, domes20 tic violence, or dating violence; 

21 ‘‘(III) provide training and advo22 cacy to other State, Tribal, and local 

23 public and private systems on how to 

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1 victims, including through health serv2 ices, early childhood programs, eco3 nomic support programs, schools, 

4 child welfare, workforce development, 

5 community-based programs primarily 

6 serving racial and ethnic minority 

7 groups, community-based programs 

8 primarily serving other underserved 

9 populations, faith-based programs, 

10 and youth programs; and 

11 ‘‘(IV) support dissemination of 

12 prevention strategies and approaches 

13 throughout the State, territorial, or 

14 Tribal communities; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) may use the grant funds to pro16 vide subgrants to local programs to sup17 port the dissemination of primary preven18 tion programs or initiatives. 

19 ‘‘(F) REPORTS.—Each entity receiving a 

20 grant under this section shall submit a perform21 ance report to the Secretary at such time as the 

22 Secretary requires. Such performance report 

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1 ditional information as the Secretary may re2 quire. 

3 ‘‘(G) FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—The Sec4 retary may use a portion of the funds provided 

5 under this paragraph to provide prevention-fo6 cused training, technical assistance, and other 

7 support to coalitions described in subparagraph 

8 (B) or State or local entities that are in part9 nerships with such coalitions. 

10 ‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR IMPLE11 MENTATION AND EVALUATION OF PRIMARY PREVEN12 TION STRATEGIES.— 

13 ‘‘(A) PURPOSE.—The Secretary shall enter 

14 into cooperative agreements with qualified 

15 State, territorial, and Tribal domestic violence 

16 coalitions that are in partnerships with entities 

17 carrying out local and culturally specific pro18 grams, to test, evaluate, or scale up innovative 

19 family violence, domestic violence, or dating vio20 lence prevention strategies and models, particu21 larly those serving culturally specific or tradi22 tionally underserved communities. 

23 ‘‘(B) QUALIFICATION.—To be qualified to 

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1 State, territorial, or Tribal domestic violence co2 alition and include representatives of pertinent 

3 sectors of the local community, which may in4 clude— 

5 ‘‘(i) health care providers and Tribal, 

6 State, or local health departments; 

7 ‘‘(ii) the education community; 

8 ‘‘(iii) a faith-based community; 

9 ‘‘(iv) the juvenile justice system; 

10 ‘‘(v) family violence, domestic violence, 

11 and dating violence service program advo12 cates; 

13 ‘‘(vi) public human service entities; 

14 ‘‘(vii) business and civic leaders; 

15 ‘‘(viii) child and youth-serving organi16 zations; 

17 ‘‘(ix) community-based organizations 

18 whose primary purpose is to provide cul19 turally appropriate services to underserved 

20 populations, including racial and ethnic mi21 nority communities; and 

22 ‘‘(x) other pertinent sectors. 

23 ‘‘(C) TERM.—The Secretary shall enter 

24 into a cooperative agreement under this section 

25 for a period of not more than 5 fiscal years. 


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1 ‘‘(D) CONDITIONS ON PAYMENT.—The 

2 provision of payments under a cooperative 

3 agreement under this section shall be subject 

4 to— 

5 ‘‘(i) annual approval by the Secretary; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the availability of appropriations 

8 for each fiscal year to make the payments. 

9 ‘‘(E) APPLICATIONS.—An organization 

10 that desires to enter into a cooperative agree11 ment under this section shall submit to the Sec12 retary an application, in such form and in such 

13 manner as the Secretary shall require, that— 

14 ‘‘(i) identifies models and strategies to 

15 be tested and partner organizations who 

16 will be implementing programs to prevent 

17 family violence, domestic violence, or dat18 ing violence; 

19 ‘‘(ii) demonstrates that the applicant 

20 has developed effective and collaborative 

21 relationships with diverse communities, in22 cluding with organizations primarily serv23 ing racial and ethnic minority populations 

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1 ‘‘(iii) identifies other partners and 

2 sectors who will be engaged to meet the 

3 prevention goals; 

4 ‘‘(iv) includes a description of the ex5 pected outcomes from the prevention ac6 tivities and how the strategy is expected to 

7 achieve those outcomes; 

8 ‘‘(v) describes the method to be used 

9 for identification and selection of project 

10 staff and a project evaluator; 

11 ‘‘(vi) describes the method to be used 

12 for identification and selection of a project 

13 council consisting of representatives of the 

14 community sectors listed in subparagraph 

15 (B); 

16 ‘‘(vii) demonstrates that the applicant 

17 has the capacity to carry out collaborative 

18 community initiatives to prevent family vi19 olence, domestic violence, and dating vio20 lence; and 

21 ‘‘(viii) contains such other informa22 tion, agreements, and assurances as the 

23 Secretary may require. 

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1 ments under this section with organizations in 

2 States, territories, and Tribes geographically 

3 dispersed throughout the Nation. 

4 ‘‘(G) USE OF FUNDS.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An organization 

6 that enters into a cooperative agreement 

7 under this paragraph shall use the funds 

8 made available through the agreement to 

9 establish, operate, and maintain implemen10 tation and evaluation of coordinated com11 munity response to reduce risk factors for 

12 family violence, domestic violence and dat13 ing violence perpetration and enhance pro14 tective factors to promote positive develop15 ment and healthy relationships and com16 munities. 

17 ‘‘(ii) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EVAL18 UATION, AND MONITORING.—The Sec19 retary may use a portion of the funds pro20 vided under this paragraph to provide for 

21 the evaluation, monitoring, administration, 

22 and technical assistance described in sub23 section (a)(3), with respect to the preven24 tion projects. 


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1 ‘‘(H) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing 

2 and operating a project under this paragraph, 

3 an organization shall— 

4 ‘‘(i) utilize evidence-informed preven5 tion project planning; 

6 ‘‘(ii) recognize and address the needs 

7 of underserved populations, racial and eth8 nic minority groups, and individuals with 

9 disabilities; 

10 ‘‘(iii) use not less than 30 percent or 

11 more than 50 percent of awarded funds to 

12 subcontract with local domestic violence 

13 programs or other community-based pro14 grams to develop and implement such 

15 projects; 

16 ‘‘(iv) in the case of a new grantee, use 

17 the funds for up to 1 year for planning 

18 and capacity building without subcon19 tracting as described in clause (iii); and 

20 ‘‘(v) use up to 8 percent of the funds 

21 awarded under this paragraph to procure 

22 technical assistance from a list of providers 

23 approved by the Secretary and peer-to-peer 

24 technical assistance from other grantees 

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1 ‘‘(I) REPORTS.—Each organization enter2 ing into a cooperative agreement under this sec3 tion shall submit a performance report to the 

4 Secretary at such time as shall be reasonably 

5 required by the Secretary. Such performance 

6 report shall describe activities that have been 

7 carried out with the funds made available 

8 through the agreement and the effectiveness of 

9 such activities, and provide such additional in10 formation as the Secretary may reasonably re11 quire. The Secretary shall make the evaluations 

12 received under this subparagraph publicly avail13 able on the Department of Health and Human 

14 Services internet website, and shall submit such 

15 reports to the Committee on Health, Education, 

16 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 

17 Committee on Education and Labor of the 

18 House of Representatives. 

19 ‘‘(c) GRANTS TO EXPAND COMMUNITY-BASED PRI20 MARY PREVENTION.— 

21 ‘‘(1) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish 

22 a grant program to expand the capacity of commu23 nities and systems to engage in effective prevention 

24 efforts. 


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1 ‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Secretary may award 

2 grants to eligible entities through the program es3 tablished under paragraph (1) for periods of not 

4 more than 4 years. If the Secretary determines that 

5 an entity has received such a grant and been suc6 cessful in meeting the objectives of the grant appli7 cation so submitted, the Secretary may renew the 

8 grant for 1 additional period of not more than 4 

9 years. 

10 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re11 ceive a grant under this section, an entity shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) be a private nonprofit, nongovern13 mental organization (which may include faith14 based and charitable organizations) or a Tribal 

15 organization that is— 

16 ‘‘(i) a community-based organization 

17 whose primary purpose is providing cul18 turally competent services to racial and 

19 ethnic minority groups or other under20 served populations; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) a community-based organization 

22 with a program focused on serving youth 

23 or serving children and their parents or 

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1 ‘‘(B) have a demonstrated record of serv2 ing victims of family violence, domestic violence, 

3 or dating violence, or demonstrate a partnership 

4 with another organization that has such a 

5 record. 

6 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant 

7 under this subsection shall submit an application to 

8 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 

9 containing such information as the Secretary may 

10 reasonably require, including— 

11 ‘‘(A) a description of how the entity will 

12 develop, expand, or replicate evidence-informed 

13 primary prevention strategies and approaches in 

14 their communities, including culturally appro15 priate prevention programming; 

16 ‘‘(B) documents that the entity meets all 

17 of the applicable requirements set forth in this 

18 subsection; and 

19 ‘‘(C) demonstrates the ability to conduct 

20 appropriately the prevention activities described 

21 in this section. 

22 ‘‘(5) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives 

23 a grant under this section shall use the grant funds 

24 to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) build their organizational capacity 

2 and enhance their leadership of the organiza3 tion within the community to promote commu4 nity engagement in and advancement of evi5 dence-informed primary prevention of family vi6 olence, domestic violence, or dating violence; 

7 ‘‘(B) promote strategic prevention partner8 ship development, including between any of do9 mestic violence programs and health programs, 

10 early childhood programs, economic support 

11 programs, schools, child welfare programs, 

12 workforce development, culturally specific com13 munity-based organizations, faith-based pro14 grams, and youth programs; 

15 ‘‘(C) support dissemination of prevention 

16 strategies and approaches throughout the State, 

17 territorial, and Tribal communities; and 

18 ‘‘(D) use up to 5 percent of funds awarded 

19 under this section to procure technical assist20 ance from a list of providers approved by the 

21 Secretary, from peer-to-peer technical assist22 ance from other grantees under this section, or 

23 from both. 

24 ‘‘(6) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—Each entity 

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1 performance report to the Secretary at such time as 

2 shall be reasonably required by the Secretary. Such 

3 performance report shall describe the activities that 

4 have been carried out with such grant funds, contain 

5 an evaluation of the effectiveness of such activities, 

6 and provide such additional information as the Sec7 retary may reasonably require.’’. 

8 SEC. 18. ADDITIONAL GRANT PROGRAMS. 

9 The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 

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

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 315. GRANTS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. 

13 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 

14 provide grants to assist communities in mobilizing and or15 ganizing resources in support of effective and sustainable 

16 programs that will prevent and address domestic violence 

17 experienced by underserved populations. 

18 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.—The Sec19 retary, acting through the Director of the Division of 

20 Family Violence Prevention and Services, shall award ca21 pacity building, implementation, and evaluation grants to 

22 eligible entities to assist in developing, implementing, and 

23 evaluating culturally and linguistically appropriate, com24 munity-driven strategies to prevent and address domestic 

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

2 a grant under this section, an entity shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) with respect to the programs under sub4 sections (d) and (e), be— 

5 ‘‘(A) a population specific organization 

6 that has demonstrated experience and expertise 

7 in providing population specific services in the 

8 relevant underserved communities, or a popu9 lation specific organization working in partner10 ship with a victim service provider or domestic 

11 violence or sexual assault coalition; or 

12 ‘‘(B) a victim service provider offering pop13 ulation-specific services for a specific under14 served population; or 

15 ‘‘(2) with respect to the program under sub16 section (f), be an eligible entity described in para17 graph (1) that is working in collaboration with an 

18 entity specializing in evaluation with documented ex19 perience working with targeted underserved popu20 lations; 

21 ‘‘(d) CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

23 grants to eligible entities to support the capacity 

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1 driven intervention and prevention strategies that 

2 address the barriers to domestic violence services, 

3 raise awareness of domestic violence, and promote 

4 community engagement in the prevention of domes5 tic violence in targeted underserved populations in 

6 the target community. Such grants may be used 

7 to— 

8 ‘‘(A) expand the collaboration that is rep9 resented by the eligible entity through the iden10 tification of additional partners, particularly 

11 among targeted underserved communities, and 

12 establish linkages with national, State, Tribal, 

13 or local public and private partners, which may 

14 include community health workers, advocacy, 

15 and policy organizations; 

16 ‘‘(B) establish community working groups; 

17 ‘‘(C) conduct a needs assessment of tar18 geted underserved populations to determine the 

19 barriers to access and factors contributing to 

20 such barriers, using input from targeted under21 served communities; 

22 ‘‘(D) participate in training and technical 

23 assistance sponsored by the Family Violence 

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1 development, implementation, evaluation, and 

2 other programmatic issues; 

3 ‘‘(E) use up to 5 percent of funds awarded 

4 under this subsection to procure technical as5 sistance from a list of providers approved by 

6 the Family Violence Prevention and Services 

7 program; 

8 ‘‘(F) identify promising intervention and 

9 prevention strategies; 

10 ‘‘(G) develop a plan with the input of tar11 geted underserved communities that includes 

12 strategies for— 

13 ‘‘(i) implementing intervention and 

14 prevention strategies that have the greatest 

15 potential for addressing the barriers to ac16 cessing services, raising awareness of do17 mestic violence, and promoting community 

18 engagement in the prevention of domestic 

19 violence within targeted underserved popu20 lations; 

21 ‘‘(ii) identifying other sources of rev22 enue and integrating current and proposed 

23 funding sources to ensure long-term sus24 tainability of the program; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) evaluating the program, includ2 ing collecting data and measuring progress 

3 toward addressing domestic violence or 

4 raising awareness of domestic violence in 

5 targeted underserved populations; and 

6 ‘‘(H) conduct an evaluation of the planning 

7 and development activities. 

8 ‘‘(2) DURATION.—The period during which 

9 payments may be made under a grant under para10 graph (1) shall not exceed 2 years, except where the 

11 Secretary determines that extraordinary cir12 cumstances exist. 

13 ‘‘(e) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

15 grants to eligible entities that have received a plan16 ning grant under subsection (d) or who already have 

17 demonstrated experience and expertise in providing 

18 population specific services in the relevant under19 served communities to enable such entities to— 

20 ‘‘(A) implement a plan including interven21 tion services or prevention strategies to address 

22 the identified barrier or awareness issue or ini23 tiate the community engagement strategy for 

24 targeted underserved populations, in an effec25 tive and timely manner; 


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1 ‘‘(B) collect data appropriate for moni2 toring and evaluating the program carried out 

3 under the grant; 

4 ‘‘(C) analyze and interpret data, or col5 laborate with academic or other appropriate in6 stitutions, for such analysis and collection; 

7 ‘‘(D) participate in training for the pur8 pose of informing and educating other entities 

9 regarding the experiences and lessons learned 

10 from the project; 

11 ‘‘(E) collaborate with appropriate partners 

12 to disseminate information gained from the 

13 project for the benefit of other domestic vio14 lence programs; 

15 ‘‘(F) establish mechanisms with other pub16 lic or private groups to maintain financial sup17 port for the program after the grant termi18 nates; 

19 ‘‘(G) develop policy initiatives for systems 

20 change to address the barriers or awareness 

21 issue; 

22 ‘‘(H) maintain relationships with local 

23 partners and continue to develop new relation24 ships with national and State partners; 


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1 ‘‘(I) evaluate the implementation of the ac2 tivities described in this paragraph; and 

3 ‘‘(J) use up to 5 percent of funds awarded 

4 under this subsection to procure technical as5 sistance from a list of providers approved by 

6 the Family Violence Prevention and Services 

7 program. 

8 ‘‘(2) DURATION.—The Secretary shall award 

9 grants under this subsection for 3-year periods. 

10 ‘‘(f) EVALUATION GRANTS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award 

12 grants to eligible entities that have received an im13 plementation grant under subsection (e) and that re14 quire additional assistance for the purpose of rig15 orous data analysis, program evaluation (including 

16 process and outcome measures), or dissemination of 

17 findings. 

18 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

19 subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to— 

20 ‘‘(A) entities that in previous funding cy21 cles— 

22 ‘‘(i) have received a grant under sub23 section (d); or 

24 ‘‘(ii) established population specific 

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1 perience and expertise in providing popu2 lation-specific services in the relevant un3 derserved communities programs; and 

4 ‘‘(B) entities that incorporate best prac5 tices or build on successful models in their ac6 tion plan, including the use of community advo7 cates. 

8 ‘‘(3) DURATION.—The period during which 

9 payments may be made under a grant under para10 graph (1) shall not exceed 2 years, except where the 

11 Secretary determines that extraordinary cir12 cumstances exist. 

13 ‘‘(g) NONSUPPLANTATION.—Funds provided under 

14 this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant 

15 other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to 

16 provide services and activities that promote the purposes 

17 of this title. 

18 ‘‘(h) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EVALUATION, AND

19 MONITORING.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated 

21 under this section for each fiscal year— 

22 ‘‘(A) up to 5 percent may be used by the 

23 Secretary for evaluation, monitoring and other 

24 administrative costs under this section; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) up to 3 percent may be used by the 

2 Secretary for technical assistance. 

3 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY

4 GRANTEES.—The Secretary shall enable grantees to 

5 share best practices, evaluation results, and reports 

6 using the internet, conferences, and other pertinent 

7 information regarding the projects funded by this 

8 section, including the outreach efforts of the Family 

9 Violence Prevention and Services program. 

10 ‘‘(3) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—Each entity 

11 receiving funds under this section shall file a per12 formance report at such times as requested by the 

13 Secretary describing the activities that have been 

14 carried out with such grant funds and providing 

15 such additional information as the Secretary may re16 quire. 

17 ‘‘(i) ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS.—The Secretary 

18 shall make every effort to minimize duplicative or unneces19 sary administrative burdens on the grantees. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 316. GRANTS TO ENHANCE CULTURALLY COMPETENT 

21 SERVICES FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINOR22 ITY POPULATIONS. 

23 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Health 

24 and Human Services, acting through the Director of the 

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1 Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (referred 

2 to in this section as the ‘Director’), shall establish a grant 

3 program to establish or enhance culturally competent serv4 ices for victims of domestic violence from racial and ethnic 

5 minority populations. 

6 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The purposes of the grant 

8 program under this section are to— 

9 ‘‘(A) develop and support innovative cul10 turally competent community-based programs 

11 to enhance access to shelter services or sup12 portive services to further the purposes of fam13 ily violence, domestic violence, and dating vio14 lence intervention and prevention for all victims 

15 of family violence, domestic violence, or dating 

16 violence from racial and ethnic minority popu17 lations who face obstacles to using more tradi18 tional services and resources; 

19 ‘‘(B) strengthen the capacity and further 

20 the leadership development of individuals in ra21 cial and ethnic minority populations to address 

22 family violence, domestic violence, and dating 

23 violence in their communities; and 

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1 early childhood programs, economic support 

2 programs, schools, child welfare, workforce de3 velopment, domestic violence programs, other 

4 community-based programs, faith-based pro5 grams, and youth programs, in order to further 

6 a public health approach to addressing domestic 

7 violence and dating violence. 

8 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 

10 award grants to programs based in the targeted 

11 community to establish or enhance domestic vi12 olence and dating violence intervention and pre13 vention efforts that address distinctive cul14 turally competent responses to domestic vio15 lence and dating violence in racial and ethnic 

16 minority populations. 

17 ‘‘(B) NEW PROGRAMS.—In carrying out 

18 this section, the Secretary may award initial 

19 planning and capacity building grants to eligible 

20 entities that are establishing new programs in 

21 order to support the planning and development 

22 of culturally competent programs. 

23 ‘‘(C) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—The Secretary 

24 shall ensure that grants are awarded, to the ex25 tent practical, only on a competitive basis, and 


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1 that a grant is awarded for a proposal only if 

2 the proposal has been recommended for such an 

3 award through a process of peer review. 

4 ‘‘(D) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Up to 5 

5 percent of funds appropriated under this sec6 tion for a fiscal year shall be available for tech7 nical assistance to be used by the grantees to 

8 access training and technical assistance from 

9 organizations that have entered into a coopera10 tive agreement with the Director to provide 

11 training and technical assistance regarding the 

12 provision of effective culturally competent, com13 munity-based services for racial and ethnic mi14 nority populations. 

15 ‘‘(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 

16 The Director shall enter into cooperative agreements 

17 or contracts with organizations having a dem18 onstrated expertise in and whose primary purpose is 

19 addressing the development and provision of cul20 turally competent community-based services to vic21 tims of domestic violence and dating violence from 

22 the targeted populations to provide training and 

23 technical assistance for grantees. 

24 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible for a grant 

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1 ‘‘(1) be a private nonprofit, nongovernmental 

2 organization that is— 

3 ‘‘(A) a community-based organization 

4 whose primary purpose is providing culturally 

5 competent services to victims of domestic vio6 lence and dating violence from racial and ethnic 

7 minority populations; or 

8 ‘‘(B) a community-based organization 

9 whose primary purpose is providing culturally 

10 competent services to individuals from racial 

11 and ethnic minority populations that can part12 ner with an organization having demonstrated 

13 expertise in serving victims of domestic violence 

14 and dating violence; and 

15 ‘‘(2) have a board of directors and staffing 

16 which is reflective of the targeted minority group. 

17 ‘‘(d) CULTURAL COMPETENCY OF SERVICES.—The 

18 Secretary shall ensure that information and services pro19 vided pursuant to this section are provided in the lan20 guage, educational, and cultural context that is most ap21 propriate for the individuals for whom the information and 

22 services are intended. 

23 ‘‘(e) GRANT PERIOD.—The Director shall award 

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1 another 2 years to further implementation of the projects 

2 under the grant. 

3 ‘‘(f) NONEXCLUSIVITY.—Nothing in this section shall 

4 be interpreted to exclude linguistic and culturally specific 

5 community-based entities from applying for other sources 

6 of funding available under this title. 

7 ‘‘(g) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—Each entity re8 ceiving funds under this section shall file a performance 

9 report at such times as requested by the Secretary describ10 ing the activities that have been carried out with such 

11 grant funds and providing such additional information as 

12 the Secretary may require.’’. 

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