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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2604 

To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to make 

improvements. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 13, 2023 

Mrs. MCBATH (for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, and 

Mrs. KIM of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

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; SEVERABILITY. 

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

5 ‘‘Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement 

6 Act of 2023’’. 

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 (c) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, an 

4 amendment made by this Act, or the application of such 

5 provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is 

6 held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, the 

7 amendments made by this Act, and the application of such 

8 provision or amendment to any person or circumstance 

9 shall not be affected thereby. 

10 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

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

12 amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to im14 prove services and interventions for victims of domestic 

15 violence, dating violence, and family violence, and to ad16 vance primary and secondary prevention of domestic vio17 lence, dating violence, and family violence by— 

18 ‘‘(1) assisting States and territories in sup19 porting local domestic violence, dating violence, and 

20 family violence programs to provide accessible, trau21 ma-informed, culturally relevant residential and non22 residential services to domestic violence, dating vio23 lence, and family violence victims and their children 

24 and dependents; 


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1 ‘‘(2) strengthening the capacity of Indian 

2 Tribes to exercise their sovereign authority to re3 spond to domestic violence, dating violence, and fam4 ily violence committed against Indians; 

5 ‘‘(3) providing for a network of technical assist6 ance and training centers to support effective policy, 

7 practice, research, and cross-system collaboration to 

8 improve intervention and prevention efforts through9 out the country; 

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

11 and Tribal coalitions to document and address the 

12 needs of victims and their children and dependents, 

13 including victims and their children and dependents 

14 who are underserved, implement effective coordi15 nated community and systems responses, and pro16 mote ongoing public education and community en17 gagement; 

18 ‘‘(5) maintaining national domestic violence, 

19 dating violence, and family violence hotlines, includ20 ing a national Indian domestic violence, dating vio21 lence, and family violence hotline; and 

22 ‘‘(6) supporting the development and implemen23 tation of evidence-informed, coalition-led, and com24 munity-based primary prevention approaches and 

25 programs.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 Section 302 (42 U.S.C. 10402) is amended to read 

3 as follows: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 

5 ‘‘In this title: 

6 ‘‘(1) ALASKA NATIVE.—The term ‘Alaska Na7 tive’ has the meaning given the term Native in sec8 tion 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

9 (43 U.S.C. 1602). 

10 ‘‘(2) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means an indi11 vidual who is younger than age 18. 

12 ‘‘(3) DATING PARTNER.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘dating 

14 partner’ means any person who is or has been 

15 in a social relationship of a romantic or inti16 mate nature with an abuser, and where the ex17 istence of such a relationship shall be deter18 mined based on a consideration of one or more 

19 of the following factors: 

20 ‘‘(i) The length of the relationship. 

21 ‘‘(ii) The type of the relationship. 

22 ‘‘(iii) The frequency of interaction be23 tween the persons involved in the relation24 ship. 

25 ‘‘(iv) The cultural context of the rela26 tionship. 


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1 ‘‘(B) CONSTRUCTION.—Sexual contact is 

2 not a necessary component of a relationship de3 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

4 ‘‘(4) DIGITAL SERVICES.—The term ‘digital 

5 services’ means services, resources, information, sup6 port, or referrals provided through electronic com7 munications platforms and media, which may in8 clude mobile phone technology, video technology, 

9 computer technology (including use of the internet), 

10 and any other emerging communications tech11 nologies that are appropriate for the purposes of 

12 providing services, resources, information, support, 

13 or referrals for the benefit of victims of domestic vio14 lence, dating violence, and family violence. 

15 ‘‘(5) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

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

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

18 threatened act, or pattern of acts of physical or sex19 ual violence, stalking, harassment, psychological 

20 abuse, economic abuse, technological abuse, or any 

21 other form of abuse, including threatening to com22 mit harm against children or dependents or other 

23 members of the household of the recipient of the 

24 threat for the purpose of coercion, threatening, or 

25 causing harm, directed against— 


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

2 similarly situated to a dating partner under the 

3 laws of the jurisdiction; 

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

5 has cohabitated with the person committing 

6 such an act; 

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

8 person similarly situated to a spouse under the 

9 laws of the jurisdiction; 

10 ‘‘(D) a person who shares a child or de11 pendent in common with the person committing 

12 such an act; 

13 ‘‘(E) a person who is related by marriage, 

14 blood, or is otherwise legally related; or 

15 ‘‘(F) 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 ‘‘(6) ECONOMIC ABUSE.—The term ‘economic 

20 abuse’, when used in the context of domestic vio21 lence, dating violence, and family violence, means be22 havior that is coercive or deceptive related to a per23 son’s ability to acquire, use, or maintain economic 

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1 quire, use, or maintain economic resources to which 

2 they are entitled. This includes using coercion, 

3 fraud, or manipulation to— 

4 ‘‘(A) restrict a person’s access to money, 

5 assets, credit, or financial information; 

6 ‘‘(B) unfairly use a person’s personal eco7 nomic resources, including money, assets, and 

8 credit, for one’s own advantage; or 

9 ‘‘(C) exert undue influence over a person’s 

10 financial and economic behavior or decisions, 

11 including forcing default on joint or other fi12 nancial obligations, exploiting powers of attor13 ney, guardianship, or conservatorship, or failing 

14 or neglecting to act in the best interests of a 

15 person to whom one has a fiduciary duty. 

16 ‘‘(7) INDIAN; INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZA17 TION.—The terms ‘Indian’, ‘Indian Tribe’, and 

18 ‘Tribal organization’ have the meanings given the 

19 terms ‘Indian’, ‘Indian tribe’, and ‘tribal organiza20 tion’, respectively, in section 4 of the Indian Self-De21 termination and Education Assistance Act (25 

22 U.S.C. 5304). 

23 ‘‘(8) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

24 The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 


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1 meaning given such term in section 101 of the High2 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

3 ‘‘(9) NATIVE HAWAIIAN; NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR4 GANIZATION.—The terms ‘Native Hawaiian’ and 

5 ‘Native Hawaiian organization’ have the meanings 

6 given such terms in section 6207 of the Native Ha7 waiian Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7517). 

8 ‘‘(10) PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMA9 TION.—The term ‘personally identifying information’ 

10 has the meaning given the term in section 40002(a) 

11 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 

12 U.S.C. 12291(a)). 

13 ‘‘(11) POPULATION SPECIFIC SERVICES.—The 

14 term ‘population specific services’ has the meaning 

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

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

17 ‘‘(12) RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUP; 

18 RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATION.—The 

19 terms ‘racial and ethnic minority group’ and ‘racial 

20 and ethnic minority population’ include each group 

21 listed in the definition of such term in section 

22 1707(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 300u–6(g)). 

24 ‘‘(13) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 

25 means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 


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1 ‘‘(14) SHELTER.—The term ‘shelter’ means the 

2 provision of temporary refuge and basic necessities, 

3 in conjunction with supportive services, provided on 

4 a regular basis, in compliance with applicable State, 

5 Tribal, territorial, or local law to victims of domestic 

6 violence, dating violence, or family violence and their 

7 children and dependents. Such law includes regula8 tions governing the provision of safe homes and 

9 other forms of secure temporary lodging, meals, 

10 other basic necessities, or supportive services to vic11 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, or family 

12 violence and their children and dependents. 

13 ‘‘(15) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 

14 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

15 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and, except as other16 wise provided, Guam, American Samoa, the United 

17 States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 

18 Northern Mariana Islands. 

19 ‘‘(16) STATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALI20 TION.—The term ‘State Domestic Violence Coalition’ 

21 means a statewide nongovernmental nonprofit pri22 vate domestic violence, dating violence, and family 

23 organization designated by the Secretary that— 

24 ‘‘(A) has a membership that includes a 

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1 lence, dating violence, and family violence serv2 ice providers in the State; 

3 ‘‘(B) has board membership that is rep4 resentative of primary-purpose domestic vio5 lence, dating violence, and family violence serv6 ice providers, and which may include represent7 atives of the communities in which the services 

8 are being provided in the State; 

9 ‘‘(C) has as its purpose to provide edu10 cation, support, and technical assistance to such 

11 service providers to enable the providers to es12 tablish and maintain shelter and supportive 

13 services for victims of domestic violence, dating 

14 violence, and family violence and their children 

15 and dependents; and 

16 ‘‘(D) serves as an information clearing17 house, primary point of contact, and resource 

18 center on domestic violence, dating violence, 

19 and family violence for the State and supports 

20 the development of polices, protocols, and proce21 dures to enhance domestic violence, dating vio22 lence, and family violence intervention and pre23 vention in the State. 

24 ‘‘(17) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—The term ‘sup25 portive services’ means services for adult and youth 


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1 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, or fam2 ily violence, and children and dependents exposed to 

3 domestic violence, dating violence, or family violence, 

4 that are designed to— 

5 ‘‘(A) meet the needs of such victims of do6 mestic violence, dating violence, or family vio7 lence, and their children and dependents, for 

8 short-term, transitional, or long-term safety; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(B) provide counseling, advocacy, or as11 sistance for victims of domestic violence, dating 

12 violence, or family violence, and their children 

13 and dependents. 

14 ‘‘(18) TECHNOLOGICAL ABUSE.—The term 

15 ‘technological abuse’ means an act or pattern of be16 havior that— 

17 ‘‘(A) occurs within domestic violence, dat18 ing violence, or family violence; 

19 ‘‘(B) is intended to harm, threaten, intimi20 date, control, stalk, harass, impersonate, ex21 ploit, extort, or monitor, except as otherwise 

22 permitted by law, another person; and 

23 ‘‘(C) uses any form of information tech24 nology, including any of the following: 

25 ‘‘(i) Internet-enabled devices. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) Online spaces or platforms. 

2 ‘‘(iii) Computers, mobile devices, or 

3 software applications. 

4 ‘‘(iv) Location tracking devices. 

5 ‘‘(v) Communication technologies. 

6 ‘‘(vi) Cameras or imaging platforms. 

7 ‘‘(vii) Any other emerging technology. 

8 ‘‘(19) TRIBAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALI9 TION.—The term ‘Tribal domestic violence coalition’ 

10 means an established nonprofit, nongovernmental 

11 Indian organization recognized by the Office of Vio12 lence Against Women at the Department of Justice 

13 that— 

14 ‘‘(A) provides education, support, and tech15 nical assistance to member Indian service pro16 viders in a manner that enables the member 

17 providers to establish and maintain culturally 

18 appropriate services, including shelter (includ19 ing supportive services) designed to assist In20 dian victims of domestic violence, dating vio21 lence, or family violence and the children and 

22 dependents of such victims; and 

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

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1 ‘‘(i) the member service providers de2 scribed in subparagraph (A); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) the Tribal communities in which 

4 the services are being provided. 

5 ‘‘(20) TRIBALLY DESIGNATED OFFICIAL.—The 

6 term ‘Tribally designated official’ means an indi7 vidual designated by an Indian Tribe, Tribal organi8 zation, or nonprofit private organization authorized 

9 by an Indian Tribe, to administer a grant under sec10 tion 309. 

11 ‘‘(21) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS; UNDER12 SERVED INDIVIDUALS.—The terms ‘underserved 

13 populations’ and ‘underserved individuals’ mean vic14 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, or family 

15 violence, and their children and dependents who face 

16 obstacles in accessing and using State, Tribal, terri17 torial, or local domestic violence, dating violence, or 

18 family violence services, or who may be overrepre19 sented in experiencing domestic violence, dating vio20 lence, or family violence due to historical barriers. 

21 Populations may be underserved on the basis of, 

22 marginalized racial and ethnic minority populations, 

23 Indigenous status, cultural and language barriers, 

24 immigration status, disabilities, mental health needs, 

25 sexual orientation or gender identity, age (including 


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1 both elders and children), geographical location, 

2 faith or religious practice or lack thereof, or other 

3 bases, as determined by the Secretary. 

4 ‘‘(22) VICTIM.—The term ‘victim’ means an in5 dividual against whom an act of domestic violence, 

6 dating violence, or family violence is carried out. 

7 ‘‘(23) YOUTH.—The term ‘youth’ has the 

8 meaning given the term in section 4002(a) of the Vi9 olence Against Women Act (34 U.S.C. 

10 12291(a)(45)).’’. 

11 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 Section 303 (42 U.S.C. 10403) is amended to read 

13 as follows: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

15 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.— 

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

17 appropriated to carry out sections 301 through 312 

18 and 316, $270,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 

19 through 2028. 

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

21 Of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) 

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

23 used to carry out section 309. 

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1 cal year and not reserved under paragraph (2) (re2 ferred to in this subsection as the ‘remainder’), not 

3 less than 70 percent shall be used for making grants 

4 under section 306(a). 

5 ‘‘(4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

6 CENTERS.—Of the remainder, not less than 6 per7 cent shall be used to carry out section 310. 

8 ‘‘(5) GRANTS FOR STATE AND TRIBAL DOMES9 TIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS.—Of the remainder— 

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

11 to carry out section 311; and 

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

13 to carry out section 311A. 

14 ‘‘(6) SPECIALIZED SERVICES.—Of the remain15 der, not less than 5 percent shall be used to carry 

16 out section 312. 

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

18 remainder, not less 2.5 percent shall be used to 

19 carry out section 316. 

20 ‘‘(8) ADMINISTRATION, EVALUATION, AND MON21 ITORING.—Of the remainder, not more than 3.5 per22 cent shall be used by the Secretary for evaluation, 

23 monitoring, and other administrative costs under 

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1 ‘‘(b) NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE.— 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 

3 313 $14,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 

4 2028. 

5 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL INDIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOT6 LINE.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 

7 out section 313A $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 

8 through 2028. 

9 ‘‘(d) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCE10 MENT AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH ALLIANCES.—There 

11 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 314 

12 $26,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 

13 ‘‘(e) GRANTS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.— 

14 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 

15 315 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 

16 2028. 

17 ‘‘(f) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.—There is author18 ized to be appropriated for research and evaluation of ac19 tivities under this title $3,500,000 for each of fiscal years 

20 2024 through 2028.’’. 

21 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY. 

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

23 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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1 port and evaluate demonstration or discre2 tionary projects in response to current and 

3 emerging issues,’’ after ‘‘nongovernmental enti4 ties’’; and 

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

6 Reauthorization Act of 2010’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘Family Violence Prevention and Services Im8 provement Act of 2023’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘have ex11 pertise in the field of family violence and do12 mestic violence prevention and services and, to 

13 the extent practicable, have expertise in the 

14 field of dating violence;’’ and inserting ‘‘have 

15 expertise in the field of domestic violence, dat16 ing violence, and family violence prevention and 

17 services;’’; 

18 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘preven19 tion and treatment of’’ and inserting ‘‘preven20 tion of, intervention in, and treatment of,’’; and 

21 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

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

23 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 

24 (ii) by adding after subparagraph (C) 

25 the following: 


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

2 entering into contracts with for-profit or non3 profit nongovernmental entities or institutions 

4 of higher education to conduct domestic vio5 lence, dating violence, and family violence re6 search or evaluation; and’’; and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(d) EMERGENCY AUTHORITY.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In response to any emer10 gency or disaster described in paragraph (3) that 

11 substantially disrupts the provision of services under 

12 this title, for the duration of the emergency or dis13 aster, the Secretary may— 

14 ‘‘(A) modify or broaden the allowable uses 

15 of funds by grantees and subgrantees solely to 

16 ensure the continuity of services authorized 

17 under this title, including for remote and mobile 

18 service delivery; and 

19 ‘‘(B) modify or waive any administrative 

20 conditions, processes, or deadlines, including 

21 with respect to— 

22 ‘‘(i) application requirements; 

23 ‘‘(ii) reporting requirements; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) grant award extensions. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub2 section shall be construed to allow altering or 

3 waiving the requirements in section 306(c)(2). 

4 ‘‘(3) EMERGENCIES DESCRIBED.—The emer5 gencies and disasters described in this paragraph are 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) A major disaster declared by the 

8 President under section 401 of the Robert T. 

9 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist10 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170). 

11 ‘‘(B) An emergency declared by the Presi12 dent under section 501 of the Robert T. Staf13 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

14 Act (42 U.S.C. 5191). 

15 ‘‘(C) A public health emergency deter16 mined by the Secretary of Health and Human 

17 Services pursuant to section 319 of the Public 

18 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d).’’. 

19 SEC. 6. ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS. 

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

21 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol22 lows: 

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

24 under section 303 and available for grants to States under 

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1 ted for a grant under section 306(a), $600,000, with the 

2 remaining funds to be allotted to each State (other than 

3 Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Is4 lands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

5 Islands) in an amount that bears the same ratio to such 

6 remaining funds as the population of such State bears to 

7 the population of all such States (excluding Guam, Amer8 ican Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 

9 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).’’; 

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

11 314’’ each place such term appears and inserting 

12 ‘‘under this title’’; and 

13 (3) by striking subsection (f). 

14 SEC. 7. FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES. 

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

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘depend18 ents’’ and inserting ‘‘children and dependents’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Indi21 ans, members of Indian Tribes, or’’ after ‘‘who 

22 are’’; 

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1 (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 

2 read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(A) APPLICATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS PRO4 VISIONS.—Programs and activities funded in 

5 whole or in part with funds made available 

6 under this title are considered to be programs 

7 and activities receiving Federal financial assist8 ance for the purpose of applying the prohibi9 tions against discrimination under the Age Dis10 crimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et 

11 seq.), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

12 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), title IX of the Edu13 cation Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et 

14 seq.), section 40002(b)(13)(A) of the Violence 

15 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

16 12291(b)(13)(A)), and title VI of the Civil 

17 Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et 

18 seq.).’’; 

19 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 

20 (I) by inserting ‘‘, including sex21 ual orientation or gender identity,’’ 

22 after ‘‘on the ground of sex’’; and 

23 (II) by striking the second sen24 tence and inserting the following: ‘‘If 

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1 gramming is necessary to the essential 

2 operation of a program, nothing in 

3 this paragraph shall prevent any such 

4 program or activity from being pro5 vided in a sex-specific manner. In 

6 such circumstances, grantees may 

7 meet the requirements of this para8 graph by providing comparable serv9 ices to individuals who cannot be pro10 vided with the sex-segregated or sex11 specific programming.’’; 

12 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

13 (I) by striking ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘Indian Tribe’’; and 

15 (II) by striking ‘‘tribally’’ and in16 serting ‘‘Tribally’’; and 

17 (iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

18 ‘‘Indian tribe’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian 

19 Tribe’’; 

20 (B) by striking paragraph (4); 

21 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 

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

23 (D) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 

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

25 the end the following: ‘‘The nondisclosure 


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1 of confidential or private information re2 quirements under section 40002(b)(2) of 

3 the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

4 (34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(2)) shall apply to 

5 grantees and subgrantees under this title 

6 in the same manner such requirements 

7 apply to grantees and subgrantees under 

8 such Act.’’; 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (G)(i), by strik10 ing ‘‘tribal’’ and inserting ‘‘Tribal’’; 

11 (iii) by striking subparagraphs (B), 

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

13 (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs 

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

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

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

17 (i) by striking ‘‘Indian tribe’’ and in18 serting ‘‘Indian Tribe’’; and 

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

20 ‘‘Tribal’’; and 

21 (3) in subsection (d) by inserting ‘‘and informa22 tion on the development and implementation of bar23 rier removal plans to ensure compliance with the 

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1 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 

2 794)’’ after ‘‘activities,’’. 

3 SEC. 8. STATE APPLICATION. 

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

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

8 ‘‘Tribally’’; and 

9 (ii) by adding ‘‘For purposes of sec10 tion 2007(c)(3) of the Omnibus Crime 

11 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, a 

12 State’s application under this paragraph 

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

14 the end; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (i) in subparagraph (B)— 

17 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

18 (i), by striking ‘‘assurances’’ and in19 serting ‘‘certifications’’; and 

20 (II) in clause (iii)— 

21 (aa) in subclause (I)— 

22 (AA) by striking ‘‘oper23 ation of shelters’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘provision of shelter’’; 

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1 (BB) by striking ‘‘de2 pendents’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘children and dependents’’; 

4 and 

5 (bb) in subclause (II), by 

6 striking ‘‘dependents’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘children and dependents’’; 

8 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

9 ‘‘an assurance’’ and inserting ‘‘a certifi10 cation’’; 

11 (iii) in subparagraph (D)— 

12 (I) by striking ‘‘an assurance’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘a certification’’; 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘planning and 

15 monitoring’’ and inserting ‘‘planning, 

16 coordination, and monitoring’’; and 

17 (III) by striking ‘‘and the admin18 istration of the grant programs and 

19 projects’’ and inserting ‘‘, the admin20 istration of the grant programs and 

21 projects, and the establishment of 

22 service standards and best practices 

23 for grantees’’; 

24 (iv) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

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1 follows through the semicolon and insert2 ing ‘‘for individuals from racial and ethnic 

3 minority groups, Tribal populations, and 

4 other underserved populations, in the State 

5 planning process, and how the State plan 

6 addresses the unmet needs of such popu7 lations, including a certification and de8 scription of how the State or Indian Tribe 

9 will disseminate information about the na10 tional resource centers authorized under 

11 section 310;’’; 

12 (v) in subparagraphs (E), (F), and 

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

14 such term appears and inserting ‘‘Indian 

15 Tribe’’; 

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

17 ‘‘tribally’’ and inserting ‘‘Tribally’’; 

18 (vii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

19 (H) and (I) as subparagraphs (I) and (J), 

20 respectively; 

21 (viii) by inserting after subparagraph 

22 (G) the following: 

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1 omy, and privacy for victims of domestic vio2 lence, dating violence, and family violence, and 

3 their children and dependents, including in the 

4 design and delivery of shelter services;’’; 

5 (ix) in subparagraph (I), as so redes6 ignated— 

7 (I) by striking ‘‘tribe’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘Tribe’’; 

9 (II) by striking ‘‘an assurance’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘a certification’’; 

11 (III) by inserting ‘‘, remove, or 

12 exclude’’ after ‘‘bar’’; and 

13 (IV) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

14 end; 

15 (x) in subparagraph (J), as so redes16 ignated, by striking the period at the end 

17 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (xi) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(K) provide a certification that all funded 

21 entities demonstrate the ability to provide serv22 ices for Deaf individuals and individuals with 

23 disabilities in compliance with the Americans 

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1 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 

2 794).’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

5 each place such term appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘Tribe’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Indian 

8 tribes’’ each place such term appears and in9 serting ‘‘Indian Tribes’’. 

10 SEC. 9. SUBGRANTS AND USES OF FUNDS. 

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

12 (1) in subsection (a)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘that is designed’’ and in14 serting ‘‘that are designed’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘children and dependents’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (i) in the matter preceding subpara20 graph (A)— 

21 (I) by striking ‘‘shelter, sup22 portive services, or prevention serv23 ices’’ and inserting ‘‘shelter or sup24 portive services’’; 


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1 (II) by inserting ‘‘or prevention 

2 services’’ after ‘‘dependents,’’; and 

3 (III) by striking ‘‘include—’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘include making material 

5 improvements in the accessibility of 

6 physical structures, transportation, 

7 communication, or digital services, as 

8 well as—’’; 

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

10 ‘‘developing safety plans’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘safety planning’’; 

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

13 ‘‘for racial and ethnic minority groups’’ be14 fore the semicolon; 

15 (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs 

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

17 through (I), respectively; 

18 (v) by inserting after subparagraph 

19 (E) the following: 

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

21 underserved populations;’’; 

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

2 ‘‘Federal and State’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘Federal, State, and local’’; 

4 (II) in clause (iii), by striking 

5 ‘‘mental health, alcohol, and drug 

6 abuse treatment), but which shall not 

7 include reimbursement for any health 

8 care services’’ and inserting ‘‘mental 

9 health and substance use disorder 

10 treatment)’’; 

11 (III) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘; 

12 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

13 (IV) by redesignating clause (vi) 

14 as clause (vii); 

15 (V) by inserting after clause (v) 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(vi) language assistance, including 

18 translation of written materials and tele19 phonic and in-person interpreter services, 

20 for victims with limited English pro21 ficiency, victims who are Deaf or hard of 

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1 ities, and victims with other disabilities; 

2 and’’; and 

3 (VI) in clause (vii), as so redesig4 nated, by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

5 (vii) in subparagraph (I), as so redes6 ignated, by striking the period at the end 

7 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (viii) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(J) partnerships that enhance the design 

11 and delivery of services to victims and their 

12 children and dependents.’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘supportive services 

15 and prevention services’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘supportive services or prevention serv17 ices’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘through (H)’’ and in19 serting ‘‘through (I)’’; 

20 (C) by striking ‘‘dependents’’ each place 

21 such term appears (other than in paragraph 

22 (1)(J)) and inserting ‘‘children and depend23 ents’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(3) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING USE OF

2 FUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF ARCHITECTURAL BAR3 RIERS TO ACCESSIBILITY.—It is the sense of the 

4 Congress that— 

5 ‘‘(A) Deaf individuals and individuals with 

6 disabilities experience domestic violence, dating 

7 violence, and family violence at disproportionate 

8 rates; 

9 ‘‘(B) domestic violence shelters are often 

10 not equipped to provide effective services to 

11 Deaf individuals and individuals with disabil12 ities, which can act as an impediment to victims 

13 seeking and receiving services; and 

14 ‘‘(C) the Secretary should allow subgrant 

15 funds received under this section to be used for 

16 making material improvements in the accessi17 bility of physical structures, transportation, 

18 communication, or digital services.’’; 

19 (3) in subsection (c)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

22 or’’; 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘tribal organizations, 

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1 ‘‘Tribal organizations and voluntary asso2 ciations) or a local public agency’’; and 

3 (iii) by striking ‘‘dependents’’ and in4 serting ‘‘children and dependents’’; and 

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

6 follows: 

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

8 to provide culturally appropriate services to racial 

9 and ethnic minority groups, Tribal communities, or 

10 other underserved populations, that does not have a 

11 documented history of effective work concerning do12 mestic violence, dating violence, or family violence, 

13 but that is in partnership with an organization de14 scribed in paragraph (1).’’; and 

15 (4) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(d) VOLUNTARILY ACCEPTED SERVICES.—Partici18 pation in services under this title shall be voluntary. Re19 ceipt of the benefits of shelter described in subsection 

20 (b)(1)(A) shall not be conditioned upon the participation 

21 of the adult or youth, or their children or dependents, in 

22 any or all of the services offered under this title.’’. 

23 SEC. 10. GRANTS FOR INDIAN TRIBES. 

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

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

2 inserting ‘‘34 U.S.C. 20126’’; 

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

4 ‘‘Tribal’’; 

5 (C) by striking ‘‘Indian tribes’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘Indian Tribes’’; and 

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

8 and inserting ‘‘section 303 and made avail9 able’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘Indian tribe’’ each place 

12 such term appears and inserting ‘‘Indian 

13 Tribe’’; and 

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

15 place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Tribal 

16 organization’’. 

17 SEC. 11. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS AND TRAINING 

18 AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTERS. 

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

20 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 

21 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

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

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1 (B) in subparagraph (A)— 

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

3 and inserting a semicolon; 

4 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

5 (I) by striking ‘‘7’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘11’’; and 

7 (II) by inserting ‘‘dating violence, 

8 and family violence,’’ after ‘‘domestic 

9 violence,’’; and 

10 (iii) by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(iii) an Alaska Native Tribal re13 source center on domestic violence, dating 

14 violence, and family violence, to reduce dis15 parities in the rate of such violence within 

16 the Alaska Native population; 

17 ‘‘(iv) a Native Hawaiian resource cen18 ter on domestic violence, to reduce Native 

19 Hawaiian disparities; and’’; and 

20 (C) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

22 by striking ‘‘grants, to’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘grants to entities that focus on other crit24 ical issues, such as’’; 

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1 (I) by inserting ‘‘, dating vio2 lence, and family violence,’’ after ‘‘do3 mestic violence’’; 

4 (II) by striking ‘‘(including Alas5 ka Native)’’; and 

6 (III) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; and 

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

9 follows: 

10 ‘‘(ii) entities demonstrating expertise 

11 related to— 

12 ‘‘(I) addressing the housing 

13 needs of domestic violence, dating vio14 lence, and family violence victims and 

15 their children and dependents; 

16 ‘‘(II) developing leadership and 

17 advocacy skills among individuals 

18 from underserved populations; or 

19 ‘‘(III) addressing other emerging 

20 issues related to domestic violence, 

21 dating violence, or family violence.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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1 (aa) by inserting ‘‘, dating 

2 violence, and family violence’’ 

3 after ‘‘domestic violence’’ each 

4 place such term appears; and 

5 (bb) by inserting ‘‘and de6 pendents’’ after ‘‘children’’; and 

7 (II) in clause (ii)— 

8 (aa) in the matter preceding 

9 subclause (I), by inserting ‘‘on10 line’’ after ‘‘central’’; 

11 (bb) in subclause (I), by 

12 striking ‘‘family violence and do13 mestic violence’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘domestic violence, dating vio15 lence, and family violence’’; and 

16 (cc) in subclause (II), by in17 serting ‘‘, dating violence, and 

18 family violence’’ after ‘‘domestic 

19 violence’’; and 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

21 (I) in clause (i)— 

22 (aa) by striking ‘‘tribes and 

23 tribal organizations’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘Tribes and Tribal organiza25 tions’’; 


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1 (bb) by striking ‘‘the tribes’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘the Tribes’’; 

3 (cc) by inserting ‘‘, dating 

4 violence, and family violence’’ 

5 after ‘‘domestic violence’’; and 

6 (dd) by striking ‘‘42’’ and 

7 all the follows through ‘‘3796gg– 

8 10 note’’ and inserting ‘‘34 

9 U.S.C. 10452 note’’; 

10 (II) in clause (ii)— 

11 (aa) by striking ‘‘tribes and 

12 tribal organizations’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘Tribes and Tribal organiza14 tions’’; 

15 (bb) by inserting ‘‘, dating 

16 violence, and family violence’’ 

17 after ‘‘domestic violence’’; and 

18 (cc) by striking ‘‘42’’ and all 

19 that follows through ‘‘3796gg–10 

20 note’’ and inserting ‘‘34 U.S.C. 

21 10452 note’’; and 

22 (III) in clause (iii)— 

23 (aa) by inserting ‘‘dating vi24 olence, and family violence,’’ 

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1 (bb) by inserting ‘‘the Office 

2 for Victims of Crime and’’ after 

3 ‘‘Human Services, and’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (i) in the matter preceding subpara6 graph (A)— 

7 (I) by striking ‘‘State and local 

8 domestic violence service providers’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘support effective pol10 icy, practice, research, and cross sys11 tems collaboration’’; and 

12 (II) by inserting ‘‘, dating vio13 lence, and family violence’’ after ‘‘en14 hancing domestic violence’’; 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

16 (I) by inserting ‘‘, dating vio17 lence, and family violence’’ after ‘‘to 

18 domestic violence’’; and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘which may in20 clude the response to the use of the 

21 self-defense plea by domestic violence 

22 victims and the issuance and use of 

23 protective orders’’ and inserting ‘‘in24 cluding the issuance and use of pro25 tective orders, batterers’ intervention 


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1 programming, and responses to 

2 charged, incarcerated, and re-entering 

3 domestic violence, dating violence, and 

4 family violence victims’’; 

5 (iii) in subparagraph (B)— 

6 (I) by inserting ‘‘, dating vio7 lence, and family violence’’ after ‘‘do8 mestic violence’’ each place such term 

9 appears; and 

10 (II) by striking ‘‘dependents’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘children’’; 

12 (iv) in subparagraph (C)— 

13 (I) by inserting ‘‘, dating vio14 lence, and family violence’’ after ‘‘do15 mestic violence’’ the first place such 

16 term appears; and 

17 (II) by inserting ‘‘, and the re18 sponse of domestic violence, dating vi19 olence, and family violence programs 

20 and other community organizations 

21 with respect to health advocacy and 

22 addressing the health of victims’’ be23 fore the period; 

24 (v) by amending subparagraph (D) to 

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1 ‘‘(D) The response of mental health, sub2 stance use disorder treatment and recovery, do3 mestic violence, dating violence, and family vio4 lence and related systems and programs to vic5 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, and 

6 family violence and their children and depend7 ents who experience psychological trauma, men8 tal health needs, or substance-use-related 

9 needs.’’; 

10 (vi) in subparagraph (E); by inserting 

11 ‘‘, dating violence, and family violence’’ 

12 after ‘‘domestic violence’’ each place such 

13 term appears; and 

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

16 ‘‘(F) The response of the domestic vio17 lence, dating violence, and family violence pro18 grams and related systems to victims who are 

19 underserved due to sexual orientation or gender 

20 identity, including expanding the capacity of 

21 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender organi22 zations to respond to and prevent domestic vio23 lence. 

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1 violence, dating violence, and family violence 

2 coalitions and of State, territorial, and Tribal 

3 administrators who distribute funds under this 

4 title to community-based domestic violence, dat5 ing violence, and family violence programs, with 

6 the aim of better enabling such coalitions and 

7 administrators— 

8 ‘‘(i) to collaborate and respond effec9 tively to domestic violence, dating violence, 

10 and family violence; 

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

12 out the provisions of this title; and 

13 ‘‘(iii) to implement best practices to 

14 meet the emerging needs of victims of do15 mestic violence, dating violence, and family 

16 violence and their families, children, and 

17 dependents. 

18 ‘‘(H) The response of domestic violence, 

19 dating violence, and family violence service pro20 viders to victims who are Deaf and victims with 

21 disabilities, including expanding the capacity of 

22 community-based organizations serving individ23 uals who are Deaf and individuals with disabil24 ities to respond to, and prevent, domestic vio25 lence, dating violence, and family violence.’’; 


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1 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

2 paragraph (4); 

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

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(3) ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL RESOURCE CEN6 TER.—In accordance with subsection (a)(2), the Sec7 retary shall award a grant to an eligible entity for 

8 an Alaska Native Tribal resource center on domestic 

9 violence to reduce Tribal disparities, which shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) offer a comprehensive array of tech11 nical assistance and training resources to In12 dian Tribes and Tribal organizations, specifi13 cally designed to enhance the capacity of the 

14 Tribes and organizations to respond to domestic 

15 violence, dating violence, and family violence 

16 and the findings of section 901 and purposes in 

17 section 902 of the Violence Against Women and 

18 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

19 2005 (34 U.S.C. 10452 note); 

20 ‘‘(B) coordinate all projects and activities 

21 with the national resource center described in 

22 paragraph (1)(B), including projects and activi23 ties that involve working with non-Tribal State 

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1 to understand the unique needs of Alaska Na2 tives; 

3 ‘‘(C) work with non-Tribal State and local 

4 governments and domestic violence, dating vio5 lence, and family violence service providers to 

6 enhance their capacity to understand the 

7 unique needs of Alaska Natives; 

8 ‘‘(D) provide comprehensive community 

9 education and domestic violence, dating vio10 lence, and family violence prevention initiatives 

11 in a culturally sensitive and relevant manner; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(E) coordinate activities with other Fed14 eral agencies, offices, and grantees that address 

15 the needs of Alaska Natives that experience do16 mestic violence, dating violence, and family vio17 lence, including the Office of Justice Services of 

18 the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health 

19 Service, and the Office for Victims of Crime 

20 and the Office on Violence Against Women of 

21 the Department of Justice.’’; 

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

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

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1 inserting ‘‘Indian Tribes, Tribal organiza2 tions’’; 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (A) by inserting 

4 ‘‘, dating violence, and family violence’’ 

5 after ‘‘domestic violence’’; 

6 (iii) in subparagraph (B)— 

7 (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the 

8 tribes’’ and inserting ‘‘the Tribes’’; 

9 (II) in clause (ii), by striking 

10 ‘‘nontribal’’ and inserting ‘‘non-Trib11 al’’; and 

12 (III) in clause (iii), by inserting 

13 ‘‘, dating violence, and family vio14 lence’’ after ‘‘domestic violence’’; and 

15 (iv) by striking ‘‘(including Alaska 

16 Natives)’’ each place such term appears; 

17 and 

18 (F) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(5) NATIVE HAWAIIAN RESOURCE CENTER.— 

20 In accordance with subsection (a)(2), the Secretary 

21 shall award a grant to an eligible entity for an Na22 tive Hawaiian resource center on domestic violence 

23 to reduce Native Hawaiian disparities, which shall— 

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1 tive Hawaiian organizations, specifically de2 signed to enhance the capacity of the Native 

3 Hawaiian organizations to respond to family vi4 olence, domestic violence, and dating violence; 

5 ‘‘(B) coordinate all projects and other ac6 tivities with the national resource center de7 scribed in paragraph (1)(B); 

8 ‘‘(C) coordinate all projects and other ac9 tivities, with State and local governments, that 

10 involve working with the State and local govern11 ments, to enhance their capacity to understand 

12 the unique needs of Native Hawaiians; 

13 ‘‘(D) provide comprehensive community 

14 education and prevention initiatives relating to 

15 family violence, domestic violence, and dating 

16 violence in a culturally sensitive and relevant 

17 manner; and 

18 ‘‘(E) coordinate activities with other Fed19 eral agencies, offices, and grantees that address 

20 the needs of Native Hawaiians who experience 

21 family violence, domestic violence, and dating 

22 violence, including the Office for Victims of 

23 Crime and the Office on Violence Against 

24 Women of the Department of Justice.’’; and 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) in the matter preceding subpara3 graph (A)— 

4 (I) by inserting ‘‘, dating vio5 lence, and family violence’’ after ‘‘do6 mestic violence’’; and 

7 (II) by striking ‘‘or (D)’’ and in8 serting ‘‘(D), (F), or (G)’’; 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

10 ‘‘dating violence, and family violence,’’ 

11 after ‘‘domestic violence,’’; and 

12 (iii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 

13 read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(B) includes individuals with dem15 onstrated experience working in domestic vio16 lence, dating violence, and family violence pro17 grams, and, with respect to grantees described 

18 in subsection (b)(2)(F), individuals with dem19 onstrated expertise in serving the targeted com20 munities on the board of directors (or advisory 

21 committee) and on the staff; and’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

23 (i) by inserting ‘‘, dating violence, and 

24 family violence’’ after ‘‘domestic violence’’ 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘tribal organization’’ 

2 each place such term appears and inserting 

3 ‘‘Tribal organization’’; 

4 (iii) by striking ‘‘Indian tribes’’ each 

5 place such term appears and inserting ‘‘In6 dian Tribes’’; 

7 (iv) by striking ‘‘42’’ and all that fol8 lows through ‘‘3796gg–10 note’’ each place 

9 such term appears and inserting ‘‘34 

10 U.S.C. 10452 note’’; and 

11 (v) by striking ‘‘tribally’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘Tribally’’; 

13 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

14 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

15 (I) by inserting ‘‘, dating vio16 lence, and family violence’’ after ‘‘do17 mestic violence’’ the first place such 

18 term appears; and 

19 (II) by inserting ‘‘, dating vio20 lence, or family violence’’ after ‘‘do21 mestic violence’’ the second place such 

22 term appears; and 

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

2 dating violence, and family violence’’ 

3 after ‘‘domestic violence’’; 

4 (II) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; 

5 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

6 (III) in clause (iii), by striking 

7 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (IV) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(iv) has a board of directors (or advisory 

11 committee) and staff with demonstrated exper12 tise in serving the targeted community.’’; 

13 (D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

14 paragraph (5); 

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

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(4) ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL RESOURCE CEN18 TER ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—To be eligible to re19 ceive a grant under subsection (b)(3), an entity shall 

20 be a Tribal organization or a nonprofit private orga21 nization that focuses primarily on issues of domestic 

22 violence, dating violence, and family violence within 

23 Tribes in Alaska that submits information to the 

24 Secretary demonstrating— 


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1 ‘‘(A) experience working with Alaska 

2 Tribes and Tribal organizations to respond to 

3 domestic violence, dating violence, and family 

4 violence and the findings of section 901 of the 

5 Violence Against Women and Department of 

6 Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

7 Law 109–162; 34 U.S.C. 10452 note); 

8 ‘‘(B) experience providing Alaska Tribes 

9 and Tribal organizations with assistance in de10 veloping Tribally based prevention and interven11 tion services addressing domestic violence, dat12 ing violence, and family violence and safety for 

13 Indian women consistent with the purposes of 

14 section 902 of the Violence Against Women and 

15 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

16 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 34 U.S.C. 10452 

17 note); 

18 ‘‘(C) strong support for the entity’s des19 ignation as the Alaska Native Tribal resource 

20 center on domestic violence, dating violence, 

21 and family violence from advocates working 

22 with Alaska Tribes to address domestic vio23 lence, dating violence, and family violence and 

24 the safety of Alaska Native women; 


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1 ‘‘(D) a record of demonstrated effective2 ness in assisting Alaska Tribes and Tribal orga3 nizations with prevention and intervention serv4 ices addressing domestic violence, dating vio5 lence, and family violence; and 

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

7 the State of Alaska.’’; 

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

9 (i) in the matter preceding subpara10 graph (A), by striking ‘‘(b)(3),’’ and in11 serting ‘‘(b)(4),’’; and 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

13 (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘(in14 cluding Alaska Natives)’’; and 

15 (II) in clause (ii)— 

16 (aa) by striking ‘‘Indian 

17 tribe, tribal organization’’ and in18 serting ‘‘Indian Tribe, Tribal or19 ganization’’; and 

20 (bb) by inserting ‘‘, dating 

21 violence, and family violence’’ 

22 after ‘‘domestic violence’’; and 

23 (G) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(6) NATIVE HAWAIIAN RESOURCE CENTER.— 

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1 (b)(3), an entity shall be a Native Hawaiian organi2 zation, or a nonprofit private organization that fo3 cuses primarily on issues of family violence, domestic 

4 violence, and dating violence within the Native Ha5 waiian community, that submits information to the 

6 Secretary demonstrating— 

7 ‘‘(A) experience working with Native Ha8 waiian organizations to respond to family vio9 lence, domestic violence, and dating violence; 

10 ‘‘(B) experience providing Native Hawaiian 

11 organizations with assistance in developing pre12 vention and intervention services addressing 

13 family violence, domestic violence, and dating 

14 violence and safety for Native Hawaiian women; 

15 ‘‘(C) strong support for the entity’s des16 ignation as the Native Hawaiian resource cen17 ter on domestic violence from advocates working 

18 with Native Hawaiian organizations to address 

19 family violence, domestic violence, and dating 

20 violence and the safety of Native Hawaiian 

21 women; 

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1 dressing family violence, domestic violence, and 

2 dating violence; and 

3 ‘‘(E) the capacity to serve geographically 

4 diverse Native Hawaiian communities and orga5 nizations.’’. 

6 SEC. 12. GRANTS TO STATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALI7 TIONS. 

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

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

10 303(a)(2)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 303 and made 

11 available to carry out this section’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (d)— 

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

14 by striking ‘‘shall include’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (i) by inserting ‘‘, and evidence-in17 formed prevention of,’’ after ‘‘comprehen18 sive responses to’’; and 

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

20 and inserting ‘‘shall include— 

21 ‘‘(A) working with local’’; 

22 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

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

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

2 as so redesignated— 

3 (i) by striking ‘‘dependents’’ and in4 serting ‘‘children and dependents’’; and 

5 (ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semi6 colon; and 

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

8 paragraph (1), as so redesignated, the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(D) collaborating with Indian Tribes and 

11 Tribal organizations (and corresponding Native 

12 Hawaiian groups or communities) to address 

13 the needs of Indian (including Alaska Native) 

14 and Native Hawaiian victims of domestic vio15 lence, dating violence, or family violence, as ap16 plicable in the State; and’’; 

17 (F) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘collabo18 rating with and providing’’ and inserting ‘‘may 

19 include— 

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

21 (G) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

22 paragraph (2); 

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1 serting ‘‘health care (including mental health 

2 and substance use disorder treatment)’’; 

3 (I) in paragraph (6), by redesignating sub4 paragraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), 

5 respectively, and adjusting the margins accord6 ingly; 

7 (J) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 

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

9 respectively, and adjusting the margins accord10 ingly; 

11 (K) in clause (ii) of subparagraph (C) of 

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

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

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

15 (L) by striking paragraph (8); and 

16 (M) in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2), 

17 as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in18 serting a period; 

19 (3) by striking subsection (e); 

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

21 as subsections (e) through (g), respectively; and 

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

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

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1 SEC. 13. GRANTS TO TRIBAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALI2 TIONS. 

3 The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec5 tion 311 the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 311A. GRANTS TO TRIBAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COA7 LITIONS. 

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

9 year 2024, out of amounts appropriated under section 303 

10 and made available to carry out this section for a fiscal 

11 year, the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities 

12 in accordance with this section. 

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

14 a grant under this section, an entity shall be a Tribal do15 mestic violence, dating violence, or family violence coali16 tion that is recognized by the Office on Violence Against 

17 Women of the Department of Justice that provides serv18 ices to Indian Tribes. 

19 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—Each Tribal domestic violence, 

20 dating violence, or family violence coalition desiring a 

21 grant under this section shall submit an application to the 

22 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing 

23 such information as the Secretary may require. The appli24 cation submitted by the coalition for the grant shall pro25 vide documentation of the coalition’s work, demonstrating 

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

2 forth in this section; and 

3 ‘‘(2) has the ability to conduct all activities de4 scribed in this section, as indicated by— 

5 ‘‘(A) a documented experience in admin6 istering Federal grants to conduct the activities 

7 described in subsection (d); or 

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

9 further the purposes of this section set forth in 

10 subsection (d). 

11 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A Tribal domestic violence, 

12 dating violence, or family violence coalition eligible under 

13 subsection (b) that receives a grant under this section may 

14 use the grant funds for administration and operation to 

15 further the purposes of domestic violence, dating violence, 

16 and family violence intervention and prevention activities, 

17 including— 

18 ‘‘(1) working with local Tribal domestic vio19 lence, dating violence, or family violence service pro20 grams and providers of direct services to encourage 

21 appropriate and comprehensive responses to domes22 tic violence, dating violence, and family violence 

23 against adults or youth within the Indian Tribes 

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1 ‘‘(2) participating in planning and monitoring 

2 the distribution of subgrants and subgrant funds 

3 within the State under section 308(a); 

4 ‘‘(3) working in collaboration with Tribal serv5 ice providers and community-based organizations to 

6 address the needs of victims of domestic violence, 

7 dating violence, and family violence, and their chil8 dren and dependents; 

9 ‘‘(4) collaborating with, and providing informa10 tion to, entities in such fields as housing, health care 

11 (including mental health and substance use disorder 

12 treatment), social welfare, education, and law en13 forcement to support the development and imple14 mentation of effective policies; 

15 ‘‘(5) supporting the development and implemen16 tation of effective policies, protocols, and programs 

17 that address the safety and support needs of adult 

18 and youth Tribal victims of domestic violence, dating 

19 violence, or family violence; 

20 ‘‘(6) encouraging appropriate responses to cases 

21 of domestic violence, dating violence, or family vio22 lence against adults or youth, by working with Trib23 al, State, and Federal judicial agencies and law en24 forcement agencies; 


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1 ‘‘(7) working with Tribal, State, and Federal 

2 judicial agencies, including family law judges, crimi3 nal court judges, child protective service agencies, 

4 and children’s advocates to develop appropriate re5 sponses to child custody and visitation issues— 

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

7 violence, dating violence, or family violence; or 

8 ‘‘(B) in cases in which— 

9 ‘‘(i) domestic violence, dating violence, 

10 or family violence is present; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) child abuse is present; 

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

13 prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, and 

14 family violence within Indian Tribes; 

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

16 and attendance of, Federal and State consultations 

17 on domestic violence, dating violence, or family vio18 lence, including consultations mandated by the Vio19 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of Public 

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

21 (34 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.), or this title; and 

22 ‘‘(10) providing shelter or supportive services to 

23 Tribal adult and youth victims of domestic violence, 

24 dating violence, and family violence, and their chil25 dren and dependents. 


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

2 month of any fiscal year for which sums are appropriated 

3 under section 303 and made available to carry out this 

4 section, a portion of the available amount has not been 

5 awarded to Tribal domestic violence, dating violence, or 

6 family violence coalitions for grants under this section be7 cause of the failure of such coalitions to meet the require8 ments for such grants, then the Secretary shall award 

9 such portion, in equal shares, to Tribal domestic violence, 

10 dating violence, or family violence coalitions that meet 

11 such requirements.’’. 

12 SEC. 14. SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR CAREGIVERS AND 

13 THEIR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED 

14 TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

15 AND FAMILY VIOLENCE. 

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

17 (1) in the section heading, by striking 

18 ‘‘ABUSED PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘PARENTS, CAREGIVERS AND CHIL20 DREN AND YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED

21 TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 

22 AND FAMILY VIOLENCE’’; 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘family violence, do2 mestic violence, and dating violence service 

3 programs and community-based programs 

4 to prevent future domestic violence by ad5 dressing, in an appropriate manner, the 

6 needs of children’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 

7 violence, dating violence, family violence, 

8 and culturally specific community-based 

9 programs to serve children and youth’’; 

10 and 

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

12 caregiving capacity of adult victims or 

13 other caregivers’’ before the period; and 

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

15 than 2’’ the first place it appears and inserting 

16 ‘‘less than 3’’; 

17 (3) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) by inserting ‘‘or State domestic vio19 lence, dating violence, and family violence serv20 ices’’ after ‘‘local’’; 

21 (B) by inserting ‘‘a culturally specific orga22 nization,’’ after ‘‘associations),’’; 

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

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

2 ‘‘serving’’; and 

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

4 (4) in subsection (c)— 

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

6 follows: 

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

8 prioritize the safety of, and confidentiality of infor9 mation about adult and child victims of domestic vi10 olence, dating violence, or family violence;’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘develop12 mentally appropriate and age-appropriate serv13 ices, and culturally and linguistically appro14 priate services, to the victims and children; 

15 and’’ and inserting ‘‘trauma-informed and age, 

16 gender, developmentally, culturally, and linguis17 tically appropriate services to children and 

18 youth, and their caregivers;’’; 

19 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘appro20 priate and relevant to the unique needs of chil21 dren exposed to family violence, domestic vio22 lence, or dating violence.’’ and inserting ‘‘rel23 evant to the unique needs of children and youth 

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1 with disabilities and children from underserved 

2 populations, and address the parent’s or care3 giver’s ongoing caregiving capacity; and’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘(4) a description of prevention activities tar6 geting child and youth victims of family violence, do7 mestic violence, or dating violence.’’; 

8 (5) in subsection (d)— 

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

10 by striking ‘‘community-based program de11 scribed in subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘cul12 turally specific, community-based program’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘victims of family vio15 lence, domestic violence, or dating violence 

16 and their children’’ and inserting ‘‘child 

17 and adult victims of family violence, do18 mestic violence, or dating violence, includ19 ing children and youth with disabilities and 

20 children and youth from underserved popu21 lations’’; and 

22 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or the health sys23 tem’’ before the semicolon; and 

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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘mental’’ and inserting ‘‘behavioral’’; 

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

4 ‘‘community-based organizations serving 

5 victims of family violence, domestic vio6 lence, or dating violence or children ex7 posed to family violence, domestic violence, 

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

9 education, or other community-based orga10 nizations serving adult and child victims of 

11 family violence, domestic violence, or dat12 ing violence’’; and 

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

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

15 (6) in subsection (e)— 

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

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

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

19 and inserting ‘‘information on’’. 

20 SEC. 15. NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE GRANT. 

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

22 (1) in subsection (a)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘telephone’’ and inserting 

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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 striking 

4 ‘‘persons with hearing impairments’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘individuals who are Deaf or 

6 hard of hearing, those with speech-related 

7 disabilities, those with sensory disabilities 

8 (including those who are blind or low vi9 sion), and individuals with other disabil10 ities, including training for hotline per11 sonnel to support such access’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘teen dating violence hotline’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘youth dating violence hotline and 

15 other digital services and resources’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, dig17 ital services,’’ after ‘‘hotline’’; 

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

19 follows: 

20 ‘‘(5) demonstrate the ability to— 

21 ‘‘(A) provide information and referrals for 

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1 ‘‘(B) directly connect callers or assist dig2 ital services users in connecting to service pro3 viders; and 

4 ‘‘(C) employ crisis interventions meeting 

5 the standards of family violence, domestic vio6 lence, and dating violence providers;’’; 

7 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (6) 

8 through (8) as paragraphs (7) through (9), re9 spectively; and 

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

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(6) demonstrate the ability to provide informa13 tion about healthy relationships for adults and 

14 youth;’’; 

15 (3) in subsection (e)— 

16 (A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND DIG17 ITAL SERVICES’’ after ‘‘HOTLINE’’; 

18 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

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

20 inserting ‘‘telephonic hotline and digital 

21 services’’; and 

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

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

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

2 ‘‘and an internet service provider for the 

3 use of operating digital services’’ before 

4 the semicolon; 

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

6 ‘‘, provide counseling and referral services 

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

8 directly connect callers’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘and digital services contracts, provide 

10 counseling, healthy relationship informa11 tion, and referral services for callers and 

12 digital services users, on a 24-hour-a-day 

13 basis, and directly connect callers and dig14 ital services users’’; 

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

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

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

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

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

20 ‘‘underserved populations’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘racial and ethnic minority groups, Tribal 

22 and underserved populations,’’; and 

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

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1 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATION, EVALUATION, AND MONI3 TORING.—Of amounts made available to carry out this 

4 section, not more than 4 percent may be used by the Sec5 retary for evaluation, monitoring, and other administrative 

6 costs under this section.’’. 

7 SEC. 16. NATIONAL INDIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE 

8 GRANT. 

9 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to in10 crease the availability of information and assistance to In11 dian adult or youth victims of family violence, domestic 

12 violence, or dating violence, family and household mem13 bers of such victim, and individuals affected by such vic14 timization by supporting a national, toll-free telephonic 

15 and digital hotline to provide services that are— 

16 (1) informed of Federal Indian law and Tribal 

17 laws impacting Indian victims of family violence, do18 mestic violence, or dating violence; 

19 (2) culturally appropriate to Indian adult and 

20 youth victims; and 

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1 (b) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Family Violence Preven2 tion and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amend3 ed by inserting after section 313 the following: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 313A. NATIONAL INDIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOT5 LINE GRANT. 

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

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

8 to maintain the ongoing operation of a 24-hour, national, 

9 toll-free telephonic and digital services hotline to provide 

10 information and assistance to Indian adult and youth vic11 tims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating vio12 lence, family and household members of such victims, and 

13 other individuals affected by such victimization. 

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

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

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

17 payments under a grant awarded under this section shall 

18 be subject to annual approval by the Secretary and subject 

19 to the availability of appropriations for each fiscal year 

20 to make the payments. 

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

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

23 or a nonprofit private organization that focuses primarily 

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1 Indians and Alaska Natives, and submit an application to 

2 the Secretary that shall— 

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

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

5 such manner, as the Secretary shall prescribe; 

6 ‘‘(2) include a complete description of the appli7 cant’s plan for the operation of a national Indian do8 mestic violence hotline and digital services, including 

9 descriptions of— 

10 ‘‘(A) the training program for advocacy 

11 personnel relating to the provision of culturally 

12 appropriate and legally accurate services, infor13 mation, resources and referrals for Indian vic14 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, and 

15 family violence; 

16 ‘‘(B) the training program for advocacy 

17 personnel, relating to technology requirements 

18 to ensure that all persons affiliated with the 

19 hotline and digital services are able to effec20 tively operate any technological systems re21 quired to provide the necessary services used by 

22 the hotline; 

23 ‘‘(C) the qualifications of the applicant and 

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1 and other personnel have demonstrated knowl2 edge of Indian legal, social, and cultural issues, 

3 to ensure that the unique needs of Indian call4 ers and users of digital services are met; 

5 ‘‘(D) the methods for the creation, mainte6 nance, and updating of a resource database of 

7 culturally appropriate victim services and re8 sources available from Indian Tribes and Tribal 

9 organizations; 

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

11 of the services from the national Indian hotline 

12 to Indian victims of domestic violence and dat13 ing violence; 

14 ‘‘(F) a plan for providing service to limited 

15 English proficiency callers, including service 

16 through hotline and digital services personnel 

17 who have limited English proficiency; 

18 ‘‘(G) a plan for facilitating access to the 

19 hotline and digital services by individuals who 

20 are Deaf or hard of hearing, individuals with 

21 speech-related disabilities, individuals with sen22 sory disabilities (including those who are blind 

23 or low vision), and other individuals with dis24 abilities, including training for hotline personnel 

25 to support such access; and 


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

2 referrals to Indian youth victims of domestic vi3 olence, dating violence, and family violence, and 

4 for victims of dating violence who are minors, 

5 which may be carried out through a national 

6 Indian youth dating violence hotline, digital 

7 services, or other resources; 

8 ‘‘(3) demonstrate recognized expertise providing 

9 services, including information on healthy relation10 ships and referrals for Indian victims of family vio11 lence, domestic violence, or dating violence and co12 ordinating services with Indian Tribes or Tribal or13 ganizations; 

14 ‘‘(4) demonstrate support from Indian victim 

15 services programs, Tribal coalitions recognized by 

16 the Office on Violence Against Women and Tribal 

17 grantees under this title; 

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

19 maintain a domestic violence, dating violence, and 

20 family violence hotline, digital services and a com21 prehensive database of service providers from Indian 

22 Tribes or Tribal organizations; 

23 ‘‘(6) demonstrate compliance with nondisclosure 

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1 following comprehensive quality assurance practices; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(7) contain such other information as the Sec4 retary may require. 

5 ‘‘(e) INDIAN HOTLINE ACTIVITIES.— 

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

7 grant under this section shall use funds made avail8 able through the grant for the purpose described in 

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

10 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In establishing and oper11 ating the hotline, the entity— 

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

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

14 service provider for digital services; 

15 ‘‘(B) shall employ, train (including pro16 viding technology training), and supervise per17 sonnel to answer incoming calls and digital 

18 services contacts, provide counseling, healthy 

19 relationship and referral services for Indian 

20 callers and digital services users, directly con21 nect callers, and assist digital services users in 

22 connecting to service providers; 

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1 lence, or dating violence to which Indian callers 

2 or digital services users may be referred, includ3 ing information on the availability of shelters 

4 and supportive services for victims of family vi5 olence, domestic violence, or dating violence; 

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

7 digital services throughout Indian Tribes and 

8 communities, including to— 

9 ‘‘(i) national and regional member or10 ganizations of Indian Tribes; 

11 ‘‘(ii) Tribal domestic violence services 

12 programs; and 

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

14 providers; 

15 ‘‘(E) at the discretion of the hotline oper16 ator, may provide appropriate assistance and 

17 referrals for family and household members of 

18 Indian victims of family violence, domestic vio19 lence, or dating violence, and Indians affected 

20 by the victimization described in subsection (a); 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(F) at the discretion of the hotline oper23 ator, may provide assistance, or referrals for 

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1 tors, of family violence, domestic violence, or 

2 dating violence, but shall not be required to 

3 provide such assistance or referrals in any cir4 cumstance in which the hotline operator fears 

5 the safety of a victim may be impacted by an 

6 abuser or suspected abuser. 

7 ‘‘(f) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—The entity receiv8 ing a grant under this section shall submit a report to 

9 the Secretary at such time as shall be reasonably required 

10 by the Secretary. Such report shall describe the activities 

11 that have been carried out with such grant funds, contain 

12 an evaluation of the effectiveness of such activities, and 

13 provide such additional information as the Secretary may 

14 reasonably require. 

15 ‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATION, EVALUATION, AND MONI16 TORING.—Of amounts made available to carry out this 

17 section, not more than 4 percent may be used by the Sec18 retary for evaluation, monitoring, and other administrative 

19 costs under this section.’’. 

20 SEC. 17. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCE21 MENT AND LEADERSHIP. 

22 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 about effective primary and secondary preven8 tion practices, programs, and policies that re9 duce and end family violence, domestic violence, 

10 and dating violence; 

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

12 territorial, and local levels to meet the objec13 tives described in subparagraph (A); and 

14 ‘‘(C) to advance primary and secondary 

15 prevention efforts related to domestic violence, 

16 dating violence, and family violence nationally. 

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

18 amounts appropriated under this section, the Sec19 retary shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) acting through the Division of Vio21 lence Prevention of the Centers for Disease 

22 Control and Prevention, in consultation with 

23 the Director of the Division of Family Violence 

24 Prevention and Services of the Administration 

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1 ‘‘(i) provide core grants under sub2 section (b)(1) to support primary and sec3 ondary prevention of domestic violence, 

4 dating violence, and family violence; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) enter into cooperative agree6 ments under subsection (b)(2) with State, 

7 territorial, and Tribal domestic violence 

8 coalitions that are in partnerships with en9 tities carrying out local and culturally spe10 cific programs, to test, evaluate, or, as ap11 propriate, scale up innovative domestic vio12 lence, dating violence, or family violence 

13 primary and secondary prevention models, 

14 particularly those programs serving cul15 turally specific or traditionally underserved 

16 populations; and 

17 ‘‘(B) acting through the Family Violence 

18 Prevention and Services Program of the Admin19 istration for Children and Families, award 

20 grants under subsection (c) to enhance the ca21 pacity of communities and systems to engage in 

22 effective primary and secondary prevention ef23 forts. 

24 ‘‘(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EVALUATION, 

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1 under this section for a fiscal year the Secretary 

2 may use— 

3 ‘‘(A) not more than 7 percent of the 

4 amounts for each fiscal year for evaluation, 

5 monitoring, and other administrative costs 

6 under this section; and 

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

8 amounts for each fiscal year for technical as9 sistance under this section. 

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

11 COALITIONS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) GRANTS TO BUILD PRIMARY AND SEC13 ONDARY PREVENTION CAPACITY OF DOMESTIC VIO14 LENCE COALITIONS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) PURPOSE.—The Secretary shall pro16 vide a core grant for each eligible State, terri17 torial, and Tribal coalition. The Secretary shall 

18 provide such a grant to build organizational ca19 pacity and leadership for primary and sec20 ondary prevention of domestic violence, dating 

21 violence, and family violence, including work 

22 with other systems central to primary and sec23 ondary prevention at the local, State, territorial, 

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1 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to re2 ceive a grant under this paragraph, a State, 

3 territorial, or Tribal coalition shall be a State 

4 domestic violence coalition, territorial domestic 

5 violence coalition, or Tribal domestic violence 

6 coalition, respectively, that has not entered into 

7 a cooperative agreement under section 314 of 

8 this title (as in effect on the day before the date 

9 of enactment of the Family Violence Prevention 

10 and Services Improvement Act of 2023) or 

11 under paragraph (2). 

12 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—Each coalition seek13 ing a grant under this paragraph shall submit 

14 an application to the Secretary at such time, in 

15 such manner, and containing such information 

16 as the Secretary may require. The application 

17 submitted by the coalition for the grant shall 

18 provide documentation of the coalition’s pri19 mary prevention work, satisfactory to the Sec20 retary, demonstrating that the coalition— 

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1 ondary prevention activities described in 

2 this paragraph. 

3 ‘‘(D) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.—Of the 

4 amounts made available to carry out this para5 graph, the Secretary shall allot an equal share 

6 to each qualified entity receiving funds under 

7 section 311 or section 311A to carry out evi8 dence-informed prevention activities. 

9 ‘‘(E) USE OF FUNDS.—A coalition that re10 ceives a grant under this paragraph— 

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

12 ‘‘(I) build the coalition’s organi13 zational capacity and enhance its 

14 State or Tribal leadership to advance 

15 evidence-informed primary and sec16 ondary prevention of domestic vio17 lence, dating violence, and family vio18 lence; 

19 ‘‘(II) provide primary and sec20 ondary prevention-focused training, 

21 technical assistance, peer learning op22 portunities, and other support to local 

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1 mestic violence, dating violence, or 

2 family violence; 

3 ‘‘(III) provide training and advo4 cacy to other State, Tribal, and local 

5 public and private systems on how to 

6 prevent domestic violence, dating vio7 lence, and family violence, and help 

8 victims, including through health serv9 ices, housing and shelter services, 

10 early childhood programs, economic 

11 support programs, schools, child wel12 fare, workforce development, commu13 nity-based programs primarily serving 

14 racial and ethnic minority groups, 

15 community-based programs serving 

16 Deaf individuals and individuals with 

17 disabilities, community-based pro18 grams primarily serving other under19 served populations, faith-based pro20 grams, and youth programs; and 

21 ‘‘(IV) support dissemination of 

22 primary and secondary prevention 

23 strategies and approaches throughout 

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1 ‘‘(ii) may use the grant funds to pro2 vide subgrants to local programs to sup3 port the dissemination of primary and sec4 ondary prevention programs or initiatives. 

5 ‘‘(F) REPORTS.—Each coalition receiving a 

6 grant under this paragraph shall submit a re7 port to the Secretary at such time as the Sec8 retary requires. Such report shall describe the 

9 activities that have been carried out with such 

10 grant funds and the effectiveness of such activi11 ties, and provide such additional information as 

12 the Secretary may require. 

13 ‘‘(G) FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—The Sec14 retary may use a portion of the funds provided 

15 under this paragraph to provide primary and 

16 secondary prevention-focused training, technical 

17 assistance, and other support to coalitions de18 scribed in subparagraph (B) or State or local 

19 entities that are in partnerships with such coali20 tions. 

21 ‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR IMPLE22 MENTATION AND EVALUATION OF PRIMARY AND

23 SECONDARY PREVENTION STRATEGIES.— 

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

25 into cooperative agreements with qualified 


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1 State, territorial, and Tribal domestic violence 

2 coalitions that are in partnerships with entities 

3 carrying out local and culturally specific pro4 grams, to test, evaluate, or, as appropriate, 

5 scale up innovative domestic violence, dating vi6 olence, or family violence primary and sec7 ondary prevention strategies and models, par8 ticularly those serving culturally specific or tra9 ditionally underserved populations. 

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

11 enter into a cooperative agreement under sub12 section (a)(2)(A)(ii), an organization shall be a 

13 State, territorial, or Tribal domestic violence co14 alition and include representatives of pertinent 

15 sectors of the local community, which may in16 clude— 

17 ‘‘(i) health care providers (including 

18 mental health providers and substance use 

19 disorder treatment providers) and Tribal, 

20 State, or local health departments; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the education community; 

22 ‘‘(iii) a faith-based community; 

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1 ‘‘(v) domestic violence, dating vio2 lence, and family violence service program 

3 advocates; 

4 ‘‘(vi) public human service entities; 

5 ‘‘(vii) business and civic leaders; 

6 ‘‘(viii) child and youth-serving organi7 zations; 

8 ‘‘(ix) community-based organizations 

9 whose primary purpose is to provide cul10 turally appropriate services to underserved 

11 populations, including racial and ethnic mi12 nority communities; and 

13 ‘‘(x) other pertinent sectors. 

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

15 into a cooperative agreement under this para16 graph for a period of not more than 5 fiscal 

17 years. 

18 ‘‘(D) CONDITIONS ON PAYMENT.—The 

19 provision of payments under a cooperative 

20 agreement under this paragraph shall be sub21 ject to— 

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

23 and 

24 ‘‘(ii) the availability of appropriations 

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1 ‘‘(E) APPLICATIONS.—An organization 

2 that desires to enter into a cooperative agree3 ment under this paragraph shall submit to the 

4 Secretary an application, in such form and in 

5 such manner as the Secretary shall require, 

6 that— 

7 ‘‘(i) identifies models and strategies to 

8 be tested and partner organizations who 

9 will be implementing programs to prevent 

10 domestic violence, dating violence, or fam11 ily violence; 

12 ‘‘(ii) demonstrates that the applicant 

13 has developed effective and collaborative 

14 relationships with diverse communities, in15 cluding with organizations primarily serv16 ing racial and ethnic minority populations 

17 or other underserved populations; 

18 ‘‘(iii) identifies other partners and 

19 sectors who will be engaged to meet the 

20 primary and secondary prevention goals; 

21 ‘‘(iv) includes a description of the ex22 pected outcomes from the primary and sec23 ondary prevention activities and how the 

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

2 for identification and selection of project 

3 staff and a project evaluator; 

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

5 for identification and selection of a project 

6 council consisting of representatives of the 

7 community sectors listed in subparagraph 

8 (B); 

9 ‘‘(vii) demonstrates that the applicant 

10 has the capacity to carry out collaborative 

11 community initiatives to prevent domestic 

12 violence, dating violence, and family vio13 lence; 

14 ‘‘(viii) describes the applicant’s plans 

15 to evaluate the models and strategies it in16 tends to implement, including dem17 onstrating that the methods selected are 

18 rigorous; 

19 ‘‘(ix) describes the applicant’s existing 

20 capacity to collect and analyze data to 

21 monitor performance and support evalua22 tion and other evidence-building activities 

23 or how they will use the grant to develop 

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1 ‘‘(x) contains such other information, 

2 agreements, and assurances as the Sec3 retary may require. 

4 ‘‘(F) GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSION.—The Sec5 retary shall enter into cooperative agreements 

6 under this paragraph with organizations in 

7 States, territories, and Tribes geographically 

8 dispersed throughout the Nation. 

9 ‘‘(G) USE OF FUNDS.— 

10 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An organization 

11 that enters into a cooperative agreement 

12 under this paragraph shall use the funds 

13 made available through the agreement to 

14 establish, operate, and maintain implemen15 tation and evaluation of coordinated com16 munity response to reduce risk factors for 

17 domestic violence, dating violence, and 

18 family violence perpetration and enhance 

19 protective factors to promote positive de20 velopment and healthy relationships and 

21 communities. 

22 ‘‘(ii) EVALUATION, MONITORING, AD23 MINISTRATION, AND TECHNICAL ASSIST24 ANCE.—The Secretary may use a portion 

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1 for evaluation, monitoring, administration, 

2 and technical assistance described in sub3 section (a)(3) with respect to the preven4 tion projects. 

5 ‘‘(H) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing 

6 and operating a project under this paragraph, 

7 an organization shall— 

8 ‘‘(i) utilize evidence-informed primary 

9 and secondary prevention project planning; 

10 ‘‘(ii) recognize and address the needs 

11 of underserved populations, including ra12 cial and ethnic minority groups, and indi13 viduals with disabilities; 

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

15 more than 50 percent of awarded funds to 

16 subcontract with local domestic violence 

17 programs or other community-based pro18 grams to develop and implement such 

19 projects; 

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

21 the funds for up to 1 year for planning 

22 and capacity building without subcon23 tracting as described in clause (iii); and 

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

25 awarded under this paragraph to procure 


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1 technical assistance from a list of providers 

2 approved by the Secretary and peer-to-peer 

3 technical assistance from other grantees 

4 under this paragraph. 

5 ‘‘(I) REPORTS.—Each organization enter6 ing into a cooperative agreement under this 

7 paragraph shall submit a report to the Sec8 retary at such time as shall be reasonably re9 quired by the Secretary. Such report shall de10 scribe activities that have been carried out with 

11 the funds made available through the agree12 ment and the effectiveness of such activities, 

13 and provide such additional information as the 

14 Secretary may reasonably require. The Sec15 retary shall make the evaluations received 

16 under this subparagraph publicly available on 

17 the Department of Health and Human Services 

18 internet website, and shall submit such reports 

19 to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

20 and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee 

21 on Education and Labor of the House of Rep22 resentatives. 

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

2 a grant program to expand the capacity of commu3 nities and systems to engage in effective primary 

4 and secondary prevention efforts. 

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

6 grants to eligible entities through the program es7 tablished under paragraph (1) for periods of not 

8 more than 4 years. If the Secretary determines that 

9 an entity has received such a grant and been suc10 cessful in meeting the objectives of the grant appli11 cation so submitted, the Secretary may renew the 

12 grant for 1 additional period of not more than 4 

13 years. 

14 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re15 ceive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall— 

16 ‘‘(A) be a private nonprofit, nongovern17 mental organization (which may include faith18 based and charitable organizations) or a Tribal 

19 organization that is— 

20 ‘‘(i) a community-based organization 

21 whose primary purpose is providing cul22 turally specific services to racial and ethnic 

23 minority groups or other underserved pop24 ulations; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) a community-based organization 

2 with a program focused on serving youth 

3 or serving children and their parents or 

4 caregivers; or 

5 ‘‘(iii) a community-based organization 

6 that offers legal services to help victims of 

7 domestic violence, dating violence, or fam8 ily violence and that works to serve the 

9 needs of racial or ethnic minority groups, 

10 other underserved populations, youth, or 

11 children and their parents or caregivers; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(B) have a demonstrated record of serv14 ing victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 

15 or family violence, or demonstrate a partnership 

16 with another organization that has such a 

17 record. 

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

19 under this subsection shall submit an application to 

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

21 containing such information as the Secretary may 

22 reasonably require, including— 

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

24 develop, expand, or replicate evidence-informed 

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1 and approaches in their communities, including 

2 culturally and linguistically appropriate primary 

3 and secondary prevention programming; 

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

5 of the applicable requirements set forth in this 

6 subsection; and 

7 ‘‘(C) demonstrates the ability to conduct 

8 appropriately the primary and secondary pre9 vention activities described in this section. 

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

11 a grant under this subsection shall use the grant 

12 funds to— 

13 ‘‘(A) build their organizational capacity 

14 and enhance their leadership of the organiza15 tion within the community to promote commu16 nity engagement in and advancement of evi17 dence-informed primary and secondary preven18 tion of domestic violence, dating violence, or 

19 family violence; 

20 ‘‘(B) promote strategic primary and sec21 ondary prevention partnership development, in22 cluding between any of domestic violence pro23 grams and health programs, early childhood 

24 programs, economic support programs, schools, 

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1 culturally specific community-based organiza2 tions, faith-based programs, community-based 

3 organizations serving Deaf individuals and indi4 viduals with disabilities, and youth programs; 

5 ‘‘(C) support dissemination of primary and 

6 secondary prevention strategies and approaches 

7 to States, territories, Tribal organizations, and 

8 Tribes; and 

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

10 under this subsection to procure technical as11 sistance from a list of providers approved by 

12 the Secretary, from peer-to-peer technical as13 sistance from other grantees under this section, 

14 or from both. 

15 ‘‘(6) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EVALUATION, 

16 AND MONITORING.—The Secretary may use a por17 tion of the funds provided under this subsection for 

18 evaluation, monitoring, administration, and technical 

19 assistance with respect to the prevention projects. 

20 ‘‘(7) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—Each entity 

21 receiving a grant under this subsection shall submit 

22 a report to the Secretary at such time as shall be 

23 reasonably required by the Secretary. Such report 

24 shall describe the activities that have been carried 

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1 the effectiveness of such activities, and provide such 

2 additional information as the Secretary may reason3 ably require.’’. 

4 SEC. 18. ADDITIONAL GRANT PROGRAMS. 

5 The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 

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

7 the following: 

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

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

10 provide grants to assist communities in mobilizing and or11 ganizing resources in support of effective and sustainable 

12 programs that will prevent and address domestic violence, 

13 dating violence, and family violence experienced by under14 served populations. 

15 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.—The Sec16 retary, acting through the Director of the Division of 

17 Family Violence Prevention and Services, shall award ca18 pacity building, implementation, and evaluation grants to 

19 eligible entities to assist in developing, implementing, and 

20 evaluating culturally and linguistically appropriate, com21 munity-driven strategies to prevent and address domestic 

22 violence, dating violence, and family violence in under23 served populations. 

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

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1 ‘‘(1) with respect to the programs under sub2 sections (d) and (e), be— 

3 ‘‘(A) a population specific organization 

4 that has demonstrated experience and expertise 

5 in providing population specific services in the 

6 relevant underserved communities, or a popu7 lation specific organization working in partner8 ship with a victim service provider or domestic 

9 violence or sexual assault coalition; or 

10 ‘‘(B) a victim service provider offering pop11 ulation-specific services for a specific under12 served population; or 

13 ‘‘(2) with respect to the program under sub14 section (f), be an eligible entity described in para15 graph (1) that is working in collaboration with an 

16 entity specializing in evaluation with documented ex17 perience working with targeted underserved popu18 lations. 

19 ‘‘(d) CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS.— 

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

21 grants to eligible entities to support the capacity 

22 building, planning, and development of programs for 

23 underserved communities that utilize community24 driven intervention and prevention strategies that 

25 address the barriers to domestic violence services, 


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1 raise awareness of domestic violence, dating violence, 

2 and family violence and promote community engage3 ment in the prevention of domestic violence, dating 

4 violence, and family violence in targeted underserved 

5 populations. Such grants may be used to— 

6 ‘‘(A)(i) expand the collaboration with com7 munity partners who can provide appropriate 

8 assistance to the targeted underserved popu9 lations that are represented by the eligible enti10 ty through the identification of additional part11 ners, particularly among targeted underserved 

12 communities; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) establish linkages with national, 

14 State, Tribal, or local public and private part15 ners, which may include community health 

16 workers, advocacy organizations, and policy or17 ganizations; 

18 ‘‘(B) establish community working groups; 

19 ‘‘(C) conduct a needs assessment of tar20 geted underserved populations to determine the 

21 barriers to access and factors contributing to 

22 such barriers, using input from targeted under23 served communities; 

24 ‘‘(D) participate in training and technical 

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1 Prevention and Services program for program 

2 development, implementation, evaluation, and 

3 other programmatic issues; 

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

5 under this subsection to procure technical as6 sistance from a list of providers approved by 

7 the Family Violence Prevention and Services 

8 program; 

9 ‘‘(F) identify promising intervention and 

10 prevention strategies; 

11 ‘‘(G) develop a plan with the input of tar12 geted underserved communities that includes 

13 strategies for— 

14 ‘‘(i) implementing intervention and 

15 prevention strategies that have the greatest 

16 potential for addressing the barriers to ac17 cessing services, raising awareness of do18 mestic violence, and promoting community 

19 engagement in the prevention of domestic 

20 violence, dating violence, and family vio21 lence within targeted underserved popu22 lations; 

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1 funding sources to ensure long-term sus2 tainability of the program; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) conducting performance meas4 urement processes, including collecting 

5 data and measuring progress toward ad6 dressing domestic violence, dating violence, 

7 and family violence or raising awareness of 

8 domestic violence, dating violence, and 

9 family violence in targeted underserved 

10 populations; and 

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

12 and development activities. 

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

14 payments may be made under a grant under para15 graph (1) shall not exceed 4 years, except where the 

16 Secretary determines that extraordinary cir17 cumstances exist. 

18 ‘‘(e) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 

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

20 grants to eligible entities that have received a plan21 ning grant under subsection (d) or who already have 

22 demonstrated experience and expertise in providing 

23 population specific services in the relevant under24 served communities to enable such entities to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) implement a plan including interven2 tion services or prevention strategies to address 

3 the identified barrier or awareness issue or ini4 tiate the community engagement strategy for 

5 targeted underserved populations, in an effec6 tive and timely manner; 

7 ‘‘(B) design and implement a plan to 

8 evaluate the program, including collecting data 

9 appropriate for monitoring performance of the 

10 program carried out under the grant; 

11 ‘‘(C) analyze data consistent with the eval12 uation design, including collaborating with aca13 demic or other appropriate institutions for such 

14 analysis; 

15 ‘‘(D) participate in training for the pur16 pose of informing and educating other entities 

17 regarding the experiences and lessons learned 

18 from the project; 

19 ‘‘(E) collaborate with appropriate partners 

20 to disseminate information gained from the 

21 project for the benefit of other domestic vio22 lence, dating violence, and family violence pro23 grams; 

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1 port for the program after the grant termi2 nates; 

3 ‘‘(G) develop policy initiatives for systems 

4 change to address the barriers or awareness 

5 issue; 

6 ‘‘(H) develop and implement community 

7 engagement strategies; 

8 ‘‘(I) maintain relationships with local part9 ners and continue to develop new relationships 

10 with national and State partners; and 

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

12 under this subsection to procure technical as13 sistance from a list of providers approved by 

14 the Family Violence Prevention and Services 

15 program. 

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

17 grants under this subsection for 4-year periods. 

18 ‘‘(f) EVALUATION GRANTS.— 

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

20 grants to eligible entities that have received an im21 plementation grant under subsection (e) and that re22 quire additional assistance for the purpose of exe23 cuting the proposed evaluation design, including de24 veloping the design, collecting and analyzing data 


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1 (including process and outcome measures), and dis2 seminating findings. 

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

4 subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to— 

5 ‘‘(A) entities that in previous funding cy6 cles— 

7 ‘‘(i) have received a grant under sub8 section (d); or 

9 ‘‘(ii) established population specific 

10 organizations that have demonstrated ex11 perience and expertise in providing popu12 lation-specific services in the relevant un13 derserved communities programs; and 

14 ‘‘(B) entities that incorporate best prac15 tices or build on successful models in their ac16 tion plan, including the use of community advo17 cates. 

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

19 payments may be made under a grant under para20 graph (1) shall not exceed 4 years, except where the 

21 Secretary determines that extraordinary cir22 cumstances exist. 

23 ‘‘(g) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds pro24 vided under this section shall be used to supplement and 

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1 expended to provide services and activities that promote 

2 the purposes of this title. 

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

4 MONITORING.— 

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

6 under this section for each fiscal year— 

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

8 Secretary for evaluation, monitoring, and other 

9 administrative costs under this section; and 

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

11 Secretary for technical assistance. 

12 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY

13 GRANTEES.—The Secretary shall enable grantees to 

14 share best practices, evaluation results, and reports 

15 using the internet, conferences, and other pertinent 

16 information regarding the projects funded by this 

17 section, including the outreach efforts of the Family 

18 Violence Prevention and Services program. 

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

20 receiving funds under this section shall file a per21 formance report at such times as requested by the 

22 Secretary describing the activities that have been 

23 carried out with such grant funds and providing 

24 such additional information as the Secretary may re25 quire. 


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

2 shall make every effort to minimize duplicative or unneces3 sary administrative burdens on the grantees. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 316. GRANTS TO ENHANCE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC 

5 SERVICES FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINOR6 ITY POPULATIONS. 

7 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab8 lish a grant program to establish or enhance culturally 

9 specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating 

10 violence, and family violence from racial and ethnic minor11 ity populations. 

12 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.— 

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

14 program under this section are to— 

15 ‘‘(A) develop and support innovative cul16 turally specific community-based programs to 

17 enhance access to shelter services or supportive 

18 services to further the purposes of domestic vio19 lence, dating violence, and family violence inter20 vention and prevention for all victims of domes21 tic violence, dating violence, and family violence 

22 from racial and ethnic minority populations who 

23 face obstacles to using more traditional services 

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1 ‘‘(B) strengthen the capacity and further 

2 the leadership development of individuals in ra3 cial and ethnic minority populations to address 

4 domestic violence, dating violence, and family 

5 violence in their communities; and 

6 ‘‘(C) promote strategic partnership devel7 opment and collaboration, including with health 

8 systems, early childhood programs, economic 

9 support programs, schools, child welfare, work10 force development, domestic violence, dating vi11 olence, and family violence programs, other 

12 community-based programs, community-based 

13 organizations serving individuals with disabil14 ities, faith-based programs, and youth pro15 grams, in order to further a public health ap16 proach to addressing domestic violence, dating 

17 violence, and family violence. 

18 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

20 award grants to programs based in the targeted 

21 community to establish or enhance domestic vi22 olence, dating violence, and family violence 

23 intervention and prevention efforts that address 

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1 mestic violence, dating violence, and family vio2 lence in racial and ethnic minority populations. 

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

4 this section, the Secretary may award initial 

5 planning and capacity building grants to eligible 

6 entities that are establishing new programs in 

7 order to support the planning and development 

8 of culturally specific programs. 

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

10 shall ensure that grants are awarded, to the ex11 tent practical, only on a competitive basis, and 

12 that a grant is awarded for a proposal only if 

13 the proposal has been recommended for such an 

14 award through a process of peer review. 

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

16 percent of funds appropriated under this sec17 tion for a fiscal year shall be available for tech18 nical assistance to be used by the grantees to 

19 access training and technical assistance from 

20 organizations that have entered into a coopera21 tive agreement with the Director to provide 

22 training and technical assistance regarding the 

23 provision of effective culturally specific, commu24 nity-based services for racial and ethnic minor25 ity populations. 


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

2 The Secretary shall enter into cooperative agree3 ments or contracts with organizations having a dem4 onstrated expertise in and whose primary purpose is 

5 addressing the development and provision of cul6 turally specific, accessible, community-based services 

7 to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and 

8 family violence from the targeted populations to pro9 vide training and technical assistance for grantees. 

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

11 under this section, an entity shall— 

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

13 organization that is— 

14 ‘‘(A) a community-based organization 

15 whose primary purpose is providing culturally 

16 specific services to victims of domestic violence, 

17 dating violence, and family violence from racial 

18 and ethnic minority populations; or 

19 ‘‘(B) a community-based organization 

20 whose primary purpose is providing culturally 

21 specific services to individuals from racial and 

22 ethnic minority populations that can partner 

23 with an organization having demonstrated ex24 pertise in serving victims of domestic violence, 

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1 ‘‘(2) have a board of directors and staffing with 

2 demonstrated expertise in serving racial and ethnic 

3 minority populations. 

4 ‘‘(d) CULTURAL RESPONSIVENESS OF SERVICES.— 

5 The Secretary shall ensure that information and services 

6 provided pursuant to this section are provided in the lan7 guage, educational, and cultural context that is most ap8 propriate for the individuals for whom the information and 

9 services are intended, and that information is made avail10 able in accessible formats as appropriate. 

11 ‘‘(e) GRANT PERIOD.—The Secretary shall award 

12 grants for a 4-year period, with a possible extension of 

13 another 2 years to further implement the projects under 

14 the grant. 

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

16 be interpreted to exclude linguistically and culturally spe17 cific community-based entities from applying for other 

18 sources of funding available under this title. 

19 ‘‘(g) REPORTS.—Each entity receiving funds under 

20 this section shall file a performance report at such times 

21 as requested by the Secretary describing the activities that 

22 have been carried out with such grant funds and providing 

23 such additional information as the Secretary may require. 

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1 section, not more than 4 percent may be used by the Sec2 retary for evaluation, monitoring, and other administrative 

3 costs under this section. 

4 ‘‘(i) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 

5 be construed to allow a grantee to limit services to victims 

6 of domestic violence, dating, violence, or family violence 

7 on the basis of race or ethnicity.’’. 

8 SEC. 19. ANALYSIS OF FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR FINANCIAL 

9 STABILITY AMONG SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC 

10 VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND FAMILY 

11 VIOLENCE. 

12 Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact13 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

14 States shall conduct a study and issue a report that in15 cludes— 

16 (1) a review of what is known about the num17 ber of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, 

18 and family violence in the United States; 

19 (2) statistical data, where available, for recent 

20 fiscal years, on the number of survivors described in 

21 paragraph (1); 

22 (3) a description of the key Federal programs 

23 providing survivors described in paragraph (1) with 

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1 (4) an analysis of the gaps in current Federal 

2 programs, in terms of benefit adequacy and benefit 

3 coverage for the population of survivors described in 

4 paragraph (1); 

5 (5) a demographic analysis of the distribution 

6 of the gaps described in paragraph (4), for groups 

7 including racial and ethnic minorities, individuals 

8 with disabilities, tribal populations, and individuals 

9 who are geographically isolated; 

10 (6) a review of challenges that could affect pro11 gram utilization by the population of survivors de12 scribed in paragraph (1); 

13 (7) an indication of the extent to which Federal 

14 agencies or departments currently administering 

15 programs described in paragraph (3) have taken 

16 steps to ensure that survivors of domestic violence, 

17 dating violence, and family violence have access to 

18 programs that will support their financial stability; 

19 and 

20 (8) information on the outreach efforts con21 ducted pursuant to section 308 on outreach to racial 

22 and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, 

23 tribal populations, and individuals who are geo24 graphically isolated, to determine ways— 


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1 (A) to increase the availability of services 

2 relating to domestic violence, dating violence, 

3 and family violence for such groups; and 

4 (B) to ensure access to such services. 

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