lated violence in schools, and any other such agen-
cies or nonprofit nongovernmental organizations 
with the capacity to provide effective assistance to 
the child, youth, and adult victims served by the 
partnership. 
(j) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Director shall give priority to entities that have 
submitted applications in partnership with relevant courts 
or law enforcement agencies. 
(k) REPORTING AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMA-
TION.— 
(1) REPORTING.—Each of the entities that are 
members of the applicant partnership described in 
subsection (i), that receive a grant under this section 
shall jointly prepare and submit to the Director 
every 18 months a report detailing the activities that 
the entities have undertaken under the grant and 
such additional information as the Director shall re-
quire. 
(2) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—Within 
9 months of the completion of the first full grant 
cycle, the Director shall publicly disseminate, includ-
ing through electronic means, model policies and 
procedures developed and implemented in middle 
and high schools by the grantees, including informa-
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tion on the impact the policies have had on their re-
spective schools and communities. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, $5,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated under 
paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended. 
TITLE 
IV—STRENGTHENING 
AMERICA’S FAMILIES BY PRE-
VENTING VIOLENCE IN THE 
HOME 
SEC. 401. PREVENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, MEN, 
AND CHILDREN. 
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 
1902 et seq.), as amended by section ll of this Act, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Subtitle N—Strengthening Amer-
ica’s Families by Preventing Vi-
olence Against Women and Chil-
dren 
‘‘SEC. 41401. PURPOSE. 
‘‘The purpose of this subtitle is to— 
‘‘(1) prevent crimes involving violence against 
women, men, children, and youth;
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‘‘(2) increase the resources and services avail-
able to prevent violence against women, men, chil-
dren, and youth; 
‘‘(3) reduce the impact of exposure to violence 
in the lives of children and youth so that the 
intergenerational cycle of violence is interrupted; 
‘‘(4) develop and implement education and serv-
ices programs to prevent children in vulnerable fami-
lies from becoming victims or perpetrators of domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing; 
‘‘(5) promote programs to ensure that children 
and youth receive the assistance they need to end 
the cycle of violence against women and children and 
develop mutually respectful, nonviolent relationships; 
and 
‘‘(6) encourage collaboration among community- 
based organizations and governmental agencies serv-
ing children and youth, providers of health and men-
tal health services and providers of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
victim services to prevent violence against women 
and children.
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‘‘SEC. 41402. GRANTS TO ASSIST CHILDREN AND YOUTH EX-
POSED TO VIOLENCE. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, act-
ing through the Director of the Office on Violence 
Against Women, and in collaboration with the Ad-
ministration for Children, Youth, and Families of 
the Department of Health and Human Services, is 
authorized to award grants on a competitive basis to 
eligible entities for the purpose of mitigating the ef-
fects of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking on children exposed to such vio-
lence, and reducing the risk of future victimization 
or perpetration of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking. 
‘‘(2) TERM.—The Director shall make grants 
under this section for a period of 3 fiscal years. 
‘‘(3) AWARD BASIS.—The Director shall award 
grants— 
‘‘(A) considering the needs of racial and 
ethnic and other underserved populations, as 
defined in section 2003 of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796gg–2); 
‘‘(B) awarding not less than 10 percent of 
such amounts for the funding of tribal projects