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or sexual assault victim service providers, and where 
applicable, State or local juvenile, family, or other 
trial courts with jurisdiction over child maltreatment 
and domestic violence cases, law enforcement agen-
cies, and Congress summaries that contain informa-
tion on—
‘‘(A) the activities implemented by the re-
cipients of the grants; and 
‘‘(B) related initiatives undertaken by the 
Secretary to promote attention by the staff of 
child welfare agencies, domestic violence or sex-
ual assault service providers and where applica-
ble, courts and law enforcement agencies to do-
mestic violence and sexual assault and their im-
pact on both child and adult victims. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$15,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2004 through 2006, 
and $25,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008.’’. 
(e) MULTISYSTEM INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN 
WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 
U.S.C. 10401 et seq.), as amended by subsection (d), is 
further amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘SEC. 322. MULTISYSTEM INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN 
WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VI-
OLENCE. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of Community Services of the Ad-
ministration for Children and Families, may award grants 
to eligible entities to enable such entities to conduct pro-
grams to encourage the development and use of multi-
system intervention models that respond to the needs of 
children who have been exposed to domestic violence. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an entity shall—
‘‘(1) be a nonprofit private organization; 
‘‘(2)(A) demonstrate recognized expertise in the 
area of domestic violence and the impact of domestic 
violence on children; or 
‘‘(B) have entered into a memorandum of un-
derstanding regarding the intervention program to 
be established under the grant and the role of the 
entity in the program with—
‘‘(i) the appropriate State or tribal domes-
tic violence coalition; and 
‘‘(ii) entities carrying out domestic violence 
programs that provide shelter or related assist-
ance in the locality in which the intervention
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program will be operated and that have an un-
derstanding of its effects on children; 
‘‘(3)(A) demonstrate a recognized expertise in 
child mental health services; or 
‘‘(B) have entered into a memorandum of un-
derstanding regarding the intervention program to 
be established under the grant with providers that 
have expertise in child mental health to ensure that 
children of all ages have access to appropriate men-
tal health services; and 
‘‘(4) demonstrate a history of providing advo-
cacy, health care, mental health, or other crisis-re-
lated services to children. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a grant 
under this section shall use amounts provided under the 
grant to design or replicate, and implement, multisystem 
intervention models to respond to the needs of children 
exposed to domestic violence. Such activities shall—
‘‘(1)(A) 
involve 
collaborative 
partnerships 
with—
‘‘(i) local entities carrying out domestic vi-
olence programs that provide shelter or related 
assistance or have expertise in the field of pro-
viding services to victims of domestic violence
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and an understanding of its effects on children; 
and 
‘‘(ii) other partners including courts, 
schools, social service providers, health care 
providers, police, early childhood agencies, enti-
ties carrying out Head Start programs under 
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), 
or entities carrying out child protection, wel-
fare, job training, housing, battered women’s 
service, or children’s mental health programs; 
and 
‘‘(B) be carried out to design and implement 
protocols and systems to identify, and appropriately 
respond to the needs of children who have been ex-
posed to domestic violence and who participate in 
programs administered by the partners; 
‘‘(2) establish or implement guidelines to evalu-
ate the needs of a child and make appropriate inter-
vention recommendations; 
‘‘(3) include the development or replication of a 
mental health treatment model to meet the needs of 
children for whom such treatment has been identi-
fied as appropriate; 
‘‘(4) establish or implement institutionalized 
procedures to enhance or ensure the safety and secu-
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rity of a battered parent, and as a result, the child 
of the parent; 
‘‘(5) provide direct counseling and advocacy for 
adult victims of domestic violence and their children 
who have been exposed to domestic violence; 
‘‘(6) establish or implement policies and proto-
cols for maintaining the confidentiality of the bat-
tered parent and child; 
‘‘(7) provide community outreach and training 
to enhance the capacity of professionals who work 
with children to appropriately identify and respond 
to the needs of children who have been exposed to 
domestic violence; 
‘‘(8) establish procedures for documenting 
interventions used for each child and family; 
‘‘(9) establish plans to perform a systematic 
outcome evaluation to evaluate the effectiveness of 
the interventions; 
‘‘(10) ensure that all services are provided in a 
culturally competent manner; and 
‘‘(11) provide remuneration to local domestic vi-
olence services organizations who are asked to join 
collaborations. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an entity shall prepare and submit to
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the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Secretary may re-
quire. 
‘‘(e) TERM AND AMOUNT.—A grant awarded under 
this section shall be awarded for a term of 3 years and 
in an amount of not more than $500,000 for each such 
year. 
‘‘(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall identify successful programs that provide 
multisystem and mental health interventions to address 
the needs of children who have been exposed to domestic 
violence. Not later than 60 days before the Secretary solic-
its applications for grants under this section, the Sec-
retary shall enter into an agreement with 1 or more enti-
ties carrying out the identified programs to provide tech-
nical assistance to applicants and recipients of such 
grants. The Secretary may use not more than 5 percent 
of the amount appropriated for a fiscal year under sub-
section (g) to provide such technical assistance. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, $15,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008.