ily and household members of such victims, and other indi-
viduals affected by such victimization. 
‘‘(b) TERM.—The Secretary shall award a grant 
under this section for a period of not more than 5 years. 
‘‘(c) CONDITIONS ON PAYMENT.—The provision of 
payments under a grant awarded under this section shall 
be subject to annual approval by the Secretary and subject 
to the availability of appropriations for each fiscal year 
to make the payments. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an entity shall be a Tribal organization 
or a nonprofit private organization that focuses primarily 
on issues of domestic violence as it relates to American 
Indians and Alaska Natives, and submit an application to 
the Secretary that shall— 
‘‘(1) contain such agreements, assurances, and 
information, be in such form, and be submitted in 
such manner, as the Secretary shall prescribe; 
‘‘(2) include a complete description of the appli-
cant’s plan for the operation of a national Indian do-
mestic violence hotline and digital services, including 
descriptions of— 
‘‘(A) the training program for advocacy 
personnel relating to the provision of culturally 
appropriate and legally accurate services, infor-
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mation, resources and referrals for Indian vic-
tims of domestic, dating, and family violence; 
‘‘(B) the training program for advocacy 
personnel, relating to technology requirements 
to ensure that all persons affiliated with the 
hotline and digital services are able to effec-
tively operate any technological systems re-
quired to provide the necessary services used by 
the hotline; 
‘‘(C) the hiring criteria and qualifications 
for advocacy personnel, including the applicant, 
to ensure that hotline advocates and other per-
sonnel have demonstrated knowledge of Indian 
legal, social, and cultural issues, to ensure that 
the unique needs of Indian callers and users of 
digital services are met; 
‘‘(D) the methods for the creation, mainte-
nance, and updating of a resource database of 
culturally appropriate victim services and re-
sources available from Indian Tribes and Tribal 
organizations; 
‘‘(E) a plan for publicizing the availability 
of the services from the national Indian hotline 
to Indian victims of domestic violence and dat-
ing violence; 
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‘‘(F) a plan for providing service to non- 
English speaking callers, including service 
through hotline and digital services personnel 
who have non-English language capability; 
‘‘(G) a plan for facilitating access to hot-
line and digital services by individuals with 
hearing impairments; and 
‘‘(H) a plan for providing assistance and 
referrals to Indian youth victims of domestic vi-
olence and for victims of dating violence who 
are minors, which may be carried out through 
a national Indian youth dating violence hotline, 
digital services, or other resources; 
‘‘(3) demonstrate recognized expertise providing 
services, including information on healthy relation-
ships and referrals for Indian victims of family vio-
lence, domestic violence, or dating violence and co-
ordinating services with Indian Tribes or Tribal or-
ganizations; 
‘‘(4) demonstrate support from Indian victim 
services programs, Tribal coalitions recognized by 
the Office on Violence Against Women and Tribal 
grantees under this title; 
‘‘(5) demonstrate capacity and the expertise to 
maintain a domestic violence hotline, digital services 
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and a comprehensive database of service providers 
from Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations; 
‘‘(6) demonstrate compliance with nondisclosure 
requirements as described in section 306(c)(5) and 
following comprehensive quality assurance practices; 
and 
‘‘(7) contain such other information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
‘‘(e) INDIAN HOTLINE ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity that receives a 
grant under this section shall use funds made avail-
able through the grant for the purpose described in 
subsection (a), consistent with paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In establishing and oper-
ating the hotline, the entity— 
‘‘(A) shall contract with a carrier for the 
use of a toll-free telephone line and an internet 
service provider for digital services; 
‘‘(B) shall employ, train (including pro-
viding technology training), and supervise per-
sonnel to answer incoming calls and digital 
services contacts, provide counseling, healthy 
relationship and referral services for Indian 
callers and digital services users, directly con-
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nect callers, and assist digital services users in 
connecting to service providers; 
‘‘(C) shall assemble and maintain a data-
base of information relating to services for In-
dian victims of family violence, domestic vio-
lence, or dating violence to which Indian callers 
or digital services users may be referred, includ-
ing information on the availability of shelters 
and supportive services for victims of family vi-
olence, domestic violence, or dating violence; 
‘‘(D) shall widely publicize the hotline and 
digital services throughout Indian Tribes and 
communities, including— 
‘‘(i) national and regional member or-
ganizations of Indian Tribes; 
‘‘(ii) Tribal domestic violence services 
programs; and 
‘‘(iii) Tribal non-profit victim service 
providers; 
‘‘(E) at the discretion of the hotline oper-
ator, may provide appropriate assistance and 
referrals for family and household members of 
Indian victims of family violence, domestic vio-
lence, or dating violence, and Indians affected 
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by the victimization described in subsection (a); 
and 
‘‘(F) at the discretion of the hotline oper-
ator, may provide assistance, or referrals for 
counseling or intervention, for identified Indian 
perpetrators, including self-identified perpetra-
tors, of family violence, domestic violence, or 
dating violence, but shall not be required to 
provide such assistance or referrals in any cir-
cumstance in which the hotline operator fears 
the safety of a victim may be impacted by an 
abuser or suspected abuser. 
‘‘(f) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—The entity receiv-
ing a grant under this section shall submit a performance 
report to the Secretary at such time as shall be reasonably 
required by the Secretary. Such performance report shall 
describe the activities that have been carried out with such 
grant funds, contain an evaluation of the effectiveness of 
such activities, and provide such additional information as 
the Secretary may reasonably require.’’. 
SEC. 17. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCE-
MENT AND LEADERSHIP. 
Section 314 (42 U.S.C. 10414) is amended to read 
as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 314. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCE-
MENT AND LEADERSHIP. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE AND DESCRIPTION OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this section 
are— 
‘‘(A) to continue efforts to build evidence 
for effective primary prevention practices, pro-
grams, and policies that reduce and end family 
violence, domestic violence, and dating violence; 
‘‘(B) to build capacity at the State, Tribal, 
territorial, and local levels to meet the objec-
tives described in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(C) to advance primary prevention efforts 
related to family violence, domestic violence, 
and dating violence nationally. 
‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION
OF
GRANTS.—From the 
amounts appropriated under this section, the Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(A) acting through the Division of Vio-
lence Prevention of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, in consultation with 
the Director of the Division of Family Violence 
Prevention and Services of the Administration 
for Children and Families— 
‘‘(i) provide core grants under sub-
section (b)(1) to support primary preven-
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tion of family violence, domestic violence 
and dating violence; and 
‘‘(ii) enter into cooperative agree-
ments under subsection (b)(2) with State, 
territorial, and Tribal domestic violence 
coalitions that are in partnerships with en-
tities carrying out local and culturally spe-
cific programs, to test, evaluate, or scale 
up innovative family violence, domestic vio-
lence, or dating violence prevention models, 
particularly those programs serving cul-
turally specific or traditionally underserved 
communities; and 
‘‘(B) acting through the Family Violence 
Prevention and Services Program of the Admin-
istration for Children and Families, award 
grants under subsection (c) to enhance the ca-
pacity of communities and systems to engage in 
effective prevention efforts. 
‘‘(3) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, 
EVALUATION, 
AND
MONITORING.—Of the amounts appropriated 
under this section for a fiscal year the Secretary 
may use— 
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‘‘(A) not more than 5 percent of the 
amounts for evaluation, monitoring, and other 
administrative costs under this section; and 
‘‘(B) not more than 3 percent of the 
amounts for each fiscal year for technical as-
sistance under this section. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS TO STATE, TERRITORIAL, AND TRIBAL 
COALITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS TO BUILD PRIMARY PREVENTION 
CAPACITY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS.— 
‘‘(A) PURPOSE.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide a core grant for each eligible State, terri-
torial, and Tribal coalition. The Secretary shall 
provide such a grant to build organizational ca-
pacity and leadership for primary prevention of 
family violence, domestic violence and dating vi-
olence, including work with other systems cen-
tral to prevention at the local, State, territorial, 
and Tribal levels. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this paragraph, a State, 
territorial, or Tribal coalition shall be a State 
domestic violence coalition, territorial domestic 
violence coalition, or Tribal domestic violence 
coalition, respectively, that has not entered into 
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a cooperative agreement under section 314 of 
this Act (as in effect on the day before the date 
of enactment of the Family Violence Prevention 
and Services Improvement Act of 2019) or 
under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(C) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.—From the 
amount appropriated to carry out this section, 
and available for this subsection the Secretary 
shall allot an equal share to each qualified enti-
ty receiving funds under section 311 or section 
311A to carry out evidence-informed prevention 
activities. 
‘‘(D) APPLICATION.—Each coalition seek-
ing a grant under this paragraph shall submit 
an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require. The application 
submitted by the coalition for the grant shall 
provide documentation of the coalition’s preven-
tion work, satisfactory to the Secretary, dem-
onstrating that the coalition— 
‘‘(i) meets all of the applicable re-
quirements of this paragraph; and 
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‘‘(ii) demonstrates the ability to con-
duct appropriately the prevention activities 
described in this paragraph. 
‘‘(E) USE OF FUNDS.—A coalition that re-
ceives a grant under this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) shall use the grant funds to— 
‘‘(I) build the coalition’s organi-
zational capacity and enhance its 
State or Tribal leadership to advance 
evidence-informed primary prevention 
of family violence, domestic violence, 
and dating violence; 
‘‘(II) provide prevention-focused 
training, technical assistance, peer 
learning opportunities, and other sup-
port to local domestic violence pro-
grams and other community-based 
and culturally specific programs work-
ing to address family violence, domes-
tic violence, or dating violence; 
‘‘(III) provide training and advo-
cacy to other State, Tribal, and local 
public and private systems on how to 
prevent domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, and family violence, and help 
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victims, including through health serv-
ices, early childhood programs, eco-
nomic support programs, schools, 
child welfare, workforce development, 
community-based programs primarily 
serving racial and ethnic minority 
groups, community-based programs 
primarily serving other underserved 
populations, 
faith-based 
programs, 
and youth programs; and 
‘‘(IV) support dissemination of 
prevention strategies and approaches 
throughout the State, territorial, or 
Tribal communities; and 
‘‘(ii) may use the grant funds to pro-
vide subgrants to local programs to sup-
port the dissemination of primary preven-
tion programs or initiatives. 
‘‘(F) REPORTS.—Each entity receiving a 
grant under this section shall submit a perform-
ance report to the Secretary at such time as the 
Secretary requires. Such performance report 
shall describe the activities that have been car-
ried out with such grant funds and the effec-
tiveness of such activities, and provide such ad-
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ditional information as the Secretary may re-
quire. 
‘‘(G) FEDERAL
ACTIVITIES.—The Sec-
retary may use a portion of the funds provided 
under this paragraph to provide prevention-fo-
cused training, technical assistance, and other 
support to coalitions described in subparagraph 
(B) or State or local entities that are in part-
nerships with such coalitions. 
‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT
FOR
IMPLE-
MENTATION AND EVALUATION OF PRIMARY PREVEN-
TION STRATEGIES.— 
‘‘(A) PURPOSE.—The Secretary shall enter 
into cooperative agreements with qualified 
State, territorial, and Tribal domestic violence 
coalitions that are in partnerships with entities 
carrying out local and culturally specific pro-
grams, to test, evaluate, or scale up innovative 
family violence, domestic violence, or dating vio-
lence prevention strategies and models, particu-
larly those serving culturally specific or tradi-
tionally underserved communities. 
‘‘(B) QUALIFICATION.—To be qualified to 
enter into a cooperative agreement under sub-
section (a)(2)(A)(ii), an organization shall be a 
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State, territorial, or Tribal domestic violence co-
alition and include representatives of pertinent 
sectors of the local community, which may in-
clude— 
‘‘(i) health care providers and Tribal, 
State, or local health departments; 
‘‘(ii) the education community; 
‘‘(iii) a faith-based community; 
‘‘(iv) the juvenile justice system; 
‘‘(v) family violence, domestic violence, 
and dating violence service program advo-
cates; 
‘‘(vi) public human service entities; 
‘‘(vii) business and civic leaders; 
‘‘(viii) child and youth-serving organi-
zations; 
‘‘(ix) community-based organizations 
whose primary purpose is to provide cul-
turally appropriate services to underserved 
populations, including racial and ethnic mi-
nority communities; and 
‘‘(x) other pertinent sectors. 
‘‘(C) TERM.—The Secretary shall enter 
into a cooperative agreement under this section 
for a period of not more than 5 fiscal years. 
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‘‘(D) CONDITIONS
ON
PAYMENT.—The 
provision of payments under a cooperative 
agreement under this section shall be subject 
to— 
‘‘(i) annual approval by the Secretary; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the availability of appropriations 
for each fiscal year to make the payments. 
‘‘(E) 
APPLICATIONS.—An 
organization 
that desires to enter into a cooperative agree-
ment under this section shall submit to the Sec-
retary an application, in such form and in such 
manner as the Secretary shall require, that— 
‘‘(i) identifies models and strategies to 
be tested and partner organizations who 
will be implementing programs to prevent 
family violence, domestic violence, or dat-
ing violence; 
‘‘(ii) demonstrates that the applicant 
has developed effective and collaborative 
relationships with diverse communities, in-
cluding with organizations primarily serv-
ing racial and ethnic minority populations 
or other underserved populations; 
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‘‘(iii) identifies other partners and 
sectors who will be engaged to meet the 
prevention goals; 
‘‘(iv) includes a description of the ex-
pected outcomes from the prevention ac-
tivities and how the strategy is expected to 
achieve those outcomes; 
‘‘(v) describes the method to be used 
for identification and selection of project 
staff and a project evaluator; 
‘‘(vi) describes the method to be used 
for identification and selection of a project 
council consisting of representatives of the 
community sectors listed in subparagraph 
(B); 
‘‘(vii) demonstrates that the applicant 
has the capacity to carry out collaborative 
community initiatives to prevent family vi-
olence, domestic violence, and dating vio-
lence; and 
‘‘(viii) contains such other informa-
tion, agreements, and assurances as the 
Secretary may require. 
‘‘(F) GEOGRAPHICAL
DISPERSION.—The 
Secretary shall enter into cooperative agree-
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ments under this section with organizations in 
States, territories, and Tribes geographically 
dispersed throughout the Nation. 
‘‘(G) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—An organization 
that enters into a cooperative agreement 
under this paragraph shall use the funds 
made available through the agreement to 
establish, operate, and maintain implemen-
tation and evaluation of coordinated com-
munity response to reduce risk factors for 
family violence, domestic violence and dat-
ing violence perpetration and enhance pro-
tective factors to promote positive develop-
ment and healthy relationships and com-
munities. 
‘‘(ii) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EVAL-
UATION, 
AND
MONITORING.—The Sec-
retary may use a portion of the funds pro-
vided under this paragraph to provide for 
the evaluation, monitoring, administration, 
and technical assistance described in sub-
section (a)(3), with respect to the preven-
tion projects. 
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‘‘(H) 
REQUIREMENTS.—In 
establishing 
and operating a project under this paragraph, 
an organization shall— 
‘‘(i) utilize evidence-informed preven-
tion project planning; 
‘‘(ii) recognize and address the needs 
of underserved populations, racial and eth-
nic minority groups, and individuals with 
disabilities; 
‘‘(iii) use not less than 30 percent or 
more than 50 percent of awarded funds to 
subcontract with local domestic violence 
programs or other community-based pro-
grams to develop and implement such 
projects; 
‘‘(iv) in the case of a new grantee, use 
the funds for up to 1 year for planning 
and capacity building without subcon-
tracting as described in clause (iii); and 
‘‘(v) use up to 8 percent of the funds 
awarded under this paragraph to procure 
technical assistance from a list of providers 
approved by the Secretary and peer-to-peer 
technical assistance from other grantees 
under this paragraph. 
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‘‘(I) REPORTS.—Each organization enter-
ing into a cooperative agreement under this sec-
tion shall submit a performance report to the 
Secretary at such time as shall be reasonably 
required by the Secretary. Such performance 
report shall describe activities that have been 
carried out with the funds made available 
through the agreement and the effectiveness of 
such activities, and provide such additional in-
formation as the Secretary may reasonably re-
quire. The Secretary shall make the evaluations 
received under this subparagraph publicly avail-
able on the Department of Health and Human 
Services internet website, and shall submit such 
reports to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 
Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(c) GRANTS TO EXPAND COMMUNITY-BASED PRI-
MARY PREVENTION.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish 
a grant program to expand the capacity of commu-
nities and systems to engage in effective prevention 
efforts. 
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‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Secretary may award 
grants to eligible entities through the program es-
tablished under paragraph (1) for periods of not 
more than 4 years. If the Secretary determines that 
an entity has received such a grant and been suc-
cessful in meeting the objectives of the grant appli-
cation so submitted, the Secretary may renew the 
grant for 1 additional period of not more than 4 
years. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section, an entity shall— 
‘‘(A) be a private nonprofit, nongovern-
mental organization (which may include faith- 
based and charitable organizations) or a Tribal 
organization that is— 
‘‘(i) a community-based organization 
whose primary purpose is providing cul-
turally competent services to racial and 
ethnic minority groups or other under-
served populations; or 
‘‘(ii) a community-based organization 
with a program focused on serving youth 
or serving children and their parents or 
caregivers; and 
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‘‘(B) have a demonstrated record of serv-
ing victims of family violence, domestic violence, 
or dating violence, or demonstrate a partnership 
with another organization that has such a 
record. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant 
under this subsection shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may 
reasonably require, including— 
‘‘(A) a description of how the entity will 
develop, expand, or replicate evidence-informed 
primary prevention strategies and approaches in 
their communities, including culturally appro-
priate prevention programming; 
‘‘(B) documents that the entity meets all 
of the applicable requirements set forth in this 
subsection; and 
‘‘(C) demonstrates the ability to conduct 
appropriately the prevention activities described 
in this section. 
‘‘(5) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives 
a grant under this section shall use the grant funds 
to— 
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‘‘(A) build their organizational capacity 
and enhance their leadership of the organiza-
tion within the community to promote commu-
nity engagement in and advancement of evi-
dence-informed primary prevention of family vi-
olence, domestic violence, or dating violence; 
‘‘(B) promote strategic prevention partner-
ship development, including between any of do-
mestic violence programs and health programs, 
early childhood programs, economic support 
programs, schools, child welfare programs, 
workforce development, culturally specific com-
munity-based organizations, faith-based pro-
grams, and youth programs; 
‘‘(C) support dissemination of prevention 
strategies and approaches throughout the State, 
territorial, and Tribal communities; and 
‘‘(D) use up to 5 percent of funds awarded 
under this section to procure technical assist-
ance from a list of providers approved by the 
Secretary, from peer-to-peer technical assist-
ance from other grantees under this section, or 
from both. 
‘‘(6) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—Each entity 
receiving a grant under this section shall submit a 
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performance report to the Secretary at such time as 
shall be reasonably required by the Secretary. Such 
performance report shall describe the activities that 
have been carried out with such grant funds, contain 
an evaluation of the effectiveness of such activities, 
and provide such additional information as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require.’’. 
SEC. 18. ADDITIONAL GRANT PROGRAMS. 
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 
U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 315. GRANTS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
provide grants to assist communities in mobilizing and or-
ganizing resources in support of effective and sustainable 
programs that will prevent and address domestic violence 
experienced by underserved populations. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.—The Sec-
retary, acting through the Director of the Division of 
Family Violence Prevention and Services, shall award ca-
pacity building, implementation, and evaluation grants to 
eligible entities to assist in developing, implementing, and 
evaluating culturally and linguistically appropriate, com-
munity-driven strategies to prevent and address domestic 
violence in underserved communities. 
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‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an entity shall— 
‘‘(1) with respect to the programs under sub-
sections (d) and (e), be— 
‘‘(A) a population specific organization 
that has demonstrated experience and expertise 
in providing population specific services in the 
relevant underserved communities, or a popu-
lation specific organization working in partner-
ship with a victim service provider or domestic 
violence or sexual assault coalition; or 
‘‘(B) a victim service provider offering pop-
ulation-specific services for a specific under-
served population; or 
‘‘(2) with respect to the program under sub-
section (f), be an eligible entity described in para-
graph (1) that is working in collaboration with an 
entity specializing in evaluation with documented ex-
perience working with targeted underserved popu-
lations; 
‘‘(d) CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants to eligible entities to support the capacity 
building, planning, and development of programs for 
underserved communities that utilize community- 
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driven intervention and prevention strategies that 
address the barriers to domestic violence services, 
raise awareness of domestic violence, and promote 
community engagement in the prevention of domes-
tic violence in targeted underserved populations in 
the target community. Such grants may be used 
to— 
‘‘(A) expand the collaboration that is rep-
resented by the eligible entity through the iden-
tification of additional partners, particularly 
among targeted underserved communities, and 
establish linkages with national, State, Tribal, 
or local public and private partners, which may 
include community health workers, advocacy, 
and policy organizations; 
‘‘(B) establish community working groups; 
‘‘(C) conduct a needs assessment of tar-
geted underserved populations to determine the 
barriers to access and factors contributing to 
such barriers, using input from targeted under-
served communities; 
‘‘(D) participate in training and technical 
assistance sponsored by the Family Violence 
Prevention and Services program for program 
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development, implementation, evaluation, and 
other programmatic issues; 
‘‘(E) use up to 5 percent of funds awarded 
under this subsection to procure technical as-
sistance from a list of providers approved by 
the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
program; 
‘‘(F) identify promising intervention and 
prevention strategies; 
‘‘(G) develop a plan with the input of tar-
geted underserved communities that includes 
strategies for— 
‘‘(i) implementing intervention and 
prevention strategies that have the greatest 
potential for addressing the barriers to ac-
cessing services, raising awareness of do-
mestic violence, and promoting community 
engagement in the prevention of domestic 
violence within targeted underserved popu-
lations; 
‘‘(ii) identifying other sources of rev-
enue and integrating current and proposed 
funding sources to ensure long-term sus-
tainability of the program; and 
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‘‘(iii) evaluating the program, includ-
ing collecting data and measuring progress 
toward addressing domestic violence or 
raising awareness of domestic violence in 
targeted underserved populations; and 
‘‘(H) conduct an evaluation of the planning 
and development activities. 
‘‘(2) DURATION.—The period during which 
payments may be made under a grant under para-
graph (1) shall not exceed 2 years, except where the 
Secretary 
determines 
that 
extraordinary 
cir-
cumstances exist. 
‘‘(e) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants to eligible entities that have received a plan-
ning grant under subsection (d) or who already have 
demonstrated experience and expertise in providing 
population specific services in the relevant under-
served communities to enable such entities to— 
‘‘(A) implement a plan including interven-
tion services or prevention strategies to address 
the identified barrier or awareness issue or ini-
tiate the community engagement strategy for 
targeted underserved populations, in an effec-
tive and timely manner; 
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‘‘(B) collect data appropriate for moni-
toring and evaluating the program carried out 
under the grant; 
‘‘(C) analyze and interpret data, or col-
laborate with academic or other appropriate in-
stitutions, for such analysis and collection; 
‘‘(D) participate in training for the pur-
pose of informing and educating other entities 
regarding the experiences and lessons learned 
from the project; 
‘‘(E) collaborate with appropriate partners 
to disseminate information gained from the 
project for the benefit of other domestic vio-
lence programs; 
‘‘(F) establish mechanisms with other pub-
lic or private groups to maintain financial sup-
port for the program after the grant termi-
nates; 
‘‘(G) develop policy initiatives for systems 
change to address the barriers or awareness 
issue; 
‘‘(H) maintain relationships with local 
partners and continue to develop new relation-
ships with national and State partners; 
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‘‘(I) evaluate the implementation of the ac-
tivities described in this paragraph; and 
‘‘(J) use up to 5 percent of funds awarded 
under this subsection to procure technical as-
sistance from a list of providers approved by 
the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
program. 
‘‘(2) DURATION.—The Secretary shall award 
grants under this subsection for 3-year periods. 
‘‘(f) EVALUATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award 
grants to eligible entities that have received an im-
plementation grant under subsection (e) and that re-
quire additional assistance for the purpose of rig-
orous data analysis, program evaluation (including 
process and outcome measures), or dissemination of 
findings. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to— 
‘‘(A) entities that in previous funding cy-
cles— 
‘‘(i) have received a grant under sub-
section (d); or 
‘‘(ii) established population specific 
organizations that have demonstrated ex-
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perience and expertise in providing popu-
lation-specific services in the relevant un-
derserved communities programs; and 
‘‘(B) entities that incorporate best prac-
tices or build on successful models in their ac-
tion plan, including the use of community advo-
cates. 
‘‘(3) DURATION.—The period during which 
payments may be made under a grant under para-
graph (1) shall not exceed 2 years, except where the 
Secretary 
determines 
that 
extraordinary 
cir-
cumstances exist. 
‘‘(g) NONSUPPLANTATION.—Funds provided under 
this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant 
other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to 
provide services and activities that promote the purposes 
of this title. 
‘‘(h) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EVALUATION, AND 
MONITORING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated 
under this section for each fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) up to 5 percent may be used by the 
Secretary for evaluation, monitoring, and other 
administrative costs under this section; and 
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‘‘(B) up to 3 percent may be used by the 
Secretary for technical assistance. 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED
BY 
GRANTEES.—The Secretary shall enable grantees to 
share best practices, evaluation results, and reports 
using the internet, conferences, and other pertinent 
information regarding the projects funded by this 
section, including the outreach efforts of the Family 
Violence Prevention and Services program. 
‘‘(3) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—Each entity 
receiving funds under this section shall file a per-
formance report at such times as requested by the 
Secretary describing the activities that have been 
carried out with such grant funds and providing 
such additional information as the Secretary may re-
quire. 
‘‘(i) ADMINISTRATIVE
BURDENS.—The Secretary 
shall make every effort to minimize duplicative or unneces-
sary administrative burdens on the grantees. 
‘‘SEC. 316. GRANTS TO ENHANCE CULTURALLY COMPETENT 
SERVICES FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINOR-
ITY POPULATIONS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, acting through the Director of the 
Division of Family Violence Prevention and Services in the 
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Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (referred 
to in this section as the ‘Director’), shall establish a grant 
program to establish or enhance culturally competent serv-
ices for victims of domestic violence from racial and ethnic 
minority populations. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The purposes of the grant 
program under this section are to— 
‘‘(A) develop and support innovative cul-
turally competent community-based programs 
to enhance access to shelter services or sup-
portive services to further the purposes of fam-
ily violence, domestic violence, and dating vio-
lence intervention and prevention for all victims 
of family violence, domestic violence, or dating 
violence from racial and ethnic minority popu-
lations who face obstacles to using more tradi-
tional services and resources; 
‘‘(B) strengthen the capacity and further 
the leadership development of individuals in ra-
cial and ethnic minority populations to address 
family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
violence in their communities; and 
‘‘(C) promote strategic partnership devel-
opment and collaboration, including with health, 
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early childhood programs, economic support 
programs, schools, child welfare, workforce de-
velopment, domestic violence programs, other 
community-based programs, faith-based pro-
grams, and youth programs, in order to further 
a public health approach to addressing domestic 
violence and dating violence. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall 
award grants to programs based in the targeted 
community to establish or enhance domestic vi-
olence and dating violence intervention and pre-
vention efforts that address distinctive cul-
turally competent responses to domestic vio-
lence and dating violence in racial and ethnic 
minority populations. 
‘‘(B) NEW
PROGRAMS.—In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary may award initial 
planning and capacity building grants to eligible 
entities that are establishing new programs in 
order to support the planning and development 
of culturally competent programs. 
‘‘(C) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that grants are awarded, to the ex-
tent practical, only on a competitive basis, and 
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that a grant is awarded for a proposal only if 
the proposal has been recommended for such an 
award through a process of peer review. 
‘‘(D) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Up to 5 
percent of funds appropriated under this sec-
tion for a fiscal year shall be available for tech-
nical assistance to be used by the grantees to 
access training and technical assistance from 
organizations that have entered into a coopera-
tive agreement with the Director to provide 
training and technical assistance regarding the 
provision of effective culturally competent, com-
munity-based services for racial and ethnic mi-
nority populations. 
‘‘(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 
The Director shall enter into cooperative agreements 
or contracts with organizations having a dem-
onstrated expertise in and whose primary purpose is 
addressing the development and provision of cul-
turally competent community-based services to vic-
tims of domestic violence and dating violence from 
the targeted populations to provide training and 
technical assistance for grantees. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible for a grant 
under this section, an entity shall— 
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‘‘(1) be a private nonprofit, nongovernmental 
organization that is— 
‘‘(A) 
a 
community-based 
organization 
whose primary purpose is providing culturally 
competent services to victims of domestic vio-
lence and dating violence from racial and ethnic 
minority populations; or 
‘‘(B) 
a 
community-based 
organization 
whose primary purpose is providing culturally 
competent services to individuals from racial 
and ethnic minority populations that can part-
ner with an organization having demonstrated 
expertise in serving victims of domestic violence 
and dating violence; and 
‘‘(2) have a board of directors and staffing 
which is reflective of the targeted minority group. 
‘‘(d) CULTURAL COMPETENCY OF SERVICES.—The 
Secretary shall ensure that information and services pro-
vided pursuant to this section are provided in the lan-
guage, educational, and cultural context that is most ap-
propriate for the individuals for whom the information and 
services are intended. 
‘‘(e) GRANT PERIOD.—The Director shall award 
grants for a 3-year period, with a possible extension of 
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