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‘‘(B) protecting the safety, security, and 
well-being of children by preventing their unnec-
essary removal from a non-abusing parent, or, 
in cases where removal of the child is necessary 
to protect the child’s safety, taking the necessary 
steps to provide appropriate and community- 
based services to the child and the non-abusing 
parent to promote the safe and appropriately 
prompt reunification of the child with the non- 
abusing parent; 
‘‘(C) recognizing the relationship between 
child maltreatment and domestic violence or dat-
ing violence in a family, as well as the impact 
of and danger posed by the perpetrators’ behav-
ior on adult, youth, and minor victims; and 
‘‘(D) holding adult, youth, and minor per-
petrators of domestic violence or dating violence, 
not adult, youth, and minor victims of abuse or 
neglect, accountable for stopping the perpetra-
tors’ abusive behaviors, including the develop-
ment of separate service plans, court filings, or 
community-based interventions where appro-
priate; 
‘‘(3) increase cooperation and enhance linkages 
between child welfare agencies, domestic violence vic-
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tim service providers, courts (including family, crimi-
nal, juvenile courts, or tribal courts), law enforcement 
agencies, and other entities to provide more com-
prehensive 
community-based 
services 
(including 
health, mental health, social service, housing, and 
neighborhood resources) to protect and to serve adult, 
youth, and minor victims; 
‘‘(4) identify, assess, and respond appropriately 
to domestic violence or dating violence in child pro-
tection cases and to child maltreatment when it co- 
occurs with domestic violence or dating violence; 
‘‘(5) analyze and change policies, procedures, 
and protocols that contribute to overrepresentation of 
racial and ethnic minorities in the court and child 
welfare system; and 
‘‘(6) provide appropriate referrals to community- 
based programs and resources, such as health and 
mental health services, shelter and housing assistance 
for adult, youth, and minor victims and their chil-
dren, legal assistance and advocacy for adult, youth, 
and minor victims, assistance for parents to help 
their children cope with the impact of exposure to do-
mestic violence or dating violence and child maltreat-
ment, appropriate intervention and treatment for 
adult perpetrators of domestic violence or dating vio-
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lence whose children are the subjects of child protec-
tion cases, programs providing support and assist-
ance to racial and ethnic populations, and other nec-
essary supportive services. 
‘‘(h) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—Under this section, an en-
tity shall prepare and submit to the Attorney General 
an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Attorney General 
may require, consistent with the requirements de-
scribed herein. The application shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that communities impacted by 
these systems or organizations are adequately 
represented in the development of the applica-
tion, the programs and activities to be under-
taken, and that they have a significant role in 
evaluating the success of the project; 
‘‘(B) describe how the training and collabo-
ration activities will enhance or ensure the safety 
and economic security of families where both 
child maltreatment and domestic violence or dat-
ing violence occurs by providing appropriate re-
sources, protection, and support to the victimized 
parents of such children and to the children 
themselves; and
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‘‘(C) outline methods and means partici-
pating entities will use to ensure that all services 
are provided in a developmentally, linguistically 
and culturally competent manner and will uti-
lize community-based supports and resources. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible for a 
grant under this section, an entity shall be a collabo-
ration that— 
‘‘(A) shall include a State or local child 
welfare agency or Indian Tribe; 
‘‘(B) shall include a domestic violence or 
dating violence victim service provider; 
‘‘(C) may include a court; 
‘‘(D) may include a law enforcement agen-
cy, or Bureau of Indian Affairs providing tribal 
law enforcement; and 
‘‘(E) may include any other such agencies 
or private nonprofit organizations, including 
community-based organizations, with the capac-
ity to provide effective help to the adult, youth, 
and minor victims served by the collaboration. 
‘‘(3) REPORTS.—Each entity receiving a grant 
under this section shall report to the Attorney General 
every 18 months, detailing how the funds have been 
used.
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‘‘SEC. 41202. SERVICES TO ADVOCATE FOR AND RESPOND 
TO TEENS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
shall award grants to eligible entities to conduct programs 
to serve youth between the ages of 12 and 24 of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
Amounts appropriated under this section may only be used 
for programs and activities described under subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE GRANTEES.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an entity shall be— 
‘‘(1) a nonprofit, nongovernmental entity, the 
primary purpose of which is to provide services to 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking; 
‘‘(2) a religious or community-based organiza-
tion that specializes in working with youth victims of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking; 
‘‘(3) an Indian Tribe or tribal organization pro-
viding services primarily to tribal youth or tribal vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault or stalking; or 
‘‘(4) a nonprofit, nongovernmental entity pro-
viding services for runaway or homeless youth. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—An entity that receives a 
grant under this section shall use amounts provided 
under the grant to design or replicate, and imple-
ment, programs and services, using domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking interven-
tion models to respond to the needs of youth who are 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault or stalking. 
‘‘(2) TYPES OF PROGRAMS.—Such a program— 
‘‘(A) shall provide direct counseling and ad-
vocacy for teens and young adults, who have ex-
perienced domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault or stalking; 
‘‘(B) shall include linguistically, culturally, 
and community relevant services for racial and 
ethnic and other underserved populations or 
linkages to existing services in the community 
tailored to the needs of racial and ethnic and 
other underserved populations; 
‘‘(C) may include mental health services; 
‘‘(D) may include legal advocacy efforts on 
behalf of minors and young adults with respect 
to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault or stalking;
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‘‘(E) may work with public officials and 
agencies to develop and implement policies, 
rules, and procedures in order to reduce or elimi-
nate domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking against youth and young 
adults; and 
‘‘(F) may use not more than 25 percent of 
the grant funds to provide additional services 
and resources for youth, including childcare, 
transportation, educational support, and respite 
care. 
‘‘(d) AWARDS BASIS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than 
10 percent of funds appropriated under this section 
in any year shall be available for grants to Indian 
Tribes or tribal organizations. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Attorney General 
shall not use more than 2.5 percent of funds appro-
priated under this section in any year for adminis-
tration, monitoring, and evaluation of grants made 
available under this section. 
‘‘(3) TRAINING, TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, AND 
DATA COLLECTION.—Not less than 5 percent of funds 
appropriated under this section in any year shall be 
available to provide training, technical assistance,
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and data collection for programs funded under this 
section. 
‘‘(e) TERM.—The Attorney General shall make the 
grants under this section for a period of 3 fiscal years. 
‘‘(f) REPORTS.—An entity receiving a grant under this 
section shall submit to the Attorney General every 18 
months a report of how grant funds have been used. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.’’. 
SEC. 702. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAM-
PUSES. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is au-
thorized to make grants to institutions of higher edu-
cation, for use by such institutions or consortia con-
sisting of campus personnel, student organizations, 
campus administrators, security personnel, and re-
gional crisis centers affiliated with the institution, to 
develop and strengthen effective security and inves-
tigation strategies to combat domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campuses, 
and to develop and strengthen victim services in cases 
involving such crimes against women on campuses, 
which may include partnerships with local criminal
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justice authorities and community-based victim serv-
ices agencies. 
(2) AWARD BASIS.—The Attorney General shall 
award grants and contracts under this section on a 
competitive basis for a period of 3 years. The Attor-
ney General, through the Director of the Office on Vi-
olence Against Women, shall award the grants in 
amounts of not more than $500,000 for individual in-
stitutions of higher education and not more than 
$1,000,000 for consortia of such institutions. 
(3) EQUITABLE
PARTICIPATION.—The Attorney 
General shall make every effort to ensure— 
(A) the equitable participation of private 
and public institutions of higher education in 
the activities assisted under this section; 
(B) the equitable geographic distribution of 
grants under this section among the various re-
gions of the United States; and 
(C) the equitable distribution of grants 
under this section to tribal colleges and univer-
sities and traditionally black colleges and uni-
versities. 
(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Grant funds awarded 
under this section may be used for the following purposes:
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(1) To provide personnel, training, technical as-
sistance, data collection, and other equipment with re-
spect to the increased apprehension, investigation, 
and adjudication of persons committing domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on 
campus. 
(2) To train campus administrators, campus se-
curity personnel, and personnel serving on campus 
disciplinary or judicial boards to develop and imple-
ment campus policies, protocols, and services that 
more effectively identify and respond to the crimes do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking. Within 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue and make 
available minimum standards of training relating to 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking on campus, for all campus security personnel 
and personnel serving on campus disciplinary or ju-
dicial boards. 
(3) To implement and operate education pro-
grams for the prevention of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault and stalking. 
(4) To develop, enlarge, or strengthen victim 
services programs on the campuses of the institutions 
involved, including programs providing legal, med-
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ical, or psychological counseling, for victims of domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing, and to improve delivery of victim assistance on 
campus. To the extent practicable, such an institution 
shall collaborate with any entities carrying out non-
profit and other victim services programs, including 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking victim services programs in the community 
in which the institution is located. If appropriate vic-
tim services programs are not available in the com-
munity or are not accessible to students, the institu-
tion shall, to the extent practicable, provide a victim 
services program on campus or create a victim serv-
ices program in collaboration with a community- 
based organization. The institution shall use not less 
than 20 percent of the funds made available through 
the grant for a victim services program provided in 
accordance with this paragraph. 
(5) To create, disseminate, or otherwise provide 
assistance and information about victims’ options on 
and off campus to bring disciplinary or other legal 
action, including assistance to victims in immigra-
tion matters. 
(6) To develop, install, or expand data collection 
and communication systems, including computerized
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systems, linking campus security to the local law en-
forcement for the purpose of identifying and tracking 
arrests, protection orders, violations of protection or-
ders, prosecutions, and convictions with respect to the 
crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking on campus. 
(7) To provide capital improvements (including 
improved lighting and communications facilities but 
not including the construction of buildings) on cam-
puses to address the crimes of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
(8) To support improved coordination among 
campus administrators, campus security personnel, 
and local law enforcement to reduce domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on cam-
pus. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible to be 
awarded a grant under this section for any fiscal 
year, an institution of higher education shall submit 
an application to the Attorney General at such time 
and in such manner as the Attorney General shall 
prescribe. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall—
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(A) describe the need for grant funds and 
the plan for implementation for any of the pur-
poses described in subsection (b); 
(B) include proof that the institution of 
higher education collaborated with any non-prof-
it, nongovernmental entities carrying out other 
victim services programs, including domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing victim services programs in the community 
in which the institution is located; 
(C) describe the characteristics of the popu-
lation being served, including type of campus, 
demographics of the population, and number of 
students; 
(D) provide measurable goals and expected 
results from the use of the grant funds; 
(E) provide assurances that the Federal 
funds made available under this section shall be 
used to supplement and, to the extent practical, 
increase the level of funds that would, in the ab-
sence of Federal funds, be made available by the 
institution for the purposes described in sub-
section (b); and
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(F) include such other information and as-
surances as the Attorney General reasonably de-
termines to be necessary. 
(3) COMPLIANCE WITH CAMPUS CRIME REPORT-
ING REQUIRED.—No institution of higher education 
shall be eligible for a grant under this section unless 
such institution is in compliance with the require-
ments of section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)). Up to $200,000 of the 
total amount of grant funds appropriated under this 
section for fiscal years 2006 through 2010 may be 
used to provide technical assistance in complying 
with the mandatory reporting requirements of section 
485(f) of such Act. 
(d) GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) NONMONETARY ASSISTANCE.—In addition to 
the assistance provided under this section, the Attor-
ney General may request any Federal agency to use 
the agency’s authorities and the resources granted to 
the agency under Federal law (including personnel, 
equipment, supplies, facilities, and managerial, tech-
nical, and advisory services) in support of campus se-
curity, and investigation and victim service efforts. 
(2) CONFIDENTIALITY.—
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(A) NONDISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL OR 
PRIVATE INFORMATION.—In order to ensure the 
safety of adult and minor victims of domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing and their families, grantees and sub-grantees 
under this section shall reasonably— 
(i) protect the confidentiality and pri-
vacy of persons receiving services under the 
grants and subgrants; and 
(ii) not disclose and personally identi-
fying information, or individual client in-
formation, collected in connection with serv-
ices requested, utilized, or denied through 
programs provided by such grantees and 
subgrantees under this section. 
(B) CONSENT.—A grantee or subgrantee 
under this section shall not reveal personally any 
identifying information or individual client in-
formation collected as described in subparagraph 
(A) without the informed, written, and reason-
ably time-limited consent of the person (or, in 
the case of an unemancipated minor, the minor 
and the parent or guardian of the minor) about 
whom information is sought, whether for the pro-
gram carried out under this section or any other
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Federal, State, tribal, or territorial assistance 
program. 
(C) COMPELLED RELEASE AND NOTICE.—If 
a grantee or subgrantee under this section is 
compelled by statutory or court mandate to dis-
close information described in subparagraph (A), 
the grantee or subgrantee— 
(i) shall make reasonable attempts to 
provide notice to individuals affected by the 
disclosure of information; and 
(ii) shall take steps necessary to protect 
the privacy and safety of the individual af-
fected by the disclosure. 
(D) PERMISSIVE SHARING.—Grantees and 
subgrantees under this section may share with 
each other, in order to comply with Federal, 
State, tribal, or territorial reporting, evaluation, 
or data collection requirements— 
(i) aggregate data, that is not person-
ally identifying information, regarding 
services provided to their clients; and 
(ii) demographic information that is 
not personally identifying information. 
(E) COURT-GENERATED AND LAW ENFORCE-
MENT-GENERATED INFORMATION.—Grantees and
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subgrantees under this section may share with 
each other— 
(i) court-generated information con-
tained in secure, governmental registries for 
protection order enforcement purposes; and 
(ii) law enforcement-generated infor-
mation. 
(F) DEFINITION.—As used in this para-
graph, the term ‘‘personally identifying informa-
tion’’ means individually identifying informa-
tion from or about an individual, including— 
(i) first and last name; 
(ii) home or other physical address, in-
cluding street name and name of city or 
town; 
(iii) email address or other online con-
tact information, such as an instant-mes-
saging user identifier or a screen name that 
reveals an individual’s email address; 
(iv) telephone number; 
(v) social security number; 
(vi) Internet Protocol (‘‘IP’’) address 
or host name that identifies an individual; 
(vii) persistent identifier, such as a 
customer number held in a ‘‘cookie’’ or
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processor serial number, that is combined 
with other available data that identifies an 
individual; or 
(viii) information that, in combination 
with the information in any of the clauses 
(i) through (vii), would serve to identify 
any individual, including— 
(I) grade point average; 
(II) date of birth; 
(III) academic or occupational 
interests; 
(IV) athletic or extracurricular 
interests; 
(V) racial or ethnic background; 
or 
(VI) religious affiliation. 
(3) GRANTEE REPORTING.— 
(A) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each institution of 
higher education receiving a grant under this 
section shall submit a biennial performance re-
port to the Attorney General. The Attorney Gen-
eral shall suspend funding under this section for 
an institution of higher education if the institu-
tion fails to submit such a report.
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(B) FINAL
REPORT.—Upon completion of 
the grant period under this section, the institu-
tion shall file a performance report with the At-
torney General and the Secretary of Education 
explaining the activities carried out under this 
section together with an assessment of the effec-
tiveness of those activities in achieving the pur-
poses described in subsection (b). 
(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 
days after the end of the fiscal year for which grants 
are awarded under this section, the Attorney General 
shall submit to Congress a report that includes— 
(A) the number of grants, and the amount 
of funds, distributed under this section; 
(B) a summary of the purposes for which 
the grants were provided and an evaluation of 
the progress made under the grant; 
(C) a statistical summary of the persons 
served, detailing the nature of victimization, and 
providing data on age, sex, race, ethnicity, lan-
guage, disability, relationship to offender, geo-
graphic distribution, and type of campus; and 
(D) an evaluation of the effectiveness of pro-
grams funded under this part.
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(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2010. 
SEC. 703. SAFE HAVENS. 
Section 1301 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
Protection Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 10420) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1301. SAFE HAVENS FOR CHILDREN.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, through the Director of 
the Office on Violence Against Women,’’ after 
‘‘Attorney General’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘public or nonprofit non-
governmental entities, and to’’ after ‘‘may award 
grants to’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘dating violence,’’ after 
‘‘domestic violence,’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘to provide’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) to provide’’; 
(E) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(2) to protect children from the trauma of wit-
nessing domestic or dating violence or experiencing 
abduction, injury, or death during parent and child 
visitation exchanges; 
‘‘(3) to protect parents or caretakers who are vic-
tims of domestic and dating violence from experi-
encing further violence, abuse, and threats during 
child visitation exchanges; and 
‘‘(4) to protect children from the trauma of expe-
riencing sexual assault or other forms of physical as-
sault or abuse during parent and child visitation and 
visitation exchanges.’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section, $20,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. Funds appro-
priated under this section shall remain available 
until expended. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this section for each fiscal year, 
the Attorney General shall—
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‘‘(A) set aside not less than 5 percent for 
grants to Indian tribal governments or tribal or-
ganizations; 
‘‘(B) use not more than 3 percent for eval-
uation, monitoring, site visits, grantee con-
ferences, and other administrative costs associ-
ated with conducting activities under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(C) set aside not more than 8 percent for 
training, technical assistance, and data collec-
tion to be provided by organizations having na-
tionally recognized expertise in the design of safe 
and secure supervised visitation programs and 
visitation exchange of children in situations in-
volving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking.’’. 
SEC. 704. GRANTS TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DAT-
ING 
VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, 
AND 
STALKING IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Supporting Teens through Education and Protection Act 
of 2005’’ or the ‘‘STEP Act’’. 
(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General, 
through the Director of the Office on Violence Against 
Women, is authorized to award grants to middle schools
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and high schools that work with domestic violence and sex-
ual assault experts to enable the schools— 
(1) to provide training to school administrators, 
faculty, counselors, coaches, healthcare providers, se-
curity personnel, and other staff on the needs and 
concerns of students who experience domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and the 
impact of such violence on students; 
(2) to develop and implement policies in middle 
and high schools regarding appropriate, safe responses 
to, and identification and referral procedures for, stu-
dents who are experiencing or perpetrating domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, 
including procedures for handling the requirements of 
court protective orders issued to or against students 
or school personnel, in a manner that ensures the 
safety of the victim and holds the perpetrator account-
able; 
(3) to provide support services for students and 
school personnel, such as a resource person who is ei-
ther on-site or on-call, and who is an expert described 
in subsections (i)(2) and (i)(3), for the purpose of de-
veloping and strengthening effective prevention and 
intervention strategies for students and school per-
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sonnel experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault or stalking; 
(4) to provide developmentally appropriate edu-
cational programming to students regarding domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 
and the impact of experiencing domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking on children 
and youth by adapting existing curricula activities to 
the relevant student population; 
(5) to work with existing mentoring programs 
and develop strong mentoring programs for students, 
including student athletes, to help them understand 
and recognize violence and violent behavior, how to 
prevent it and how to appropriately address their 
feelings; and 
(6) to conduct evaluations to assess the impact of 
programs and policies assisted under this section in 
order to enhance the development of the programs. 
(c) AWARD BASIS.—The Director shall award grants 
and contracts under this section on a competitive basis. 
(d) POLICY DISSEMINATION.—The Director shall dis-
seminate to middle and high schools any existing Depart-
ment of Justice, Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Department of Education policy guidance and 
curricula regarding the prevention of domestic violence,
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dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and the im-
pact of the violence on children and youth. 
(e) NONDISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL OR PRIVATE 
INFORMATION.—In order to ensure the safety of adult, 
youth, and minor victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking and their families, grantees 
and subgrantees shall protect the confidentiality and pri-
vacy of persons receiving services. Grantees and subgrantees 
pursuant to this section shall not disclose any personally 
identifying information or individual information collected 
in connection with services requested, utilized, or denied 
through grantees’ and subgrantees’ programs. Grantees and 
subgrantees shall not reveal individual client information 
without the informed, written, reasonably time-limited con-
sent of the person (or in the case of unemancipated minor, 
the minor and the parent or guardian) about whom infor-
mation is sought, whether for this program or any other 
Tribal, Federal, State or Territorial grant program. If re-
lease of such information is compelled by statutory or court 
mandate, grantees and subgrantees shall make reasonable 
attempts to provide notice to victims affected by the disclo-
sure of information. If such personally identifying informa-
tion is or will be revealed, grantees and subgrantees shall 
take steps necessary to protect the privacy and safety of the 
persons affected by the release of the information. Grantees
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may share non-personally identifying data in the aggregate 
regarding services to their clients and non-personally iden-
tifying demographic information in order to comply with 
Tribal, Federal, State or Territorial reporting, evaluation, 
or data collection requirements. Grantees and subgrantees 
may share court-generated information contained in secure, 
governmental registries for protection order enforcement 
purposes. 
(f) GRANT TERM AND ALLOCATION.— 
(1) TERM.—The Director shall make the grants 
under this section for a period of 3 fiscal years. 
(2) ALLOCATION.—Not more than 15 percent of 
the funds available to a grantee in a given year shall 
be used for the purposes described in subsection 
(b)(4)(D), (b),(5), and (b)(6). 
(g) DISTRIBUTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 5 percent of 
funds appropriated under subsection (l) in any year 
shall be available for grants to tribal schools, schools 
on tribal lands or schools whose student population is 
more than 25 percent native American. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Director shall not 
use more than 5 percent of funds appropriated under 
subsection (l) in any year for administration, moni-
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toring and evaluation of grants made available under 
this section. 
(3) TRAINING, 
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, 
AND 
DATA COLLECTION.—Not less than 5 percent of funds 
appropriated under subsection (l) in any year shall 
be available to provide training, technical assistance, 
and data collection for programs funded under this 
section. 
(h) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to be awarded a 
grant or contract under this section for any fiscal year, a 
middle or secondary school, in consultation with an expert 
as described in subsections (i)(2) and (i)(3), shall submit 
an application to the Director at such time and in such 
manner as the Director shall prescribe. 
(i) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, an entity shall be a partnership 
that— 
(1) shall include a public, charter, tribal, or na-
tionally accredited private middle or high school, a 
school administered by the Department of Defense 
under 10 U.S.C. 2164 or 20 U.S.C. 921, a group of 
schools, or a school district; 
(2) shall include a domestic violence victim serv-
ice provider that has a history of working on domestic
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violence and the impact that domestic violence and 
dating violence have on children and youth; 
(3) shall include a sexual assault victim service 
provider, such as a rape crisis center, program serv-
ing tribal victims of sexual assault, or coalition or 
other nonprofit nongovernmental organization car-
rying out a community-based sexual assault program, 
that has a history of effective work concerning sexual 
assault and the impact that sexual assault has on 
children and youth; and 
(4) may include a law enforcement agency, the 
State, Tribal, Territorial or local court, nonprofit 
nongovernmental organizations and service providers 
addressing sexual harassment, bullying or gang-re-
lated violence in schools, and any other such agencies 
or nonprofit nongovernmental organizations with the 
capacity to provide effective assistance to the adult, 
youth, and minor victims served by the partnership. 
(j) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this section, 
the Director shall give priority to entities that have sub-
mitted applications in partnership with relevant courts or 
law enforcement agencies. 
(k) REPORTING
AND DISSEMINATION
OF INFORMA-
TION.—
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(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 require. 
(2) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—Within 9 
months of the completion of the first full grant cycle, 
the Director shall publicly disseminate, including 
through electronic means, model policies and proce-
dures developed and implemented in middle and high 
schools by the grantees, including information on the 
impact the policies have had on their respective 
schools and communities. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated 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.
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TITLE 
VIII—STRENGTHENING 
AMERICA’S FAMILIES BY PRE-
VENTING VIOLENCE IN THE 
HOME 
SEC. 801. PREVENTING VIOLENCE IN THE HOME. 
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 is amended 
by adding after subtitle L (as added by section 701) the 
following: 
‘‘Subtitle M—Strengthening Amer-
ica’s Families by Preventing Vio-
lence in the Home 
‘‘SEC. 41301. PURPOSE. 
‘‘The purpose of this subtitle is to— 
‘‘(1) prevent crimes involving domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, includ-
ing when committed against children and youth; 
‘‘(2) increase the resources and services available 
to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking, including when committed 
against children 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-
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lies from becoming victims or perpetrators of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 
‘‘(5) promote programs to ensure that children 
and youth receive the assistance they need to end the 
cycle of violence and develop mutually respectful, non-
violent 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 violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking victim 
services to prevent violence. 
‘‘SEC. 41302. GRANTS TO ASSIST CHILDREN AND YOUTH EX-
POSED TO VIOLENCE. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, acting 
through the Director of the Office on Violence Against 
Women, and in consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, is authorized to award 
grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for 
the purpose of mitigating the effects of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on 
children exposed to such violence, and reducing the 
risk of future victimization or perpetration of domes-
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tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing. 
‘‘(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 de-
fined in section 2000B of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; 
‘‘(B) awarding not less than 10 percent of 
such amounts for the funding of tribal projects 
from the amounts made available under this sec-
tion for a fiscal year; 
‘‘(C) awarding up to 8 percent for the fund-
ing of training, technical assistance, and data 
collection programs from the amounts made 
available under this section for a fiscal year; and 
‘‘(D) awarding not less than 66 percent to 
programs described in subsection (c)(1) from the 
amounts made available under this section for a 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
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‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The funds appropriated under 
this section shall be used for— 
‘‘(1) programs that provide services for children 
exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking, which may include direct coun-
seling, advocacy, or mentoring, and must include sup-
port for the nonabusing parent or the child’s care-
taker; 
‘‘(2) training and coordination for programs 
that serve children and youth (such as Head Start, 
child care, and after-school programs) on how to safe-
ly and confidentially identify children and families 
experiencing domestic violence and properly refer 
them to programs that can provide direct services to 
the family and children, and coordination with other 
domestic violence or other programs serving children 
exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking that can provide the training and 
direct services referenced in this subsection; or 
‘‘(3) advocacy within the systems that serve chil-
dren to improve the system’s understanding of and re-
sponse to children who have been exposed to domestic 
violence and the needs of the nonabusing parent. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, an entity shall be—
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‘‘(1) a victim service provider, tribal nonprofit 
organization or community-based organization that 
has a documented history of effective work concerning 
children or youth exposed to domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including pro-
grams that provide culturally specific services, Head 
Start, child care, after school programs, and health 
and mental health providers; or 
‘‘(2) a State, territorial, tribal, or local unit of 
government agency that is partnered with an organi-
zation described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(e) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.—Under this section, 
an entity shall— 
‘‘(1) prepare and submit to the Director an ap-
plication at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Director may re-
quire; and 
‘‘(2) at a minimum, describe in the application 
the policies and procedures that the entity has or will 
adopt to— 
‘‘(A) enhance or ensure the safety and secu-
rity of children who have been exposed to vio-
lence and their nonabusing parent, enhance or 
ensure the safety and security of children and 
their nonabusing parent in homes already expe-
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riencing domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking; and 
‘‘(B) ensure linguistically, culturally, and 
community relevant services for racial and eth-
nic and other underserved populations. 
‘‘(f) REPORTS.—An entity receiving a grant under this 
section shall prepare and submit to the Director every 18 
months a report detailing the activities undertaken with 
grant funds, providing additional information as the Direc-
tor shall require. 
‘‘SEC. 41303. BUILDING ALLIANCES AMONG MEN, WOMEN, 
AND YOUTH TO PREVENT DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 
AND STALKING. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, acting 
through the Director of the Office on Violence Against 
Women, and in collaboration with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, shall award grants on 
a competitive basis to eligible entities for the purpose 
of developing or enhancing programs related to build-
ing alliances among men, women, and youth to pre-
vent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking by helping them to develop mutually re-
spectful, nonviolent relationships.
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‘‘(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 de-
fined in section 2000B of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968); 
‘‘(B) with respect to gender-specific pro-
grams described under subsection (c)(1)(A), en-
suring reasonable distribution of funds to pro-
grams for boys and programs for girls; 
‘‘(C) awarding not less than 10 percent of 
such amounts for the funding of tribal projects 
from the amounts made available under this sec-
tion for a fiscal year; and 
‘‘(D) awarding up to 8 percent for the fund-
ing of training, technical assistance, and data 
collection for grantees and non-grantees working 
in this area and evaluation programs from the 
amounts made available under this section for a 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
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‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAMS.—The funds appropriated under 
this section shall be used by eligible entities for— 
‘‘(A) public education and community 
based programs, including gender-specific pro-
grams in accordance with applicable laws— 
‘‘(i) to encourage children and youth to 
pursue only mutually respectful, nonviolent 
relationships and empower them to reduce 
their risk of becoming victims or perpetra-
tors of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking; and 
‘‘(ii) that include at a minimum— 
‘‘(I) information on domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
stalking, or child sexual abuse and how 
they affect children and youth; and 
‘‘(II) strategies to help partici-
pants be as safe as possible; or 
‘‘(B) public education campaigns and com-
munity organizing to encourage men and boys to 
work as allies with women and girls to prevent 
domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and 
sexual assault conducted by entities that have ex-
perience in conducting public education cam-
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paigns that address domestic violence, dating vi-
olence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(2) MEDIA LIMITS.—No more than 25 percent 
of funds received by a grantee under this section may 
be used to create and distribute media materials. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(1) RELATIONSHIPS.—Eligible entities under 
subsection (c)(1)(A) are— 
‘‘(A) nonprofit, nongovernmental domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing victim service providers or coalitions; 
‘‘(B) community-based child or youth serv-
ices organizations with demonstrated experience 
and expertise in addressing the needs and con-
cerns of young people; 
‘‘(C) a State, territorial, tribal, or unit of 
local governmental entity that is partnered with 
an organization described in subparagraph (A) 
or (B); or 
‘‘(D) a program that provides culturally 
specific services. 
‘‘(2) AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN.—Eligible entities 
under subsection (c)(1)(B) are— 
‘‘(A) nonprofit, nongovernmental organiza-
tions or coalitions that have a documented his-
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tory of creating and administering effective pub-
lic education campaigns addressing the preven-
tion of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault or stalking; or 
‘‘(B) a State, territorial, tribal, or unit of 
local governmental entity that is partnered with 
an organization described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(e) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.—Under this section, 
an entity shall— 
‘‘(1) prepare and submit to the Director an ap-
plication at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Director may re-
quire; and 
‘‘(2) for a grant under subsection (c)(1)(A), de-
scribe in the application the policies and procedures 
that the entity has or will adopt to— 
‘‘(A) enhance or ensure the safety and secu-
rity of children and youth already experiencing 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking in their lives; 
‘‘(B) provide, where appropriate, linguis-
tically, culturally, and community relevant serv-
ices for racial and ethnic and other underserved 
populations;