provisions of this title. The application process under this 
section shall be streamlined to increase accessibility of 
available funds to Indian tribes. No entity eligible to sub-
mit an application under subsection (b) shall be prohibited 
from making an application during any fiscal year for 
which funds are available because such an entity has not 
previously applied or received funding under this section. 
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—An amount provided under a 
grant to an eligible entity shall be used for the operation 
of a domestic violence shelter, for projects designed to pre-
vent domestic violence, or to provide immediate shelter or 
supportive services for victims of domestic violence and 
their dependents. 
‘‘(f) CONTINUED AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds 
under this section shall remain available until expended 
and in the event that funds allocated under subparagraph 
(a) are deobligated from a grantee, such funds shall be 
reallocated as part of the tribal formula grant program 
in the subsequent fiscal year. 
‘‘SEC. 310. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS AND TRAINING 
AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTERS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE AND GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is 
to provide resource information, training, and tech-
nical assistance relating to the objectives of this title 
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to improve the capacity of individuals, organizations, 
governmental entities, and communities to prevent 
domestic violence and to provide effective interven-
tion services. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From the amount 
reserved under section 303 to carry out this section 
for a fiscal year, the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) shall award grants to eligible entities 
for the establishment and maintenance of 2 na-
tional resource centers (as provided for in sub-
section (b)(1)), and special issue resource cen-
ters addressing key areas of domestic violence 
intervention and prevention (as provided for in 
subsection (b)(2)); and 
‘‘(B) may award grants to support training 
and technical assistance that address emerging 
issues related to domestic violence and dating 
violence. 
‘‘(b) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTERS.— 
‘‘(1) NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS.—In ac-
cordance with subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall 
award grants to eligible entities for— 
‘‘(A) a National Resource Center on Do-
mestic Violence, which shall— 
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‘‘(i) offer a comprehensive array of 
technical assistance and training resources 
to Federal, State, and local governmental 
agencies, domestic violence service pro-
viders, 
community-based 
organizations, 
and other professionals and interested par-
ties, related to domestic violence service 
programs and research, including pro-
grams and research related to victims and 
their dependents; and 
‘‘(ii) maintain a central resource li-
brary in order to collect, prepare, analyze, 
and disseminate information and statistics 
related to— 
‘‘(I) the incidence and prevention 
of family violence, domestic violence, 
and dating violence; and 
‘‘(II) the provision of shelter, 
supportive services, and prevention 
services to adult and youth victims of 
domestic violence (including services 
to prevent repeated incidents of vio-
lence); and 
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‘‘(B) a National Indian Resource Center 
Addressing Domestic Violence and Safety for 
Indian Women, which shall— 
‘‘(i) offer a comprehensive array of 
technical assistance and training resources 
to Indian tribes and tribal organizations, 
specifically designed to enhance the capac-
ity of the tribes and organizations to re-
spond to domestic violence and the findings 
of section 901 of the Violence Against 
Women and Department of Justice Reau-
thorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
3796gg–10 note); and 
‘‘(ii) enhance the intervention and 
prevention efforts of Indian tribes and 
tribal organizations to respond to domestic 
violence and increase the safety of Indian 
women in support of the purposes of sec-
tion 902 of the Violence Against Women 
and Department of Justice Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10 
note). 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL ISSUE RESOURCE CENTERS.—In 
accordance with subsection (a)(2), the Secretary 
shall award grants to eligible entities for special 
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issue resource centers, which shall provide informa-
tion, training, and technical assistance to State and 
local domestic violence service providers, and shall 
specialize in at least 1 of the following areas of do-
mestic violence service, prevention, or law: 
‘‘(A) The response of the criminal and civil 
justice systems to domestic violence victims, 
which may include the response to the use of 
the self-defense plea by domestic violence vic-
tims and the issuance and use of protective or-
ders. 
‘‘(B) The response of child protective serv-
ice agencies to victims of domestic violence and 
their dependents and child custody issues in do-
mestic violence cases. 
‘‘(C) The response of the interdisciplinary 
health care system to victims of domestic vio-
lence and access to health care resources for 
victims of domestic violence. 
‘‘(D) The response of mental health sys-
tems, domestic violence service programs, and 
other related systems and programs to victims 
of domestic violence and their children who are 
exposed to domestic violence, or to victims of 
domestic violence with mental illness. 
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‘‘(E) In the case of 3 specific resource cen-
ters, the response of domestic violence service 
providers to victims of domestic violence who 
are members of racial and ethnic minority 
groups, to enhance the cultural and linguistic 
relevancy of service delivery, resource utiliza-
tion, policy, research, technical assistance, com-
munity education, and prevention initiatives. 
‘‘(c) TRAINING
AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
ON 
EMERGING ISSUES.—Under subsection (a)(2)(B), the Sec-
retary may award grants to support training and technical 
assistance that respond to emerging issues in the field of 
domestic violence that the Secretary may identify in con-
sultation with representatives from community-based do-
mestic violence service providers, State Domestic Violence 
Coalitions, national domestic violence organizations, and 
culturally specific services, including the provision of 
training and technical assistance on the complex issues ad-
dressing emerging immigrant communities and providing 
cross-cultural leadership development and training. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under subsection (b)(1)(A) or subparagraph 
(A), (B), (C), or (D) of subsection (b)(2) and sub-
section (c), an entity shall be a private nonprofit or-
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ganization that focuses primarily on domestic vio-
lence or is a public or private nonprofit education in-
stitution that has a domestic violence institute, cen-
ter, or programs related to culturally specific issues 
in domestic violence and that— 
‘‘(A) provides documentation to the Sec-
retary demonstrating experience working di-
rectly on issues of domestic violence, and (in 
the case of an entity seeking a grant under sub-
section (b)(2)) demonstrating experience work-
ing directly in the corresponding specific special 
issue area described in subsection (b)(2); 
‘‘(B) includes on the entity’s advisory 
board representatives who are from domestic vi-
olence service programs and who are geographi-
cally and culturally diverse; 
‘‘(C) demonstrates the strong support of 
domestic violence service programs from across 
the Nation for the entity’s designation as a na-
tional resource center or a special issue re-
source center, as appropriate; and 
‘‘(D) demonstrates the capacity to act as a 
nationwide resource center. 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL INDIAN RESOURCE CENTER.— 
To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection 
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(b)(1)(B), an entity shall be a private nonprofit, 
nongovernmental organization that focuses primarily 
on issues of domestic violence within Indian tribes 
and that submits documentation to the Secretary 
demonstrating— 
‘‘(A) experience working with Indian tribes 
and tribal organizations to respond to domestic 
violence and the findings of section 901 of the 
Violence Against Women Department of Justice 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
3796gg–10 note); 
‘‘(B) experience providing Indian tribes 
with assistance in developing tribally-based pre-
vention and intervention services addressing do-
mestic violence and safety for Indian women 
consistent with the purposes of section 902 of 
the Violence Against Women and Department 
of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 3796gg–10 note); 
‘‘(C) strong support for the entity’s des-
ignation as the National Indian Resource Cen-
ter Addressing Domestic Violence and Safety 
for Indian Women from advocates working 
within Indian tribes to address domestic vio-
lence and the safety of Indian women; and 
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‘‘(D) a record of demonstrated effective-
ness in assisting Indian tribes with prevention 
and intervention services addressing domestic 
violence. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL ISSUE RESOURCE CENTERS CON-
CERNED
WITH
RACIAL
AND
ETHNIC
MINORITY 
GROUPS.—To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (b)(2)(E), an entity shall be an entity 
that— 
‘‘(A) is a private nonprofit organization 
that focuses primarily on issues of domestic vio-
lence in a racial or ethnic community, or is a 
public or private nonprofit educational institu-
tion that has a domestic violence institute, cen-
ter, or program related to culturally specific 
issues in domestic violence; and 
‘‘(B)(i) has documented experience in the 
areas of domestic violence prevention and serv-
ices, and experience relevant to the specific ra-
cial or ethnic population to which information, 
training, technical assistance, and outreach 
would be provided under the grant; 
‘‘(ii) demonstrates the strong support of 
advocates from across the Nation who are 
working to address domestic violence; 
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‘‘(iii) has a record of demonstrated effec-
tiveness in enhancing the cultural and linguistic 
relevancy of service delivery; 
‘‘(iv) has an advisory board or steering 
committee and staffing that are reflective of the 
targeted community; and 
‘‘(v) demonstrates the capacity to act as a 
nationwide resource center. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—Each entity re-
ceiving a grant under this section shall submit a perform-
ance report to the Secretary annually and in such manner 
as shall be reasonably required by the Secretary. Such per-
formance report shall describe the activities that have been 
carried out with such grant funds, contain an evaluation 
of the effectiveness of the activities, and provide such addi-
tional information as the Secretary may reasonably re-
quire. 
‘‘SEC. 311. GRANTS TO STATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALI-
TIONS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall award grants for 
the funding of State Domestic Violence Coalitions. 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.—From the amount re-
served under section 303 to carry out this section for a 
fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
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Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States 
Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands an amount equal to 1⁄56 of the total re-
served amount. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—Each coalition desiring a grant 
under this section shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary determines to be essential to 
carry out the objectives of this section. Only one State Do-
mestic Violence Coalition, as defined in 302(10), may be 
selected from each State. The application submitted by the 
coalition for the grant shall provide documentation of the 
coalition’s work, satisfactory to the Secretary, dem-
onstrating that the coalition— 
‘‘(1) meets all of the applicable requirements 
set forth in this title; and 
‘‘(2) demonstrates the ability to appropriately 
conduct all activities described in this section, as in-
dicated by— 
‘‘(A) documented experience in admin-
istering Federal grants to conduct the activities 
described in subsection (d); or 
‘‘(B) a documented history of active par-
ticipation in the activities described in para-
graphs (1), (3), (4), and (5) of subsection (d) 
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and a demonstrated capacity to conduct the ac-
tivities described in subsection (d)(2). 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A coalition that receives a 
grant under this section shall use the grant funds for ad-
ministration and operations to further the purposes of do-
mestic violence intervention and prevention, through ac-
tivities that— 
‘‘(1) shall include working with local domestic 
violence service programs and providers of direct 
services to encourage appropriate and comprehensive 
responses to domestic violence against adults or 
youth within the State involved, including providing 
training and technical assistance and conducting 
State needs assessments; 
‘‘(2) shall include participating in planning and 
monitoring the distribution of subgrants and 
subgrant funds within the State under section 
308(a); 
‘‘(3) shall include working in collaboration with 
service providers and community-based organizations 
to address the needs of adult and youth domestic vi-
olence and dating violence victims, and their depend-
ents, who are members of racial and ethnic minority 
populations and underserved populations; 
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‘‘(4) may include collaborating with and pro-
viding information to entities in such fields as hous-
ing, health care, mental health, social welfare, or 
business to support the development and implemen-
tation of effective policies, protocols, and programs 
that address the safety and support needs of adult 
and youth victims of domestic violence; 
‘‘(5) may include working with judicial and law 
enforcement agencies to encourage appropriate re-
sponses to cases of domestic violence against adults 
or youth; 
‘‘(6) may include working with family law 
judges, criminal court judges, child protective service 
agencies, and children’s advocates to develop appro-
priate responses to child custody and visitation 
issues in cases of child exposure to domestic violence 
and in cases in which both domestic violence and 
child abuse are present; and 
‘‘(7) may include designing and conducting 
public education campaigns regarding domestic vio-
lence against adults and youth, that may provide in-
formation to the public about prevention of domestic 
violence, including information targeted to under-
served populations. 
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‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING.—No funds made 
available to entities under this section shall be used, di-
rectly or indirectly, to influence the issuance, amendment, 
or revocation of any executive order or similar promulga-
tion by any Federal, State, or local agency, or to under-
take to influence the passage or defeat of any legislation 
by Congress, or by any State or local legislative body, or 
State proposals by initiative petition, except that the rep-
resentatives of the entity may testify or make other appro-
priate communication— 
‘‘(1) when formally requested to do so by a leg-
islative body, a committee, or a member of the body 
or committee; or 
‘‘(2) in connection with legislation or appropria-
tions directly affecting the activities of the entity. 
‘‘(f) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—Each entity re-
ceiving a grant under this section shall submit a perform-
ance report to the Secretary at such time as shall be rea-
sonably required by the Secretary. Such performance re-
port shall describe the activities that have been carried out 
with such grant funds, contain an evaluation of the effec-
tiveness of such activities, and provide such additional in-
formation as the Secretary may reasonably require. 
‘‘(g) INDIAN REPRESENTATIVES.—For purposes of 
this section, a State Domestic Violence Coalition may in-
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clude representatives of Indian tribes and tribal organiza-
tions. 
‘‘SEC. 312. SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR ABUSED PARENTS 
AND THEIR CHILDREN. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish 
a grant program to expand the capacity of family vi-
olence, domestic violence, and dating violence service 
programs and community-based programs to prevent 
future domestic and dating violence by addressing 
the needs of children and youth exposed to domestic 
violence. 
‘‘(2) 
GRANTS.—The 
Secretary 
may 
make 
grants to eligible entities through the program es-
tablished under paragraph (1) for periods of not 
more than 3 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 submitted under subsection (c), the Secretary 
may renew the grant for 1 additional period of not 
more than 3 years. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an entity shall be a local or 
domestic violence or dating violence service provider or 
community-based organization with a demonstrated record 
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of serving victims of domestic violence and dating violence 
and their children. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant under 
this section shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary may reasonably require, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(1) a description of how the entity will 
prioritize the safety of, and confidentiality of infor-
mation about, adult and youth victims of domestic 
violence and their children; 
‘‘(2) a description of how the entity will provide 
developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate 
services, and linguistically and culturally appropriate 
services, to the victims and children; and 
‘‘(3) a description of how the entity will ensure 
that professionals working with the children receive 
the training and technical assistance appropriate 
and relevant to the unique needs of children exposed 
to domestic violence and address the safety of the 
non-abusing parent, and support the parent or care-
taker’s ongoing caregiving capacity. 
‘‘(d) USE
OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a 
grant under this section for a family violence, domestic 
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violence, and dating violence service or community-based 
program described in subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) shall use the funds made available through 
the grant— 
‘‘(A) to provide direct counseling, appro-
priate services, or advocacy on behalf of victims 
of domestic violence and their children, includ-
ing coordinating services with services provided 
by the child welfare system or local law enforce-
ment agencies; 
‘‘(B) to provide services for abused parents 
to support those parents’ roles as caregivers 
and their roles in responding to the social, emo-
tional, and developmental needs of their chil-
dren; and 
‘‘(C) where appropriate, to provide the 
services described in this subsection while work-
ing with such an abused parent and child to-
gether; and 
‘‘(2) may use the funds made available through 
the grant— 
‘‘(A) to provide early childhood develop-
ment and mental health services; 
‘‘(B) to coordinate activities with and pro-
vide technical assistance to community-based 
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organizations serving victims of domestic vio-
lence or children exposed to domestic violence; 
‘‘(C) to provide services including advocacy 
efforts on behalf of victims of domestic violence 
and dating violence and their minor children 
with respect to issues related directly to domes-
tic violence or dating violence, including advo-
cacy with the child welfare system; and 
‘‘(D) to provide additional services and re-
ferrals to services for children, including child 
care, transportation, educational support, res-
pite care, supervised visitation, legal services or 
other necessary services. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—Each entity re-
ceiving a grant under this section shall submit a perform-
ance report to the Secretary at such time as shall be rea-
sonably required by the Secretary. Such performance re-
port shall describe the activities that have been carried out 
with such grant funds, contain an evaluation of the effec-
tiveness of such activities, and provide such additional in-
formation as the Secretary may reasonably require. 
‘‘SEC. 
313. 
NATIONAL 
DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE 
HOTLINE 
GRANT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary— 
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‘‘(1) shall award a grant to a nonprofit, non-
governmental entity to provide for the establishment 
and operation of a 24-hour national, toll-free tele-
phone hotline to provide information and assistance 
to adults and youth victims of domestic violence and 
dating violence, family and household members of 
such victims, and those collaterally affected by the 
victimization; and 
‘‘(2) may award a grant to a nonprofit, non-
governmental entity to provide for the establishment 
and operation of a 24-hour national, toll-free 
helpline providing specialized information and assist-
ance to youth victims of domestic violence and dat-
ing violence, family and household members of such 
victims, and those collaterally affected by the victim-
ization. 
‘‘(b) TERM.—The Secretary shall award grants under 
this section for a period of not more than 5 years. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL APPROVAL.—The provision of pay-
ments 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. 
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‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an entity shall 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) demonstrate that the applicant has the 
technological capacity to respond to the projected 
national hotline call or electronic communication vol-
ume; 
‘‘(3) include a complete description of the appli-
cant’s plan for the operation of a national domestic 
violence and dating violence hotline or youth 
helpline, including descriptions of— 
‘‘(A) the hiring criteria and qualifications 
for personnel; 
‘‘(B) the training program for personnel, 
including technology training to ensure that all 
persons affiliated are able to effectively operate 
any technological systems; 
‘‘(C) the methods for the creation, mainte-
nance, and updating of a comprehensive re-
source database; 
‘‘(D) a plan for publicizing the availability 
of services to adults, youth, racial and ethnic 
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minorities, underserved populations, American 
Indians, Alaska Native, older individuals, and 
individuals with disabilities and impairments; 
‘‘(E) a plan for providing hotline services 
to users with limited English proficiency; in-
cluding service through personnel who speak 
languages other than English; 
‘‘(F) a plan for facilitating access to serv-
ices by persons with hearing impairments; 
‘‘(G) a comprehensive disaster prepared-
ness and recovery plan; and 
‘‘(H) a comprehensive privacy and con-
fidentiality policy that includes provisions for 
nondisclosure of any personally identifying in-
formation or individual information collected or 
received in connection with services requested, 
utilized, or denied through such grantee’s pro-
gram, including provisions that protect person-
ally identifying information or individual infor-
mation that may be collected, received, or main-
tained in any form, including electronically; 
‘‘(4) demonstrate the ability to safely and se-
curely provide information and referrals for callers 
and electronic communicators, directly connect hot-
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line callers to service providers, and appropriately 
link electronic communicators to service providers; 
‘‘(5) demonstrate that the applicant has a com-
mitment to the provision of services to youth, racial 
and ethnic minorities, underserved populations, 
American Indians, Alaska Natives, older individuals, 
and individuals with disabilities and impairments; 
‘‘(6) demonstrate that the applicant has recog-
nized expertise in the area of domestic violence and 
dating violence and a record of high quality service 
to victims of domestic violence and dating violence 
and— 
‘‘(A) in an application to provide national 
hotline services under subsection (a)(1)— 
‘‘(i) demonstrate that the applicant 
has the capacity to effectively operate a 
24-hour national, toll-free hotline that 
principally serves victims of domestic vio-
lence and dating violence; 
‘‘(ii) demonstrate that the primary 
purpose of the applicant is to provide serv-
ices to victims of domestic violence and 
dating violence or demonstrate a signifi-
cant collaboration with a nonprofit, non-
governmental entity, the primary purpose 
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of which is to provide services to victims of 
domestic violence or dating violence; 
‘‘(iii) demonstrate meaningful collabo-
ration in developing the application with 
service providers, including coalitions, with 
specialized expertise in serving youth, ra-
cial and ethnic minorities, underserved 
populations, American Indians, Alaska Na-
tives, older individuals, and individuals 
with disabilities and impairments; and 
‘‘(iv) demonstrate support from do-
mestic violence and dating violence advo-
cacy groups, community-based service pro-
viders, and State or tribal coalitions; or 
‘‘(B) in an application to provide national 
youth 
helpline 
services 
under 
subsection 
(a)(2)— 
‘‘(i) demonstrate that the applicant 
has the capacity to use innovative techno-
logical approaches and methods of commu-
nication to effectively operate a 24-hour 
national, toll-free youth helpline that prin-
cipally serves youth victims of domestic vi-
olence and dating violence; 
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‘‘(ii) demonstrate that the primary 
purpose of the applicant is to provide serv-
ices to youth victims of domestic violence 
and dating violence or demonstrate signifi-
cant collaboration with a nonprofit, non-
governmental entity, the primary purpose 
of which is to provide services to youth vic-
tims of domestic violence or dating vio-
lence; 
‘‘(iii) demonstrate meaningful collabo-
ration in developing the application with 
service providers, including coalitions, with 
specialized expertise in serving youth from 
racial and ethnic minorities, underserved 
populations, American Indian tribes, and 
Alaska Native Villages; and 
‘‘(iv) demonstrate that the applicant 
has support from various dating violence 
advocacy groups, community-based youth 
service providers, and state or tribal coali-
tions; 
‘‘(7) demonstrate that the applicant complies 
with nondisclosure requirements as described in sec-
tion 306(c)(5); 
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‘‘(8) demonstrate a plan for developing and fol-
lowing comprehensive quality assurance practices; 
and 
‘‘(9) contain such other information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
‘‘(e) HOTLINE AND HELPLINE ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity that receives a 
grant under subsection (a)(1) shall use funds made 
available through the grant to establish and operate 
a 24-hour national, toll-free telephone hotline to pro-
vide information and assistance to adult and youth 
victims of domestic violence and dating violence. An 
entity that receives a grant under subsection (a)(2) 
shall use funds made available through the grant to 
establish and operate a 24-hour national, toll-free 
helpline providing specialized information and assist-
ance to youth victims of domestic violence and dat-
ing violence through the use of innovative ap-
proaches and methods of communication that effec-
tively outreach to the particular interests and per-
spectives of youth victims of domestic violence and 
dating violence. 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED
AND
AUTHORIZED
ACTIVI-
TIES.—In operating the hotline or youth helpline, 
the entity— 
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‘‘(A) shall contract with a carrier for the 
use of a toll-free telephone line and an internet 
service provider that provides the capability to 
communicate electronically, through text mes-
saging, internet chat or other innovative and 
appropriate methods of communication while 
demonstrating due diligence to assess and ad-
dress the confidentiality and safety of users; 
‘‘(B) shall employ, train (including tech-
nology training), and supervise personnel to re-
spond to incoming requests for services, provide 
crisis intervention, advocacy, and referral serv-
ices on a 24-hour-a-day basis, and directly con-
nect hotline callers to service providers or ap-
propriately link electronic communicators to 
service providers; 
‘‘(C) shall assemble and maintain a cur-
rent and comprehensive database of information 
relating to services for adult and youth victims 
of domestic violence and dating violence to 
which users may be referred throughout the 
States, American Indian Tribes and Alaska Na-
tive Villages, including information on the avail-
ability of services for adult and youth victims of 
domestic violence and dating violence; 
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‘‘(D) shall provide assistance and referrals 
to ethnic and racial minorities, persons with 
limited English proficiency, individuals in un-
derserved populations, American Indian Tribes, 
Alaska Native Villages, older individuals, and 
individuals with disabilities and impairments, 
and shall maintain a current resource database 
of specialized programs whose primary purpose 
is providing competent services to individuals 
from these populations; 
‘‘(E) shall publicize available services to 
potential users throughout the States, including 
Tribal communities and Alaska Native Villages; 
‘‘(F) may provide appropriate assistance 
and referrals for family and household members 
of adult and youth victims of domestic violence 
or dating violence and those collaterally affected 
by the victimization; 
‘‘(G) at the discretion of the hotline or 
helpline operator, may provide assistance or re-
ferrals to self-identified adult and youth per-
petrators of domestic violence and dating vio-
lence, but shall not be required to provide as-
sistance or referrals in any circumstance where 
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the hotline or helpline operator suspects the 
safety of a victim may be endangered; and 
‘‘(H) may collect and disseminate non-per-
sonally identifying data about demographics, 
trends, unmet needs, and other issues gathered 
from 
users 
in 
compliance 
with 
section 
306(c)(5). 
‘‘(f) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—Entities receiving 
a grant under this section shall submit a performance re-
port 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. 314. GRANTS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
provide for the awarding of grants to assist communities 
in mobilizing and organizing resources in support of effec-
tive and sustainable programs that will address domestic 
violence and dating violence experienced by adult and 
youth underserved populations, including racial and ethnic 
minority individuals. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.—The Sec-
retary, acting through the Family Violence Prevention and 
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Services Program, shall award planning, implementation, 
and evaluation grants to eligible entities to assist in devel-
oping, implementing, and evaluating culturally and lin-
guistically appropriate, community-driven strategies to ad-
dress domestic violence and dating violence. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an entity shall— 
‘‘(1) represent a collaboration— 
‘‘(A) whose principal purpose is to develop 
and implement interventions and prevention 
strategies to address domestic violence and dat-
ing violence in a targeted underserved popu-
lation in the community served by the collabora-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) that includes— 
‘‘(i) at least 3 members selected 
among— 
‘‘(I) at least one member from a 
community-based organization with a 
proven record of serving and rep-
resenting the targeted underserved 
population in the community; 
‘‘(II) at least one member from a 
local victim services program; 
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‘‘(III) Indian tribes, American 
Indian, Alaska Native tribal nonprofit 
organizations, or national American 
Indian organizations; 
‘‘(IV) community health centers; 
and 
‘‘(V) nonprofit, nongovernmental 
legal services programs that provide 
specialized services for domestic vio-
lence and dating violence victims; and 
‘‘(2) submit to the Secretary an application at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such in-
formation as the Secretary may require, which shall 
include— 
‘‘(A) a description of the targeted under-
served population in the community to be 
served under the grant; 
‘‘(B) a description of at least one access 
barrier that exists in the underserved targeted 
population, such as lack of— 
‘‘(i) awareness of domestic violence 
and dating violence issues or dynamics; 
‘‘(ii) access to or awareness of domes-
tic violence and dating violence services 
and responses; or 
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‘‘(iii) linguistically or culturally appro-
priate domestic violence and dating vio-
lence services; 
‘‘(C) documentation that procedures have 
been developed to ensure the grantees and sub-
grantees’ compliance with all grant conditions 
as described in section 302(c); and 
‘‘(D) a demonstration of a proven record of 
accomplishment of the collaboration members in 
serving and working with the targeted commu-
nity, or a written commitment to developing 
such competence. 
‘‘(d) PLANNING GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
one-time grants to eligible entities described in sub-
section (c) to support the planning and development 
of culturally and linguistically appropriate programs 
that utilize community-driven intervention and pre-
vention strategies that address the barriers to do-
mestic violence and dating violence services, raise 
awareness of domestic violence and dating violence 
and promote community engagement in the preven-
tion of domestic violence and dating violence within 
the targeted underserved population in the commu-
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nity to be served under the grant. 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 the targeted community, 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 the 
community and targeted adult and youth un-
derserved population to determine what the bar-
riers are to access and the factors contributing 
to the barriers, using input from the targeted 
community; 
‘‘(D) participate in workshops sponsored 
by the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
Program for technical assistance, 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 
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the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
Program; 
‘‘(F) identify promising intervention and 
prevention strategies; 
‘‘(G) develop a plan with the input of the 
targeted community 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 dating violence, and 
promoting community engagement in the 
prevention of domestic violence and dating 
violence within the targeted racial or ethnic 
or other underserved population; 
‘‘(ii) identifying other sources of rev-
enue and integrating current and proposed 
funding sources to ensure long-term sus-
tainability of the program; and 
‘‘(iii) evaluating the program, includ-
ing collecting data and measuring progress 
toward addressing domestic violence and 
dating violence or raising awareness of do-
mestic violence and dating violence in the 
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targeted racial or ethnic or other adult and 
youth underserved population; 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 24 months, 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) to enable such enti-
ties 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 
the targeted adult and youth underserved popu-
lation, in an effective and timely manner; 
‘‘(B) collect data appropriate for moni-
toring and evaluating the program carried out 
under the grant; 
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‘‘(C) analyze and interpret data, or col-
laborate with academic or other appropriate in-
stitutions, for such analysis and collection; 
‘‘(D) participate in conferences and work-
shops for the purpose of informing and edu-
cating others regarding the experiences and les-
sons learned from the project; 
‘‘(E) collaborate with appropriate partners 
to publish the results of the project for the ben-
efit of other domestic violence and dating 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; 
‘‘(I) evaluate the implementation of the 
planned activities above; and 
‘‘(J) use up to 5 percent of funds awarded 
under this subsection to procure technical as-
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sistance from a list of providers approved by 
the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
Program. 
‘‘(2) DURATION.—The period during which 
payments may be made under a grant under para-
graph (1) shall not exceed 5 years with an extension 
up to 10 years total. Such payments shall be subject 
to annual approval by the Secretary and to the avail-
ability of appropriations for the fiscal year involved. 
‘‘(f) EVALUATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award 
grants to eligible entities that have received an im-
plementation grant under subsection (e) that require 
additional assistance for the purpose of rigorous 
data analysis, program evaluation (including process 
and outcome measures), or dissemination of find-
ings. 
‘‘(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 planning grant 
under subsection (d); or 
‘‘(ii) implemented activities of the 
type described in subsection (c)(1); and 
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‘‘(B) entities that incorporate best prac-
tices or build on successful models in their ac-
tion plan, including the use of community advo-
cates. 
‘‘(g) SUSTAINABILITY.—The Secretary shall give pri-
ority to an eligible entity under this section if the entity 
agrees that, with respect to the costs to be incurred by 
the entity in carrying out the activities for which the grant 
was awarded, the entity (and each of the participating 
partners in the collaboration represented by the entity) 
will maintain its expenditures of non-Federal funds for 
such activities at a level that is not less than the level 
of such expenditure during the fiscal year immediately 
preceding the first fiscal year for which the grant is 
awarded. 
‘‘(h) NONSUPPLANTATION.—Federal funds 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. 
‘‘(i) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, EVALUATION
AND 
MONITORING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(A) up to 5 percent of the funds made 
available under section 303(c) for each fiscal 
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year may be used by the Secretary for evalua-
tion, monitoring and other administrative costs 
under this section; and 
‘‘(B) up to 3 percent of the funds made 
available under section 303(c) for each fiscal 
year 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. 
‘‘(j) ADMINISTRATIVE
BURDENS.—The Secretary 
shall make every effort to minimize duplicative or unneces-
sary administrative burdens on the grantees. 
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‘‘SEC. 315. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCE-
MENT AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH ALLI-
ANCES (DELTA). 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
grants to statewide nonprofit organizations to establish 
and operate projects to engage in primary prevention of 
domestic violence and dating violence including violence 
committed by and against youth, using a coordinated com-
munity response model and through prevention and edu-
cation programs. 
‘‘(b) TERM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
a grant or enter into a cooperative agreement under 
this section for a period of not more than 5 fiscal 
years. 
‘‘(2) CONTINUATION
OF
SUCCESSFUL
PRO-
GRAMS.—For grants that are identified under this 
section and that are deemed by the Secretary to be 
successful in meeting the objectives of the initial 
grant solicitation, the Secretary may extend the du-
ration of those grants for up to 5 additional years 
beyond their scheduled expiration without the re-
quirement for a recompetition. The Secretary may 
extend such grants for an additional 5 years fol-
lowing a second review in accordance with subsection 
(c), and the determination by the Secretary that the 
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objectives of the grant are being achieved. Grants 
awarded before fiscal year 2009 may be extended 
further at the discretion of the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an entity shall be a State Domestic 
Violence Coalition. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—An organization that desires to 
receive a grant under this section shall— 
‘‘(1) submit to the Secretary an application, in 
such form and in such manner as the Secretary shall 
prescribe, that demonstrates the capacity of the ap-
plicant and partnering local domestic violence service 
providers and community-based organizations to un-
dertake the project and contains such other informa-
tion, agreements, and assurances as the Secretary 
may require; 
‘‘(2) demonstrate that applicants have experi-
ence in providing, or the capacity to provide, preven-
tion focused training and technical assistance; 
‘‘(3) identify the means through which the pop-
ulations in the community to be served shall be se-
lected; 
‘‘(4) demonstrate collaborative community ini-
tiatives to prevent domestic violence and dating vio-
lence; 
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‘‘(5) demonstrate that the applicant has a com-
mitment to diversity, and to the provision of services 
and outreach to ethnic, racial, and non-English 
speaking minorities, victims and children in under-
served populations, and older individuals and indi-
viduals with disabilities; 
‘‘(6) demonstrate the capacity of the applicant, 
who may enter into a partnership with a local do-
mestic violence service provider or community-based 
organization, to undertake the project involved; and 
‘‘(7) demonstrate that the applicant has the ca-
pacity to monitor and fund local coordinated com-
munity responses. 
‘‘(e) GEOGRAPHICAL DISPERSION.—The Secretary 
shall provide grants under this section to and enter into 
cooperative agreements under this section with organiza-
tions in communities geographically dispersed throughout 
the Nation. 
‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity that receives a 
grant under subsection (a) shall use the funds made 
available through the grant or agreement to estab-
lish and operate a community project to coordinate 
services for the prevention of and intervention in do-
mestic violence and dating violence. 
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‘‘(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, 
EVALUATION 
AND MONITORING.—The Secretary may use a por-
tion of the funds provided under this section to— 
‘‘(A) provide technical assistance; 
‘‘(B) monitor the performance of entities 
carrying out activities under the grants or coop-
erative agreements; and 
‘‘(C) conduct an independent evaluation of 
the program carried out under this section. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing and op-
erating a project under this section, an eligible enti-
ty shall develop, replicate, or conduct domestic vio-
lence and dating violence primary prevention pro-
grams that reduce risk factors and promote protec-
tive factors that reduce the likelihood of domestic vi-
olence and dating violence and shall— 
‘‘(A) use not more than 75 percent of 
awarded funds to subcontract with local victim 
service providers and community-based pro-
grams to develop and implement such plans; 
‘‘(B) in the case of a new grantee, use at 
least one and at most three years for planning 
and capacity building without subcontracting as 
described above; and 
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‘‘(C) use up to 8 percent of funds awarded 
under this section to procure technical assist-
ance from a list of providers approved by the 
Secretary and peer-to-peer technical assistance 
from other grantees under this section. 
The Secretary shall award funds in amounts (A) not 
less than $200,000 per year and (B) not more than 
$1,000,000 per year. 
‘‘(g) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—Each entity re-
ceiving a grant under this section shall submit a perform-
ance report to the Secretary at such time as shall be rea-
sonably required by the Secretary. Such performance re-
port shall describe activities that have been carried out 
with the funds made available through the grant, contain 
an evaluation of the effectiveness of such activities, and 
provide such additional information as the Secretary may 
reasonably require. The Secretary shall make the evalua-
tions received under this subsection publicly available on 
the Department of Health and Human Services website. 
The reports shall also be submitted to the Committee on 
Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate. 
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‘‘SEC. 316. GRANTS TO ENHANCE CULTURALLY AND LIN-
GUISTICALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES FOR RA-
CIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, through the Director of the Family 
Violence Prevention and Services Program, shall award 
competitive grants to enhance culturally competent serv-
ices for adult and youth victims of domestic violence from 
racial and ethnic minority groups. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The purposes of the pro-
gram authorized by this section is 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 do-
mestic violence and dating violence intervention 
and prevention for individuals from racial and 
ethnic minority groups who face obstacles to 
using more traditional services and resources; 
‘‘(B) strengthen the capacity and further 
the leadership development of individuals in ra-
cial and ethnic minority groups to address do-
mestic violence and dating violence in their 
communities; and 
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‘‘(C) address the needs of individuals with-
in racial and ethnic minority groups who are 
also underserved as a result of disabilities, geo-
graphic isolation, immigration status, age, or 
sexual orientation, and other populations deter-
mined to be underserved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) Funds awarded to eligible entities, as 
described in subsection (c), shall be used to es-
tablish or enhance domestic violence and dating 
violence intervention and prevention efforts that 
address distinctive culturally competent re-
sponses to domestic violence and dating violence 
in racial and ethnic minority groups. 
‘‘(B) In carrying out subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary may award initial planning and 
capacity building grants to those eligible enti-
ties that are establishing new culturally com-
petent programs. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall ensure that 
awards are made, to the extent practical, only 
on a competitive basis, and 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. 
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‘‘(D) Not more than 3 percent of the funds 
reserved under section 303(a)(3)(A)(v) for any 
fiscal year shall be available for technical assist-
ance to be used by the grantees to access train-
ing and technical assistance from organizations 
that are on a list of providers approved by the 
Director to provide training and technical as-
sistance regarding the provision of effective cul-
turally competent, community-based services for 
racial and ethnic minority groups. 
‘‘(E) Not more than 2 percent of the funds 
reserved under section 303(a)(3)(A)(v) for any 
fiscal year shall be available to the Director for 
training and technical assistance for grantees. 
‘‘(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 
The Secretary shall develop a list of approved tech-
nical assistance providers having a demonstrated ex-
pertise in and whose primary purpose is addressing 
the development and provision of culturally com-
petent community-based services to victims of do-
mestic violence and dating violence from the tar-
geted populations to provide training and technical 
assistance for grantees. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 
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 or dating violence from racial and ethnic 
minority groups; or 
‘‘(B) a local domestic violence or dating vi-
olence organization that has developed or in-
tends to develop a specific program to provide 
culturally and linguistically specific services to 
victims of domestic violence and dating violence 
from racial and ethnic minority groups that has 
previously established or intends to establish a 
partnership with a community-based organiza-
tion whose primary purpose is providing cul-
turally competent services to victims of domes-
tic violence and dating violence from racial and 
ethnic minority groups; and 
‘‘(C) 
a 
community-based 
organization 
whose primary purpose is providing culturally 
competent services to individuals from racial 
and ethnic minority groups that can partner 
with an organization having demonstrated ex-
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pertise in serving victims of domestic violence 
and dating violence; and 
‘‘(2) have an advisory board or steering com-
mittee 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 Secretary shall award 
grants for a 3-year period. 
‘‘(f) NONEXCLUSIVITY.—Nothing in this section shall 
be interpreted to exclude linguistic and culturally specific 
community-based organizations or programs from apply-
ing for other sources of funding available through this Act. 
‘‘(g) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—Each entity re-
ceiving funds under this section shall file a performance 
report at such times as requested by the Secretary describ-
ing the activities that have been carried out with such 
grant funds and providing such additional information as 
the Secretary may require.’’. 
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SEC. 3. SAFE HAVENS FOR CHILDREN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1301 of the Victims of 
Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (42 
U.S.C. 10420) is transferred to the end of subtitle L of 
the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 
14043c et seq.) and redesignated as section 41205 of the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The table of contents for the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 41204 the 
following: 
‘‘Sec. 41205. Safe havens for children.’’. 
(2) REPEAL.—The table of contents for the 
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 
of 2000 (Public Law 106–386) is amended by strik-
ing the item relating to section 1301. 
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