goals of the National Domestic Violence Prevention 
Action Plan. 
(c) PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES.—The National Domes-
tic Violence Prevention Action Plan shall include a coher-
ent, comprehensive, and sustained program of activities 
that include actions to expand, intensify, and coordinate 
meaningful and effective prevention programs in all states, 
tribal and U.S. territories. Such programs will: 
(1) Embrace a human rights-based approach 
that acknowledges that domestic violence is a viola-
tion of human rights and accounts for the disparate 
impact of domestic violence on marginalized commu-
nities. 
(2) Address prevention of any and all forms of 
domestic violence, including all violence that happens 
across the life course; violence in public and private 
spheres; violence in the workplace, including within 
U.S. Armed Forces; and violence in national con-
texts. 
(3) Address the root causes, prevalence, and 
impact of any and all forms of domestic violence, in-
cluding social and cultural norms and other associ-
ated factors. 
(4) Tailor strategies to address factors, includ-
ing but not limited to, race, color, religion, national 
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or social origin, marital status, housing status, sex-
ual orientation, HIV/AIDS status, migrant or ref-
ugee status, age, disability, or any other relevant 
characteristics and any of these in combination that 
contribute to higher rates of any and all forms of 
domestic violence. 
(5) Identify gaps in any and all existing domes-
tic violence prevention programs with the goal of ad-
dressing the gaps in future work. 
(6) Support government and non-government 
organizations and community networks to drive ac-
tivity at the State and local level and ensure coordi-
nated action across all states and localities. 
(7) Support independent research on emerging 
issues that impact any and all forms of domestic vio-
lence. 
(8) Collect, communicate, and analyze com-
prehensive 
qualitative 
and 
quantitative 
data, 
disaggregated by sex, race, age, ethnicity, and other 
relevant characteristics, on the nature, prevalence, 
and impact of any and all forms of domestic vio-
lence. 
(9) Build quantity and quality of professionals 
involved in the prevention of any and all forms of 
domestic violence. 
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(10) Support broader efforts to ensure gender 
equality and engage people of all genders and 
sexualities in combating any and all forms of domes-
tic violence. 
(d) MEDIA CAMPAIGN.—The National Domestic Vio-
lence Prevention Action Plan shall include a media cam-
paign led by the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices to facilitate direct, ongoing, and meaningful engage-
ment with the public as it relates to domestic violence pre-
vention. 
(1) PURPOSE OF MEDIA CAMPAIGN.— 
(A) educate the public on prevention of 
any and all forms of domestic violence; 
(B) engage with the public on bystander 
empowerment and education; 
(C) teach safe and healthy relationship 
skills through social-emotional learning; 
(D) create protective environments through 
improved school climate, workplace climate, 
community climate, as well as, Federal, State, 
local, tribal, and organizational policies; 
(E) disrupt the developmental pathways to-
wards domestic violence through parenting and 
family relationship programs, treatment for at- 
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risk children, faith-based programs, and other 
culturally specific programming; and 
(F) combat the stigmas associated with 
any and all forms of domestic violence. 
(2) CONTENT OF MEDIA CAMPAIGN.—The De-
partment of Health and Human Services shall create 
a media campaign or enter into a contract with an 
outside agency using strategies demonstrated to be 
the most effective at achieving the goals and require-
ments of paragraph (a), which shall include, but not 
limited to: 
(A) The development of national, local, re-
gional, or population specific messaging, includ-
ing messaging specific to professional groups, 
such as public health leaders, health care pro-
viders, early childhood and child care providers, 
domestic violence providers, faith-based leaders, 
educators, military leaders, and community- 
based and culturally specific child and family 
serving organizations. 
(B) The development of social media cam-
paigns to reach targeted populations. 
(C) The development of a website to pub-
licize and disseminate information. 
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(D) The development of informational and 
educational pamphlets and brochures. 
(E) The development of webinars to edu-
cate and provide support. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the De-
partment of Health and Human Services to carry 
out this section, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2025 through 2029. 
SEC. 5. STRENGTHEN INFORMATION TO STATE DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE COALITIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PRE-
VENTION ACTION PLAN. 
(a) DISSEMINATION
OF INFORMATION.—The Na-
tional Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan Steering 
Committee, acting through the Department of Health and 
Human Services, shall develop and disseminate to State 
domestic violence coalitions information on the National 
Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan and its re-
spected Media Campaign. 
SEC. 6. ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VI-
OLENCE PREVENTION ACTION PLAN. 
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than the 
first Monday in October following the year of enactment, 
and biannually thereafter, the National Domestic Violence 
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Prevention Action Plan Steering Committee shall submit 
to Congress in the form of written correspondence a Na-
tional Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan. 
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