SEC. 608. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title not more than $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2010 through 2014. 
TITLE VII—SUPPORT FOR PREG-
NANT AND PARENTING TEENS 
SEC. 701. GRANTS TO STATES. 
The Secretary shall make grants to States to allow 
early childhood education programs, including Head Start, 
to work with pregnant or parenting teens to complete high 
school and prepare for college or for vocational education. 
TITLE 
VIII—IMPROVING 
SERV-
ICES FOR PREGNANT WOMEN 
WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMES-
TIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIO-
LENCE, AND STALKING 
SEC. 801. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Pregnant and recently pregnant women are 
more likely to be victims of homicide than to die of 
any other causes, and evidence exists that a signifi-
cant proportion of all female homicide victims are 
killed by their intimate partners. 
(2) A 2001 study published by the Journal of 
the American Medical Association found that mur-
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der is the number one cause of death among preg-
nant women. 
(3) 
Research 
suggests 
that 
injury-related 
deaths, including homicide and suicide, account for 
approximately one-third of all maternal mortality 
cases, while medical reasons make up the rest. 
Homicide is the leading cause of death overall for 
pregnant women, followed by cancer, acute and 
chronic respiratory conditions, motor vehicle colli-
sions 
and 
drug 
overdose, 
peripartum 
and 
postpartum cardiomyopthy, and suicide. 
SEC. 802. PROGRAM TO SUPPORT PREGNANT WOMEN WHO 
ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2010 and each 
subsequent fiscal year, the Attorney General, through the 
Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, may 
award grants to States, to be used for any of the following 
purposes: 
(1) To assist States in providing intervention 
services, accompaniment, and supportive social serv-
ices for eligible pregnant women who are victims of 
domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking. 
(2) To provide for technical assistance and 
training (as described in subsection (c)) relating to 
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violence against eligible pregnant women to be made 
available to the following: 
(A) Federal, State, tribal, territorial, and 
local governments, law enforcement agencies, 
and courts. 
(B) Professionals working in legal, social 
service, and health care settings. 
(C) Nonprofit organizations. 
(D) Faith-based organizations. 
(b) STATE ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant 
under subsection (a), a State shall— 
(1) submit to the Attorney General an applica-
tion in such time and manner, and containing such 
information, as specified by the Attorney General; 
and 
(2) for a grant made for a fiscal year beginning 
on or after the date that is one year after the date 
of the enactment of this title, satisfy the require-
ment under section 803, relating to female homicide 
victim determinations and death certificates. 
(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AND TRAINING DE-
SCRIBED.—For purposes of subsection (a)(2), technical 
assistance and training is— 
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(1) the identification of eligible pregnant women 
experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, or 
stalking; 
(2) the assessment of the immediate and short- 
term safety of such a pregnant woman, the evalua-
tion of the impact of the violence or stalking on the 
pregnant woman’s health, and the assistance of the 
pregnant woman in developing a plan aimed at pre-
venting further domestic violence, dating violence, or 
stalking, as appropriate; 
(3) the maintenance of complete medical or fo-
rensic records that include the documentation of any 
examination, treatment given, and referrals made, 
recording the location and nature of the pregnant 
woman’s injuries, and the establishment of mecha-
nisms to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of 
those medical records; and 
(4) the identification and referral of the preg-
nant woman to appropriate public and private non-
profit entities that provide intervention services, ac-
companiment, and supportive social services. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this title: 
(1) ACCOMPANIMENT.—The term ‘‘accompani-
ment’’ means assisting, representing, and accom-
panying a woman in seeking judicial relief for child 
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support, child custody, restraining orders, and res-
titution for harm to persons and property, and in fil-
ing criminal charges, and may include the payment 
of court costs and reasonable attorney and witness 
fees associated therewith. 
(2) ELIGIBLE PREGNANT WOMAN.—The term 
‘‘eligible pregnant woman’’ means any woman who is 
pregnant on the date on which such woman becomes 
a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, or 
stalking or who was pregnant during the one-year 
period before such date. 
(3) 
INTERVENTION
SERVICES.—The 
term 
‘‘intervention services’’ means, with respect to do-
mestic violence, dating violence, or stalking, 24-hour 
telephone hotline services for police protection and 
referral to shelters. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the 
District of Columbia, any commonwealth, possession, 
or other territory of the United States, and any In-
dian tribe or reservation. 
(5) SUPPORTIVE SOCIAL SERVICES.—The term 
‘‘supportive social services’’ means transitional and 
permanent housing, vocational counseling, and indi-
vidual and group counseling aimed at preventing do-
mestic violence, dating violence, or stalking. 
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