or a nonprofit private organization that focuses primarily 
on issues of family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
violence as it relates to American Indians and Alaska Na-
tives, and submit an application to the Secretary that 
shall— 
‘‘(1) contain such agreements, assurances, and 
information, be in such form, and be submitted in 
such manner, as the Secretary shall prescribe; 
‘‘(2) include a complete description of the appli-
cant’s plan for the operation of a national Indian do-
mestic violence hotline and digital services, including 
descriptions of— 
‘‘(A) the training program for advocacy 
personnel, including training on the provision of 
culturally appropriate services, Federal Indian 
law and Tribal laws impacting Indian victims of 
family violence, domestic violence, or dating vio-
lence, and resources and referrals for such vic-
tims; 
‘‘(B) the qualifications of the applicant 
and the hiring criteria and qualifications for ad-
vocacy personnel, to ensure that hotline advo-
cates and other personnel have demonstrated 
knowledge of Indian legal, social, and cultural 
issues, to ensure that the unique needs of In-
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dian callers and users of digital services are 
met; 
‘‘(C) the methods for the creation, mainte-
nance, and updating of a resource database of 
culturally appropriate victim services and re-
sources available from Indian Tribes and Tribal 
organizations; 
‘‘(D) a plan for publicizing the availability 
of the national Indian hotline and digital serv-
ices to Indian victims of family violence, domes-
tic violence, and dating violence; 
‘‘(E) a plan for providing service to callers 
and digital services users with limited English 
proficiency, including service through advocacy 
personnel who have non-English language capa-
bility; 
‘‘(F) a plan for facilitating access to hot-
line and digital services by persons with disabil-
ities, including individuals who are deaf or hard 
of hearing or are blind or have visual impair-
ments, and for training hotline and digital serv-
ices personnel in assisting persons with disabil-
ities when those persons are accessing the hot-
line and digital services; and 
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‘‘(G) a plan for providing assistance and 
referrals to Indian youth victims of family vio-
lence, domestic violence, and dating violence, 
which plan may be carried out through a na-
tional Indian youth dating violence hotline and 
other digital services and resources; 
‘‘(3) demonstrate recognized expertise providing 
services, including information on healthy relation-
ships and referrals for Indian victims of family vio-
lence, domestic violence, or dating violence and co-
ordinating services with Indian Tribes or Tribal or-
ganizations; 
‘‘(4) demonstrate support from Indian victim 
services programs, Tribal Domestic Violence Coali-
tions and Tribal grantees under this title; 
‘‘(5) demonstrate capacity and the expertise to 
maintain a domestic violence hotline, digital services 
and a comprehensive database of service providers 
from Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations; 
‘‘(6) demonstrate compliance with nondisclosure 
requirements as described in section 302A(b) and 
following comprehensive quality assurance practices; 
and 
‘‘(7) contain such other information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
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‘‘(e) INDIAN HOTLINE ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity that receives a 
grant under this section shall use funds made avail-
able through the grant for the purpose described in 
subsection (a), consistent with paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In establishing and oper-
ating the hotline and digital services, the entity— 
‘‘(A) shall contract with a carrier for the 
use of a 24-hour toll-free telephone line and an 
internet service provider for operating digital 
services in accessible formats including TTY 
and interpreter services, where applicable; 
‘‘(B) shall employ, train (including pro-
viding technology training), and supervise per-
sonnel to answer incoming calls and digital 
services contacts, provide counseling, healthy 
relationship information, and referral services 
for Indian callers and digital services users on 
a 24-hour-a-day basis, directly connect callers, 
and assist digital services users in connecting to 
service providers; 
‘‘(C) shall assemble and maintain a data-
base of information relating to services for In-
dian victims of family violence, domestic vio-
lence, or dating violence to which Indian callers 
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or digital services users may be referred, includ-
ing information on the availability of shelter 
and supportive services for victims of family vi-
olence, domestic violence, or dating violence; 
‘‘(D) shall widely publicize the hotline and 
digital services (and, as appropriate, in acces-
sible formats, including formats compliant with 
the most recent Web Content Accessibility 
Guidelines or successor guideline as applicable) 
throughout Indian Tribes and communities, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) national and regional member or-
ganizations of Indian Tribes; 
‘‘(ii) Tribal domestic violence services 
programs; and 
‘‘(iii) Tribal nonprofit victim service 
providers; 
‘‘(E) at the discretion of the hotline oper-
ator or digital services provider, may provide— 
‘‘(i) appropriate assistance and refer-
rals for family and household members of 
Indian victims of family violence, domestic 
violence, or dating violence, and Indians 
affected by the victimization described in 
subsection (a); and 
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‘‘(ii) assistance, or referrals for coun-
seling or intervention, for identified Indian 
perpetrators, including self-identified per-
petrators, of family violence, domestic vio-
lence, or dating violence, but shall not be 
required to provide such assistance or re-
ferrals in any circumstance in which the 
hotline operator or digital services provider 
fears the safety of a victim may be im-
pacted by an abuser or suspected abuser. 
‘‘(f) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—The entity receiv-
ing a grant under this section shall submit a report to 
the Secretary at such time as shall be reasonably required 
by the Secretary. Such 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. 117. ADDITIONAL GRANT PROGRAMS. 
The Act (42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after section 313A, as added by this Act, the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 313B. GRANTS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
provide grants to assist communities in mobilizing and or-
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ganizing resources in support of effective and sustainable 
programs to prevent and address family violence, domestic 
violence, and dating violence, experienced by underserved 
populations. 
‘‘(b) PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Family Violence Preven-
tion and Services Program, shall award grants to eli-
gible entities to assist in capacity building for, or 
planning, developing, or implementing of, culturally 
and linguistically appropriate, community-driven 
strategies to prevent and intervene in family vio-
lence, domestic violence, and dating violence, in un-
derserved populations. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall 
be— 
‘‘(A) a population-specific organization— 
‘‘(i) that has demonstrated experience 
and expertise in providing population-spe-
cific services in the relevant underserved 
populations; or 
‘‘(ii) that is working in partnership 
with a victim service provider or domestic 
violence or sexual assault coalition; or 
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‘‘(B) a victim service provider that is offer-
ing population-specific services for a specific 
underserved population. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant 
under this subsection shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may 
require. Such application shall include a description 
of the targeted underserved population to be served 
under the grant and how grant funds will be used 
in accordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives 
a grant under this subsection— 
‘‘(A) shall use the grant funds to support 
the capacity building, planning, developing, or 
implementing of programs for the targeted un-
derserved population that— 
‘‘(i) utilize community-driven interven-
tion and prevention strategies that address 
the barriers to access to family violence, 
domestic violence, and dating violence serv-
ices; 
‘‘(ii) raise awareness of family vio-
lence, domestic violence, and dating vio-
lence; and 
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‘‘(iii) promote community engagement 
in the prevention of family violence, domes-
tic violence, and dating violence; and 
‘‘(B) may use the grant funds to— 
‘‘(i)(I) expand collaboration with com-
munity partners that can provide appro-
priate assistance to the targeted under-
served populations; and 
‘‘(II) establish linkages with national, 
State, Tribal, or local public and private 
partners, which may include community 
health workers, advocacy organizations, 
and policy organizations; 
‘‘(ii) develop and implement commu-
nity engagement strategies, including the 
establishment 
of 
community 
working 
groups; 
‘‘(iii) conduct a needs assessment of a 
targeted underserved population to deter-
mine the barriers to access described in 
subparagraph (A)(i) and factors contrib-
uting to such barriers, using input from 
the targeted underserved population; 
‘‘(iv) procure or participate in evi-
dence-based training and technical assist-
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ance for program development, implemen-
tation, evaluation, and other programmatic 
issues; 
‘‘(v) identify or implement promising 
intervention and prevention strategies; 
‘‘(vi) develop a plan, with the input of 
the targeted underserved population, that 
includes strategies for— 
‘‘(I) implementing intervention 
and prevention strategies that dem-
onstrate potential for addressing the 
barriers to access, raising awareness 
of family violence, domestic violence, 
and dating violence, and promoting 
community engagement in the preven-
tion of family violence, domestic vio-
lence, and dating violence, within tar-
geted underserved populations; 
‘‘(II) identifying other sources of 
revenue (besides funds appropriated 
to carry out this section) and inte-
grating current and proposed funding 
sources to ensure long-term sustain-
ability of the program carried out by 
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the eligible entity under this sub-
section; and 
‘‘(III) conducting evaluations, in-
cluding collecting data and measuring 
progress toward addressing family vio-
lence, domestic violence, and dating 
violence, or towards raising awareness 
of family violence, domestic violence, 
and dating violence, in targeted un-
derserved populations; 
‘‘(vii) implement a plan described in 
clause (vi); 
‘‘(viii) collect, analyze, or interpret 
data appropriate for monitoring and evalu-
ating the program carried out under this 
subsection, which may include collabora-
tion with academic or other appropriate in-
stitutions; 
‘‘(ix) collaborate with appropriate 
partners to disseminate information gained 
from the program to expand the reach of 
the information; 
‘‘(x) develop policy initiatives for sys-
tems change to address the barriers de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(i) or the 
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awareness issues described in subpara-
graph (A)(ii); and 
‘‘(xi) conduct an evaluation of the ca-
pacity building, planning, development, or 
implementation activities conducted using 
the grant funds. 
‘‘(5) DURATION.—The period during which 
payments may be made under a grant under this 
subsection shall not exceed 5 years, except in a case 
in which the Secretary determines that extraordinary 
circumstances exist. 
‘‘(c) EVALUATION GRANTS, AGREEMENTS, AND CON-
TRACTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants or enter into cooperative agreements or con-
tracts with eligible entities that have received a 
grant under subsection (b) for the purpose of addi-
tional data analysis (in addition to the analysis de-
scribed in subsection (b)(4)(B)(viii)), program eval-
uation, which may include evaluating the process 
used by the program and evaluating the program 
outcome measures, and dissemination of findings. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant or to enter into a cooperative agree-
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ment or contract under this subsection, an entity 
shall be an organization that— 
‘‘(A) has received a grant under subsection 
(b); and 
‘‘(B) is working in collaboration with an 
entity specializing in program evaluation. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant, 
cooperative agreement, or contract under this sub-
section shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(d) NONSUPPLANTATION.—Funds provided under 
this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant 
other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to 
provide services and activities that promote the purposes 
of this section. 
‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EVALUATION, AND 
MONITORING.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of the amounts appro-
priated under section 303(e) for each fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) up to 5 percent may be used by the 
Secretary for evaluation, monitoring, and other 
administration under this section; and 
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‘‘(B) up to 3 percent may be used by the 
Secretary for technical assistance under para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED
BY 
GRANTEES.—The Secretary shall enable recipients of 
grants under subsection (b) to share (including 
through conferences) best practices, evaluation re-
sults, reports, and other pertinent information re-
garding the programs and projects funded under 
this section with other entities serving underserved 
populations. 
‘‘(3) REPORTS.—Each entity receiving funds 
under this section shall file a report at such times 
as requested by the Secretary describing the activi-
ties that have been carried out with funds under this 
section and providing such additional information as 
the Secretary may require. 
‘‘SEC. 313C. GRANTS TO ENHANCE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC 
SERVICES. 
‘‘(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
through the Director of the Family Violence Prevention 
and Services Program, shall establish a grant program to 
establish or enhance culturally specific services for victims 
of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence 
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from underserved racial and ethnic populations and other 
underserved populations. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The purposes of the grant 
program under this section are to— 
‘‘(A) develop and support innovative cul-
turally specific community-based programs to 
enhance access to shelter or supportive services 
to further the purposes of family violence, do-
mestic violence, and dating violence intervention 
and prevention for all victims of family violence, 
domestic violence, or dating violence from un-
derserved racial and ethnic populations and 
other underserved populations, who face obsta-
cles to using more traditional services and re-
sources; 
‘‘(B) strengthen the capacity and further 
the leadership development of individuals in un-
derserved racial and ethnic populations and 
other underserved populations, to address fam-
ily violence, domestic violence, and dating vio-
lence in their communities; and 
‘‘(C) promote strategic partnership devel-
opment and collaboration, including with health 
programs, early childhood programs, economic 
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support programs, schools, child welfare pro-
grams, workforce development programs, do-
mestic violence programs, other community- 
based programs, faith-based programs, and 
youth programs, in order to further a public 
health approach to addressing family violence, 
domestic violence, and dating violence. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
award grants to eligible entities for programs 
for the targeted populations to establish or en-
hance family violence, domestic violence, and 
dating violence intervention and prevention ef-
forts that address distinctive culturally specific 
responses to family violence, domestic violence, 
and dating violence in underserved racial and 
ethnic populations and other underserved popu-
lations. 
‘‘(B) NEW
PROGRAMS.—In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary may award initial 
planning and capacity building grants to eligible 
entities that are establishing new programs in 
order to support the planning and development 
of culturally specific programs. 
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‘‘(C) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that grants are awarded under this 
section, to the extent practical, only on a com-
petitive basis, and that a grant is awarded for 
a proposal only if the proposal has been rec-
ommended for such an award through a process 
of peer review. 
‘‘(D) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Up to 5 
percent of funds appropriated under section 
303 and made available to carry out this sec-
tion for a fiscal year shall be available for train-
ing and technical assistance to be used by the 
grantees to access evidence-based training and 
technical assistance, including from centers de-
scribed in section 310, regarding the provision 
of effective culturally specific, community-based 
services for underserved racial and ethnic popu-
lations and other underserved populations. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible for a grant 
under this section, an entity shall be a private nonprofit, 
nongovernmental organization that is— 
‘‘(1) a community-based organization whose pri-
mary purpose is providing culturally specific services 
to victims of family violence, domestic violence, and 
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dating violence from underserved racial and ethnic 
populations and other underserved populations; or 
‘‘(2) a community-based organization whose pri-
mary purpose is providing culturally specific services 
to individuals from underserved racial and ethnic 
populations and other underserved populations, that 
can partner with an organization having dem-
onstrated expertise in serving victims of family vio-
lence, domestic violence, and dating violence. 
‘‘(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 context, and cultural context that is 
most appropriate for the individuals for whom the infor-
mation and services are intended. 
‘‘(e) GRANT PERIOD.—The Secretary shall award 
grants under this section for a 3-year period, with a pos-
sible extension of another 2 years to further implementa-
tion of the projects under the grant. 
‘‘(f) NONEXCLUSIVITY.—Nothing in this section shall 
be interpreted to exclude linguistically and culturally spe-
cific community-based entities from applying for other 
sources of funding available under this title. 
‘‘(g) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—Each entity re-
ceiving funds under this section shall file a performance 
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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.’’. 
SEC. 118. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCE-
MENT AND LEADERSHIP. 
Section 314 (42 U.S.C. 10414) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 314. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCE-
MENT AND LEADERSHIP. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this section are— 
‘‘(1) to continue efforts to build evidence for ef-
fective primary and secondary prevention practices, 
programs, and policies, that reduce and end family 
violence, domestic violence, and dating violence; and 
‘‘(2) to advance primary and secondary preven-
tion efforts related to family violence, domestic vio-
lence, and dating violence, through the establish-
ment, operation, and maintenance of State, Tribal, 
and local community projects. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts 
appropriated under section 303(d), the Secretary shall 
provide— 
‘‘(1) grants or cooperative agreements under 
subsection (c) to eligible coalitions to build organiza-
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tional capacity and leadership for primary and sec-
ondary prevention of family violence, domestic vio-
lence, and dating violence, including work with other 
systems central to prevention at the State, Tribal, 
and local levels; 
‘‘(2) grants or cooperative agreements under 
subsection (d) to eligible entities to— 
‘‘(A) implement and test innovative family 
violence, domestic violence, and dating violence 
prevention models, particularly models for those 
programs serving culturally specific or tradi-
tionally underserved populations; and 
‘‘(B) scale up family violence, domestic vio-
lence, and dating violence prevention models 
with promising or demonstrated evidence of ef-
fectiveness; and 
‘‘(3) grants under subsection (e) to eligible enti-
ties to expand the capacity of communities and sys-
tems to engage in effective primary and secondary 
prevention efforts related to family violence, domes-
tic violence, and dating violence. 
‘‘(c) GRANTS
OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO 
BUILD PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PREVENTION CAPAC-
ITY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS.— 
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‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant or cooperative agreement under this sub-
section, an entity shall be a State Domestic Violence 
Coalition or Tribal Domestic Violence Coalition. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—An eligible coalition seek-
ing a grant or cooperative agreement under this sub-
section shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require, including 
a demonstration of the coalition’s prevention work 
and ability to conduct the activities described in 
paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—A coalition that receives 
a grant or cooperative agreement under this sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) shall use the grant or cooperative 
agreement funds to— 
‘‘(i) build the coalition’s organiza-
tional and leadership capacity to advance 
evidence-informed primary and secondary 
prevention of family violence, domestic vio-
lence, and dating violence; 
‘‘(ii) provide prevention-focused train-
ing, technical assistance, peer learning op-
portunities, and other support to local do-
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mestic violence programs and other com-
munity-based and culturally specific pro-
grams working to address family violence, 
domestic violence, and dating violence; 
‘‘(iii) provide training and advocacy to 
State, Tribal, and local public and private 
entities on how to prevent family violence, 
domestic violence, and dating violence; and 
‘‘(iv) support dissemination of preven-
tion strategies and approaches throughout 
State, Tribal, or local communities; and 
‘‘(B) may use the grant or cooperative 
agreement funds to provide subgrants to local 
programs to support the dissemination of infor-
mation and resources on primary and secondary 
prevention programs or initiatives. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS.—Each coalition receiving a 
grant or cooperative agreement under this sub-
section shall submit a report to the Secretary at 
such time as the Secretary requires. Such report 
shall describe the activities that have been carried 
out with the grant or cooperative agreement funds 
and the effectiveness of such activities, and provide 
such additional information as the Secretary may re-
quire. 
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‘‘(d) GRANTS OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR IM-
PLEMENTATION, EVALUATION, AND SCALING OF PRIMARY 
AND SECONDARY PREVENTION STRATEGIES.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant or cooperative agreement under this sub-
section, an entity shall— 
‘‘(A) be a State Domestic Violence Coali-
tion or Tribal Domestic Violence Coalition; and 
‘‘(B) include representatives of pertinent 
sectors of the local community to be served, 
which may include— 
‘‘(i) health care providers; 
‘‘(ii) State, Tribal, or local health de-
partments serving the local community; 
‘‘(iii) the education community; 
‘‘(iv) the juvenile justice system; 
‘‘(v) family violence, domestic violence, 
or dating violence service program advo-
cates; 
‘‘(vi) faith-based organizations; 
‘‘(vii) public human service entities; 
‘‘(viii) business leaders; 
‘‘(ix) civic leaders; 
‘‘(x) child and youth-serving organiza-
tions; 
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‘‘(xi) community-based organizations 
whose primary purpose is to provide cul-
turally appropriate services to underserved 
populations, such as underserved racial 
and ethnic populations; and 
‘‘(xii) other pertinent sectors. 
‘‘(2) TERM.—Grants or cooperative agreements 
under this subsection shall be for a period of not 
more than 5 fiscal years. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—An entity that desires a 
grant or cooperative agreement under this sub-
section to carry out a project shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require, which shall include the informa-
tion described in each of the following subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(A) A complete description of— 
‘‘(i) the prevention models and strate-
gies to be implemented, tested, or scaled 
and partner organizations that will be im-
plementing a project to prevent family vio-
lence, domestic violence, and dating vio-
lence; 
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‘‘(ii) the coalition’s strategy to prevent 
family violence, domestic violence, and dat-
ing violence and the expected outcomes 
from the prevention activities to be carried 
out under the grant; 
‘‘(iii) the method to be used for identi-
fication and selection of project staff and 
a project evaluator; and 
‘‘(iv) the method to be used for identi-
fication and selection of a project council 
consisting of representatives of the commu-
nity sectors listed in paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(B) A demonstration that the coalition— 
‘‘(i) has developed collaborative rela-
tionships with diverse communities, includ-
ing organizations primarily serving cul-
turally specific or other underserved popu-
lations; and 
‘‘(ii) has the capacity to carry out col-
laborative community initiatives to prevent 
family violence, domestic violence, and dat-
ing violence. 
‘‘(C) Such other information, agreements, 
and assurances as the Secretary may require. 
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‘‘(4) GEOGRAPHICAL
DISPERSION.—The Sec-
retary shall award grants or cooperative agreements 
under this subsection to coalitions for States and 
Tribes that are geographically dispersed throughout 
the United States. 
‘‘(5) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—An entity that re-
ceives a grant or cooperative agreements under 
this subsection shall use the grant or coopera-
tive agreement funds to— 
‘‘(i) establish, operate, maintain, and 
evaluate a project that involves a coordi-
nated community response to reduce risk 
factors for family violence, domestic vio-
lence, and dating violence perpetration and 
enhance protective factors to promote posi-
tive development and healthy relationships 
and communities; and 
‘‘(ii) if such a project shows promising 
or demonstrated evidence of effectiveness, 
scale up such project. 
‘‘(B) 
REQUIREMENTS.—In 
establishing 
and operating a project under this paragraph, 
an entity shall— 
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‘‘(i) utilize evidence-informed preven-
tion project planning; 
‘‘(ii) recognize and address the needs 
of underserved populations, such as under-
served racial and ethnic populations and 
persons with disabilities, through culturally 
specific responses; and 
‘‘(iii) expand family violence, domestic 
violence, and dating violence prevention 
and intervention strategies among local do-
mestic violence programs and other com-
munity-based programs. 
‘‘(6) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each entity receiving 
a grant or cooperative agreement under this 
subsection shall submit a report to the Sec-
retary at such time as the Secretary requires. 
Such report shall contain an evaluation that de-
scribes the activities that have been carried out 
with the grant or cooperative agreement funds 
and the effectiveness of such activities, and pro-
vide such additional information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
‘‘(B) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall 
make the evaluation reports received under this 
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paragraph publicly available on the Department 
of Health and Human Services website, and 
submit such reports to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
Senate and the Committee on Education and 
Workforce of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(e) GRANTS TO EXPAND COMMUNITY-BASED PRE-
VENTION.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall— 
‘‘(A) be a private nonprofit, nongovern-
mental organization (which may include a faith- 
based or charitable organization) or a Tribal or-
ganization that is— 
‘‘(i) a community-based organization 
whose primary purpose is providing cul-
turally specific services to underserved ra-
cial and ethnic populations or other under-
served populations; 
‘‘(ii) a community-based organization 
with a program focused on serving youth 
or serving children and their parents or 
caregivers; or 
‘‘(iii) a community-based organization 
that offers legal services to help victims of 
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family violence, domestic violence, and dat-
ing violence and that works to serve the 
needs of underserved racial and ethnic 
populations, other underserved populations, 
youth, or children and their parents or 
caregivers; and 
‘‘(B) have a demonstrated record of serv-
ing victims of family violence, domestic violence, 
and dating violence, or demonstrate a partner-
ship with another organization that has such a 
record. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant 
under this subsection shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may 
require, including— 
‘‘(A) a description of how the entity will 
develop, expand, or replicate evidence-informed 
strategies and approaches for primary and sec-
ondary prevention efforts related to family vio-
lence, domestic violence, and dating violence in 
the community of the entity, including cul-
turally and linguistically appropriate primary 
and secondary prevention programming; 
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‘‘(B) documents that demonstrate that the 
entity meets all of the applicable requirements 
set forth in this subsection; and 
‘‘(C) a demonstration that the entity is 
able to appropriately conduct primary and sec-
ondary prevention efforts related to family vio-
lence, domestic violence, and dating violence. 
‘‘(3) TERM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), grants under this subsection 
shall be for a period of not more than 4 years. 
‘‘(B) 
RENEWAL.—The 
Secretary 
may 
renew a grant awarded under this subsection 
for one additional period of not more than 4 
years if the Secretary determines that the eligi-
ble entity that has received such grant has been 
successful in meeting the objectives of the grant 
application submitted by the entity. 
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives 
a grant under this subsection shall use the grant 
funds to— 
‘‘(A) build the organizational capacity of 
the entity and enhance the leadership of the or-
ganization of the entity within the community 
to promote community engagement in, and ad-
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vancement of, evidence-informed primary and 
secondary prevention efforts related to family 
violence, domestic violence, and dating violence; 
‘‘(B) promote strategic primary and sec-
ondary prevention partnership development, in-
cluding between any domestic violence pro-
grams, health programs, early childhood pro-
grams, economic support programs, schools, 
child welfare programs, workforce development 
programs, culturally specific community-based 
organizations, faith-based programs, commu-
nity-based organizations serving persons with 
disabilities, including individuals who are deaf 
or hard of hearing, and youth programs; and 
‘‘(C) support dissemination of strategies 
and approaches for primary and secondary pre-
vention efforts related to family violence, do-
mestic violence, and dating violence to States, 
territories, Tribal organizations, and Tribes. 
‘‘(5) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—An entity that 
receives a grant under this subsection may use not 
more than 5 percent of the funds awarded under 
this subsection to procure technical assistance 
from— 
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‘‘(A) a list of providers approved by the 
Secretary; or 
‘‘(B) other grantees under this subsection. 
‘‘(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EVALUATION, AND 
MONITORING.—The Secretary may use a portion of the 
funds appropriated to carry out this section to provide for 
the evaluation, monitoring, administration, and technical 
assistance of programs authorized under subsection (b).’’. 
TITLE II—TEEN DATING 
VIOLENCE PREVENTION 
SEC. 201. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. 
Section 1708(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300u–7(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘adolescents and projects’’ 
and inserting ‘‘adolescents, projects’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘among adolescents’’ and 
all that follows through the period and inserting 
‘‘among adolescents (particularly projects to re-
duce the incidence of teen dating violence), and 
projects to increase abuse awareness, education, 
and prevention.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$5,000,000 
for fiscal year 1993, and such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 
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1997’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2027 through 2031’’. 
TITLE III—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act (including an amendment 
made by this Act) or the application of such provision to 
any person, entity, government, or circumstance, is held 
to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act (includ-
ing the amendments made by this Act), or the application 
of such provision to all other persons, entities, govern-
ments, or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. 
Æ 
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