SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING OR DEVELOPING 
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OR TRAINING ON 
PREVENTING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE. 
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 399V–8 GRANT PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING OR DEVEL-
OPING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OR TRAIN-
ING ON PREVENTING TEEN DATING VIO-
LENCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
shall establish within the Office of Family Violence Pre-
vention and Services a program (in this section referred 
to as the ‘Program’) to award grants on a competitive 
basis to covered entities for providing to or developing for 
schools and youth-serving organizations evidence-based 
educational resources or training on preventing teen dat-
ing violence and forming healthy relationships, including 
awarding grants for— 
‘‘(1) providing or developing— 
‘‘(A) physical or digital materials that are 
designed to improve awareness on how to recog-
nize, prevent, and safely report teen dating vio-
lence; 
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‘‘(B) professional development training for 
teachers, school leaders, school officials, and 
specialized instructional support personnel on 
how to recognize signs of abuse resulting from 
teen dating violence, identify different types of 
such abuse, intervene in cases of such abuse, 
and provide referrals to support services for vic-
tims of such abuse; and 
‘‘(C) workshops at schools or youth-serving 
organizations for students, parents, and teach-
ers that provide information about preventing 
teen dating violence and forming healthy rela-
tionships; 
‘‘(2) supporting or expanding existing edu-
cational resources or training on preventing teen 
dating violence and forming healthy relationships; 
and 
‘‘(3) recruiting and retaining domestic and sex-
ual violence professionals to provide or develop edu-
cational resources or training on preventing teen 
dating violence and forming healthy relationships. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—A covered entity may apply for 
a grant under the Program by submitting to the Secretary 
an application in such form, at such time, and containing 
such information as the Secretary determines appropriate, 
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which shall include a description of the initiative, activity, 
program, or training the covered entity proposes to pro-
vide or develop using such grant. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—In providing or developing 
educational resources or training on preventing teen dat-
ing violence and forming healthy relationships, a covered 
entity shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure that any person providing or devel-
oping educational resources or training using grant 
funds is adequately trained to provide or develop 
such resources or training; and 
‘‘(2) ensure that domestic and sexual violence 
professionals, school leaders, school officials, special-
ized instructional support personnel, staff of youth- 
serving organizations, and parents are involved in 
the design of any educational resources or training 
provided or developed using such a grant. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘community-based organization’ 
means a nonprofit, nongovernmental, or Tribal orga-
nization that serves a specific geographic community 
and— 
‘‘(A) focuses primarily on preventing teen 
dating violence or forming healthy relationships; 
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‘‘(B) has established a specialized program 
on preventing teen dating violence or forming 
healthy relationships; or 
‘‘(C) obtains expertise, or shows dem-
onstrated capacity to work effectively, on pre-
venting teen dating violence or forming healthy 
relationships. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered entity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a community-based organization or 
health agency with experience in providing or 
developing educational programs on preventing 
teen dating violence and forming healthy rela-
tionships for children, adolescents, or young 
adults, as determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) a local educational agency seeking to 
provide, develop, expand, or support educational 
programs on preventing teen dating violence 
and forming healthy relationships for children, 
adolescents, or young adults, as determined by 
the Secretary; 
‘‘(C) a youth-serving organization seeking 
to provide, develop, expand, or support edu-
cational programs on preventing teen dating vi-
olence and forming healthy relationships for 
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children, adolescents, or young adults, as deter-
mined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(D) a faith-based organization seeking to 
provide, develop, expand, or support educational 
programs on preventing teen dating violence 
and forming healthy relationships for children, 
adolescents, or young adults, as determined by 
the Secretary; or 
‘‘(E) a provider of an after-school pro-
gram, including an elementary school, sec-
ondary school, local educational agency, youth- 
serving organization, or community-based orga-
nization, seeking to provide, develop, expand, or 
support educational programs on preventing 
teen dating violence and forming healthy rela-
tionships for children, adolescents, or young 
adults, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘domestic and sexual violence 
professional’ means a person, whether paid or serv-
ing as a volunteer, who provides or develops edu-
cational resources or training on preventing teen 
dating violence and forming healthy relationships as 
part of, or under the supervision of, a victim services 
program. 
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‘‘(4) The terms ‘elementary school’, ‘evidence- 
based’, ‘local educational agency’, ‘parent’, ‘profes-
sional development’, ‘school leader’, ‘secondary 
school’, and ‘specialized instructional support per-
sonnel’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
‘‘(5) The term ‘teen dating violence’ means inti-
mate relationship violence committed by or against 
people over the age of 11 and under the age of 19, 
including— 
‘‘(A) intimate partner violence; 
‘‘(B) physical, sexual, financial, emotional, 
technological, or psychological abuse; 
‘‘(C) harassment; and 
‘‘(D) stalking. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘youth-serving organization’ 
means an organization that runs a supervised pro-
gram designed for children, adolescents, or young 
adults that fosters learning and development for 
attendees outside of school, including— 
‘‘(A) before school hours; 
‘‘(B) after school hours; 
‘‘(C) during school holidays; or 
‘‘(D) on days when school is out of session. 
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‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.’’. 
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