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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 2259 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to make improvements. · Sec. 14

Sec. 14. Specialized services for abused parents and their children

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Section 312 ( 42 U.S.C. 10412 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1)— by striking dating violence service programs and community-based programs to prevent future domestic violence by addressing, in an appropriate manner, the needs of children and inserting culturally specific community-based programs to serve children and youth ; and by inserting , and to support the caregiving capacity of adult victims before the period; and in paragraph (2), by striking more than 2 and inserting less than 3 ; in subsection (b)— by inserting or State domestic violence services after local ; by inserting a culturally specific organization, after associations), ; by striking tribal organization and inserting Tribal organization ; by inserting adult and child after serving ; and by striking and their children ; and in subsection (c)— by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: a description of how the entity will prioritize the safety of, and confidentiality of information about adult and child victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence; ; in paragraph (2), by striking developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate services, and culturally and linguistically appropriate services, to the victims and children; and and inserting trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, age-appropriate, and culturally and linguistically appropriate services to children and youth and their adult caregivers; ; in paragraph (3), by striking appropriate and relevant to the unique needs of children exposed to family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence. and inserting relevant to the unique needs of children and youth exposed to family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, and address the parent's or caregiver's ongoing caregiving capacity; and ; and by adding at the end the following: a description of prevention activities targeting child and youth victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence. ; in subsection (d)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking community-based program described in subsection
(a)and inserting culturally specific, community-based program ; in paragraph (1)(A)— by striking victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence and their children and inserting child and adult victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence ; and by inserting or the health system before the semicolon; and in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (B), by striking community-based organizations serving victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence or children exposed to family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence and inserting health, education, or other community-based organizations serving adult and child victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence ; and in subparagraph (C), by inserting health, after transportation, ; and in subsection (e)— by inserting shall participate in an evaluation and after under this section ; and by striking contain an evaluation of and inserting information on .
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