Sec. 18. Additional grant programs
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The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act ( 42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: It is the purpose of this section to provide grants to assist communities in mobilizing and organizing resources in support of effective and sustainable programs that will prevent and address domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence experienced by underserved populations. The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Division of Family Violence Prevention and Services, shall award capacity building, implementation, and evaluation grants to eligible entities to assist in developing, implementing, and evaluating culturally and linguistically appropriate, community-driven strategies to prevent and address domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence in underserved populations.
To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall— with respect to the programs under subsections
(d)and (e), be— a population specific organization that has demonstrated experience and expertise in providing population specific services in the relevant underserved communities, or a population specific organization working in partnership with a victim service provider or domestic violence or sexual assault coalition; or a victim service provider offering population-specific services for a specific underserved population; or with respect to the program under subsection (f), be an eligible entity described in paragraph
(1)that is working in collaboration with an entity specializing in evaluation with documented experience working with targeted underserved populations. The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to support the capacity building, planning, and development of programs for underserved communities that utilize community-driven intervention and prevention strategies that address the barriers to domestic violence services, raise awareness of domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence and promote community engagement in the prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence in targeted underserved populations. Such grants may be used to— expand the collaboration with community partners who can provide appropriate assistance to the targeted underserved populations that are represented by the eligible entity through the identification of additional partners, particularly among targeted underserved communities; and establish linkages with national, State, Tribal, or local public and private partners, which may include community health workers, advocacy organizations, and policy organizations; establish community working groups; conduct a needs assessment of targeted underserved populations to determine the barriers to access and factors contributing to such barriers, using input from targeted underserved communities; participate in training and technical assistance sponsored by the Family Violence Prevention and Services program for program development, implementation, evaluation, and other programmatic issues; use up to 5 percent of funds awarded under this subsection to procure technical assistance from a list of providers approved by the Family Violence Prevention and Services program; identify promising intervention and prevention strategies; develop a plan with the input of targeted underserved communities that includes strategies for— implementing intervention and prevention strategies that have the greatest potential for addressing the barriers to accessing services, raising awareness of domestic violence, and promoting community engagement in the prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence within targeted underserved populations; identifying other sources of revenue and integrating current and proposed funding sources to ensure long-term sustainability of the program; and conducting performance measurement processes, including collecting data and measuring progress toward addressing domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence or raising awareness of domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence in targeted underserved populations; and conduct an evaluation of the planning and development activities. The period during which payments may be made under a grant under paragraph
(1)shall not exceed 4 years, except where the Secretary determines that extraordinary circumstances exist. The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities that have received a planning grant under subsection
(d)or who already have demonstrated experience and expertise in providing population specific services in the relevant underserved communities to enable such entities to— implement a plan including intervention services or prevention strategies to address the identified barrier or awareness issue or initiate the community engagement strategy for targeted underserved populations, in an effective and timely manner; design and implement a plan to evaluate the program, including collecting data appropriate for monitoring performance of the program carried out under the grant; analyze data consistent with the evaluation design, including collaborating with academic or other appropriate institutions for such analysis; participate in training for the purpose of informing and educating other entities regarding the experiences and lessons learned from the project; collaborate with appropriate partners to disseminate information gained from the project for the benefit of other domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence programs; establish mechanisms with other public or private groups to maintain financial support for the program after the grant terminates; develop policy initiatives for systems change to address the barriers or awareness issue; develop and implement community engagement strategies; maintain relationships with local partners and continue to develop new relationships with national and State partners; and use up to 5 percent of funds awarded under this subsection to procure technical assistance from a list of providers approved by the Family Violence Prevention and Services program. The Secretary shall award grants under this subsection for 4-year periods. The Secretary may award grants to eligible entities that have received an implementation grant under subsection
(e)and that require additional assistance for the purpose of executing the proposed evaluation design, including developing the design, collecting and analyzing data (including process and outcome measures), and disseminating findings. In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to— entities that in previous funding cycles— have received a grant under subsection (d); or established population specific organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in providing population-specific services in the relevant underserved communities programs; and entities that incorporate best practices or build on successful models in their action plan, including the use of community advocates. The period during which payments may be made under a grant under paragraph
(1)shall not exceed 4 years, except where the Secretary determines that extraordinary circumstances exist. 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 title. Of the funds appropriated under this section for each fiscal year— up to 5 percent may be used by the Secretary for evaluation, monitoring, and other administrative costs under this section; and up to 3 percent may be used by the Secretary for technical assistance. The Secretary shall enable grantees to share best practices, evaluation results, and reports using the internet, conferences, and other pertinent information regarding the projects funded by this section, including the outreach efforts of the Family Violence Prevention and Services program. Each entity receiving funds under this section shall file a performance report at such times as requested by the Secretary describing the activities that have been carried out with such grant funds and providing such additional information as the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall make every effort to minimize duplicative or unnecessary administrative burdens on the grantees. The Secretary shall establish a grant program to establish or enhance culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence from racial and ethnic minority populations. The purposes of the grant program under this section are to— develop and support innovative culturally specific community-based programs to enhance access to shelter services or supportive services to further the purposes of domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence intervention and prevention for all victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence from racial and ethnic minority populations who face obstacles to using more traditional services and resources; strengthen the capacity and further the leadership development of individuals in racial and ethnic minority populations to address domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence in their communities; and promote strategic partnership development and collaboration, including with health systems, early childhood programs, economic support programs, schools, child welfare, workforce development, domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence programs, other community-based programs, community-based organizations serving individuals with disabilities, faith-based programs, and youth programs, in order to further a public health approach to addressing domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence. The Secretary shall award grants to programs based in the targeted community to establish or enhance domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence intervention and prevention efforts that address distinctive culturally specific responses to domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence in racial and ethnic minority populations. 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. The Secretary shall ensure that grants are awarded, to the extent practical, only on a competitive basis, and that a grant is awarded for a proposal only if the proposal has been recommended for such an award through a process of peer review. Up to 5 percent of funds appropriated under this section for a fiscal year shall be available for technical assistance to be used by the grantees to access training and technical assistance from organizations that have entered into a cooperative agreement with the Director to provide training and technical assistance regarding the provision of effective culturally specific, community-based services for racial and ethnic minority populations. The Secretary shall enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with organizations having a demonstrated expertise in and whose primary purpose is addressing the development and provision of culturally specific, accessible, community-based services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence from the targeted populations to provide training and technical assistance for grantees. To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity shall— be a private nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that is— a community-based organization whose primary purpose is providing culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence from racial and ethnic minority populations; or a community-based organization whose primary purpose is providing culturally specific services to individuals from racial and ethnic minority populations that can partner with an organization having demonstrated expertise in serving victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence; and have a board of directors and staffing with demonstrated expertise in serving racial and ethnic minority populations. The Secretary shall ensure that information and services provided pursuant to this section are provided in the language, educational, and cultural context that is most appropriate for the individuals for whom the information and services are intended, and that information is made available in accessible formats as appropriate. The Secretary shall award grants for a 4-year period, with a possible extension of another 2 years to further implement the projects under the grant. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to exclude linguistically and culturally specific community-based entities from applying for other sources of funding available under this title. Each entity receiving funds under this section shall file a performance report at such times as requested by the Secretary describing the activities that have been carried out with such grant funds and providing such additional information as the Secretary may require. Of amounts made available to carry out this section, not more than 4 percent may be used by the Secretary for evaluation, monitoring, and other administrative costs under this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow a grantee to limit services to victims of domestic violence, dating, violence, or family violence on the basis of race or ethnicity. .
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