Sec. 19. Analysis of Federal support for financial stability among survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence
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Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study and issue a report that includes— a review of what is known about the number of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence in the United States; statistical data, where available, for recent fiscal years, on the number of survivors described in paragraph (1); a description of the key Federal programs providing survivors described in paragraph
(1)with financial and non-financial support; an analysis of the gaps in current Federal programs, in terms of benefit adequacy and benefit coverage for the population of survivors described in paragraph (1); a demographic analysis of the distribution of the gaps described in paragraph (4), for groups including racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, tribal populations, and individuals who are geographically isolated; a review of challenges that could affect program utilization by the population of survivors described in paragraph (1); an indication of the extent to which Federal agencies or departments currently administering programs described in paragraph
(3)have taken steps to ensure that survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence have access to programs that will support their financial stability; and information on the outreach efforts conducted pursuant to section 308 on outreach to racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, tribal populations, and individuals who are geographically isolated, to determine ways— to increase the availability of services relating to domestic violence, dating violence, and family violence for such groups; and to ensure access to such services.