3.0.0 2259 2022-11-01T13:50:25Z 2022-11-01T13:50:25Z Senate S 2019-07-24 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-24T22:19:47Z Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2019 116 5041 HR 2019-11-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9155) Related bill CRS 2019-07-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-07-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2019-07-24 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-12-16 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-12-16 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2020-09-17 False Families Community life and organization Crime prevention Crime victims Domestic violence and child abuse Family services Health programs administration and funding Homelessness and emergency shelter Families 00 2019-07-24 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-25T20:47:16Z Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2019

This bill modifies, expands, and reauthorizes through FY2024 the Family Violence and Prevention Services program, which funds emergency shelters and supports related assistance for victims of domestic violence.

Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants and enter cooperative agreements with state and tribal domestic violence coalitions, and community-based organizations, to support prevention services. Depending on the type of organization, grant recipients must use funding to (1) provide technical assistance; (2) promote evidence-informed prevention strategies; (3) implement coordinated, community responses to reduce risk factors for family violence; and (4) develop prevention partnership strategies, among other uses.

Further, HHS must award specified grants to organizations that provide population-specific services in underserved communities and to community-based organizations that provide culturally-competent domestic violence services to racial and ethnic minority groups. The bill also establishes a grants program for tribal domestic violence coalitions to support the provision of local, tribal, family domestic or dating violence services and requires HHS to award a grant for the administration of a hotline dedicated to serving Indians affected by domestic violence.

In addition, the bill modifies certain program-wide definitions; changes the requirements for specified grant applications, eligibility criteria, and use of funds; and makes other technical revisions.

]]> Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2019 Display Title Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to make improvements. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2259is/xml/BILLS-116s2259is.xml 2019-07-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.