Healing Partnerships for Survivors Act
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a new federal grant program to connect sexual assault survivors with health and wellness services and community partners. The bill would fund trauma-informed, culturally relevant care and strengthen partnerships between sexual assault programs and medical, behavioral health, and disability providers.
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- Survivors: Expands access to services like screening, therapy, support groups, holistic and somatic approaches, substance-use support, temporary housing, and case-management advocacy for survivors across the lifespan, including adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
- Community programs and coalitions: Makes state, territorial, and tribal sexual assault coalitions, community-based rape crisis and culturally specific organizations, and Indian tribes eligible for grants to develop or improve survivor support systems.
- Health systems and providers: Supports subgrants or contracts with health and wellness providers, behavioral health and disability programs to create coordinated, trauma-informed care and requires training, evaluation, and privacy protections.
- Technical assistance and administration: Allows up to 10 percent of funds for training and technical assistance and caps federal evaluation and administrative expenses at $5.0 million per year.
*If enacted, the bill would authorize $30.0 million per year for FY2026–FY2030 and allow up to $5.0 million annually for administration, increasing federal spending by those amounts.*
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More survivor support through grants
If enacted, the bill would create a new federal grant program to help survivors of sexual assault. It would authorize $30,000,000 each year for FY2026 through FY2030 to run the program. The Secretary would award grants to state, territorial, and tribal coalitions. Grants could also go to nonprofit rape crisis and culturally specific community programs and tribes. Grantees could fund trauma-informed services like screening, therapy, support groups, substance-use care, and temporary housing. They could provide advocacy, case management, referrals, and partner with health and disability providers. Up to 10% of funds each year could go to training and technical assistance providers. At least one TA recipient must show expertise with culturally specific communities. Grantees must report results and protect survivor privacy under applicable rules. The bill would also limit federal admin and evaluation spending to $5,000,000 per year.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
AK • R
Cosponsors
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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