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119-hr-10565119th CongressWALLET

Sexual Abuse Services in Detention Act

Sponsored By: Representative Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]

Introduced

Summary

Expand emotional support for incarcerated sexual abuse survivors. This bill would create three linked federal programs to fund counseling and crisis services inside detention settings, train corrections staff to deliver those services, and run a national resource center to collect and share best practices and guidance.

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  • Incarcerated survivors and victims: Would fund nonprofit providers to deliver counseling, crisis intervention, safety planning, hotline support, and trauma‑focused coping skills in prisons, jails, and detention facilities. $10 million per year is authorized for service grants.
  • Corrections agencies and staff: Would fund training grants so agencies and officers can learn to offer and sustain emotional support services and report biannual usage data. $5 million per year is authorized for training.
  • Nonprofits and system capacity: Would establish a national Sexual Abuse Services in Detention Resource Center to provide guidance, technical assistance, and training to facilities and providers. $2 million per year is authorized and grant funds must supplement, not supplant, other funding.

*Would authorize $17 million per year from 2027 through 2032, increasing federal spending by that amount during those years.*

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Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More emotional support in jails

If enacted, the Attorney General (through the Office for Victims of Crime) would be able to award grants to nonprofit emotional support providers to deliver services in jails, prisons, and detention settings. The bill would authorize $10 million per year for each fiscal year 2027 through 2032 to fund those grants. Eligible grantees would work with federal, state, local, or Tribal authorities to provide counseling, crisis intervention, hotlines, safety planning, and related support. Money made available under this program would have to supplement, not replace, other funding.

National resource center for detention

If enacted, the Attorney General would establish a national Sexual Abuse Services in Detention Resource Center run by an eligible nonprofit to provide guidance, training, and technical help to prisons, jails, detention facilities, and service providers. The bill would authorize $2 million per year for each fiscal year 2027 through 2032 to set up and operate the center and allows the Attorney General to make a grant to an eligible organization. The center would collect and share training materials, research, and best practices on delivering emotional support services.

Rules for eligible providers and services

If enacted, the bill would define key terms used by the programs. "Emotional support service" would include counseling, crisis intervention, safety planning, hotlines, education about abuse dynamics, and help processing trauma. An "emotional support service provider" would be a nonprofit with specialized sexual abuse and rape crisis counseling experience and experience with correctional settings. The bill would also define "nonprofit organization" as a section 501(c)(3) entity exempt under section 501(a), and it would define "training services" as education and technical assistance on delivering emotional support in corrections.

Training grants for corrections staff

If enacted, the Attorney General would be able to award grants to eligible entities to train corrections agencies, officers, and administrators on providing emotional support services in detention settings. The bill would authorize $5 million per year for each fiscal year 2027 through 2032 for these training grants. Grantees would also collect and maintain biannual data on training usage and volumes.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]

    WV • R

    Sponsored 9/24/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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