# 119-s-3764: Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2026 119-s-3764, Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3764 - As of: 2026-04-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-3764 - Congress: 119 - Title: Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2026 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-02-03 - Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK) - Cosponsors: 1 - Policy area: Families - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-04-21 ## Summary **Expand access to trauma‑informed, culturally relevant services** for people affected by family, domestic, and dating violence. It would strengthen Tribal response, fund national hotlines and prevention work, and set new standards for accessibility, confidentiality, and evaluation. - Families, survivors, and children: Would broaden eligible services and beneficiaries to include children, youth, underserved racial and ethnic populations, and people with disabilities. It emphasizes shelter, trauma‑informed care, language access, and culturally and linguistically appropriate support. - Tribal communities and Native populations: Would create a Tribal Domestic Violence Coalition grant program and a National Indian Domestic Violence Hotline grant with tailored application and confidentiality rules. The Indian hotline is funded at $4.0 million per year in the bill. - Prevention, national centers, and providers: Would consolidate funding and expand national resource centers including Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian centers. It funds a new prevention program and earmarks resources such as $20.5 million per year for the National Domestic Violence Hotline and $26.0 million per year for prevention leadership. *Would authorize $270.0 million per year for FY2027–FY2031, increasing federal spending by that amount and establishing specified annual set‑asides for hotlines, prevention, evaluation, and culturally specific grants.* ## Cosponsors (1) - Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - 24-hour hotlines and privacy: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would expand the National Domestic Violence Hotline to include phone and digital services with 24-hour counseling, crisis intervention, and referrals. It would require language access and disability accessibility (including TTY and web accessibility standards) for hotline and d… - Grants to prevent family violence: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Program to fund State and Tribal coalitions and community groups to test and scale prevention models. It would set aside funds for grants to underserved populations and for culturally specific community prog… - More help for children and parents: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would change specialized services grants to prioritize trauma-informed, developmentally and culturally appropriate services for children, youth, and caregiving adults. It would expand eligible providers and set some grant terms to 3 years or 2 years. The bill would define a 'ch… - Tribal coalitions and coverage scope: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create grants for Tribal Domestic Violence Coalitions starting in fiscal year 2027 to support administration, training, subgrants, housing partnerships, and outreach. If some funds are not awarded by the sixth month, the Secretary must reallocate them equally to qualifyin… - Federal funding and state rules: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would authorize $270 million per year for FY2027–FY2031 to fund these family violence programs. It would require the Secretary to reserve a Tribal share and then set minimum percentage shares for State grants, coalitions, technical assistance, specialized services, and cultural… - Civil rights for funded prevention programs: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would treat prevention programs paid for under this title as Federal financial assistance for civil‑rights law. Programs getting this money would have to follow federal nondiscrimination rules listed in the Violence Against Women Act and may be enforced by the Secretary under t… - More research and program evaluation: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would let the Secretary pay for program research and evaluation through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts. The Secretary could fund evaluations and award research or evaluation work to for-profit or nonprofit entities and colleges. This would increase the types of or… ## Related bills - 119-s-2431: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 - 119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 - 119-s-4976: Native Children’s Commission Implementation Act of 2026 - 119-s-688: Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025 - 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act - 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-s-3764 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3764) ## Related - [119-s-2431: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Ac…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2431) - [119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2120) - [119-s-4976: Native Children’s Commission Implementation Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4976) - [119-s-688: Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-688) - [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748) - [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3764 (as of 2026-04-21).