PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The federal government must give yearly grants to State Domestic Violence Coalitions. The money comes from the amount appropriated under section 10403(a)(2)(D) for each fiscal year. Each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands gets an equal share equal to 1/56 of that yearly amount. Coalitions must apply to the Secretary and show they meet the law’s requirements and can carry out the work, either by past federal grant experience or by a record of doing similar activities and having the needed capacity. Grant money must be used for coalition operations that support prevention and intervention for family, domestic, and dating violence. This includes things like helping local service programs, planning and overseeing subgrants, serving racial and ethnic minority and underserved victims, working with housing, health, and social service sectors, coordinating with courts and law enforcement, handling child custody or visitation issues when violence or child abuse is present, public education, and working with tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. A coalition does not have to use these funds for the work with courts or custody matters if it gives an annual assurance that it uses funds under section 2001(c)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(c)(1)) for that purpose and coordinates with the State’s part T activities (42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.). Grant funds may not be used to lobby for laws or executive orders, except when testimony is formally requested or when speaking about laws that directly affect the coalition. Recipients must send performance reports to the Secretary describing activities and their effectiveness. State coalitions may include tribal representatives.

Title 42, §10411

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(a)Grants

The Secretary shall award grants for the funding of State Domestic Violence Coalitions.

(b)Allotment of funds

(1)In general

From the amount appropriated under section 10403(a)(2)(D) of this title for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each of the covered territories an amount equal to 1⁄56 of the amount so appropriated for such fiscal year.

(2)Definition

For purposes of this subsection, the term “covered territories” means Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(c)Application

Each State Domestic Violence Coalition desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary determines to be essential to carry out the objectives of this section. The application submitted by the coalition for the grant shall provide documentation of the coalition’s work, satisfactory to the Secretary, demonstrating that the coalition—

(1)meets all of the applicable requirements set forth in this chapter; and

(2)demonstrates the ability to conduct appropriately all activities described in this section, as indicated by—

(A)documented experience in administering Federal grants to conduct the activities described in subsection (d); or

(B)a documented history of active participation in the activities described in paragraphs (1), (3), (4), and (5) of subsection (d) and a demonstrated capacity to conduct the activities described in subsection (d)(2).

(d)Use of funds

A coalition that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds for administration and operations to further the purposes of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence intervention and prevention, through activities that shall include—

(1)working with local family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence service programs and providers of direct services to encourage appropriate and comprehensive responses to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence against adults or youth within the State involved, including providing training and technical assistance and conducting State needs assessments;

(2)participating in planning and monitoring the distribution of subgrants and subgrant funds within the State under section 10408(a) of this title;

(3)working in collaboration with service providers and community-based organizations to address the needs of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence victims, and their dependents, who are members of racial and ethnic minority populations and underserved populations;

(4)collaborating with and providing information to entities in such fields as housing, health care, mental health, social welfare, or business to support the development and implementation of effective policies, protocols, and programs that address the safety and support needs of adult and youth victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence;

(5)encouraging appropriate responses to cases of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence against adults or youth, including by working with judicial and law enforcement agencies;

(6)working with family law judges, criminal court judges, child protective service agencies, and children’s advocates to develop appropriate responses to child custody and visitation issues in cases of child exposure to family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence and in cases in which—

(A)family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence is present; and

(B)child abuse is present;

(7)providing information to the public about prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, including information targeted to underserved populations; and

(8)collaborating with Indian tribes and tribal organizations (and corresponding Native Hawaiian groups or communities) to address the needs of Indian (including Alaska Native) and Native Hawaiian victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, as applicable in the State.

(e)Limitation on use of funds

A coalition that receives a grant under this section shall not be required to use funds received under this chapter for the purposes described in paragraph (5) or (6) of subsection (d) if the coalition provides an annual assurance to the Secretary that the coalition is—

(1)using funds received under section 2001(c)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(c)(1)) for such purposes; and

(2)coordinating the activities carried out by the coalition under subsection (d) with the State’s activities under part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) 1 that address those purposes.

(f)Prohibition on lobbying

No funds made available to entities under this section shall be used, directly or indirectly, to influence the issuance, amendment, or revocation of any executive order or similar promulgation by any Federal, State, or local agency, or to undertake to influence the passage or defeat of any legislation by Congress, or by any State or local legislative body, or State proposals by initiative petition, except that the representatives of the entity may testify or make other appropriate communication—

(1)when formally requested to do so by a legislative body, a committee, or a member of the body or committee; or

(2)in connection with legislation or appropriations directly affecting the activities of the entity.

(g)Reports and evaluation

Each entity receiving a grant under this section shall submit a performance report to the Secretary at such time as shall be reasonably required by the Secretary. Such performance report shall describe the activities that have been carried out with such grant funds, contain an evaluation of the effectiveness of such activities, and provide such additional information as the Secretary may reasonably require.

(h)Indian representatives

For purposes of this section, a State Domestic Violence Coalition may include representatives of Indian tribes and tribal organizations.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, referred to in subsec. (e), is Pub. L. 90–351, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 197. section 2001 of the Act was classified to section 3796gg of this title, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as section 10441 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law

Enforcement

. Part T of title I of the Act was classified generally to subchapter XII–H (§ 3796gg et seq.) of chapter 46 of this title, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as subchapter XIX (§ 10441 et seq.) of chapter 101 of Title 34. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

of 1968 Act note set out under section 10101 of Title 34 and Tables.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 10411, Pub. L. 98–457, title III, § 312, Oct. 9, 1984, 98 Stat. 1763, related to authority of Secretary to carry out provisions of this chapter, competitive awarding of grants and contracts, and delegation of authority and transfer of funds to Attorney General, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–294, title III, § 303(a), Apr. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 124. A prior section 311 of Pub. L. 98–457 was classified to section 10410 of this title prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 111–320.

§10411 Grants to State Domestic Violence Coalitions