Current as of: January 2009 (a) Purpose and grants
(1) Purpose
It is the purpose of this section to provide resource
information, training, and technical assistance to Federal,
State, and Indian tribal agencies, as well as to local domestic
violence programs and to other professionals who provide services
to victims of domestic violence.
(2) Grants
From the amounts appropriated under this chapter, the Secretary
shall award grants to private nonprofit organizations for the
establishment and maintenance of one national resource center (as
provided for in subsection (b) of this section) and not to exceed
seven special issue resource centers (as provided for in
subsection (c) of this section) focusing on one or more issues of
concern to domestic violence victims.
(b) National resource center
The national resource center established under subsection (a)(2)
of this section -
(1) shall offer resource, policy, collaboration, and training
assistance to Federal, State, and local government agencies, to
domestic violence service providers, and to other professionals
and interested parties on issues pertaining to domestic violence,
including issues relating to children who witness domestic
violence; and
(2) shall maintain a central resource library in order to
collect, prepare, analyze, and disseminate information and
statistics, and analyses of the information and statistics,
relating to the incidence and prevention of family violence
(particularly the prevention of repeated incidents of violence)
and the provision of immediate shelter and related assistance.
(c) Special issue resource centers
The special issue resource centers established under subsection
(a)(2) of this section shall provide information, training and
technical assistance to State and local domestic violence service
providers, and shall specialize in at least one of the following
areas of domestic violence service, prevention, or law:
(1) Criminal justice response to domestic violence, including
court-mandated abuser treatment.
(2) Improving the response of Child Protective Service agencies
to battered mothers of abused children.
(3) Child custody issues in domestic violence cases.
(4) The use of the self-defense plea by domestic violence
victims.
(5) Improving interdisciplinary health care responses and
access to health care resources for victims of domestic violence.
(6) Improving access to and the quality of legal representation
for victims of domestic violence in civil litigation, including
the issuance and enforcement of protection orders.
(7) Providing technical assistance and training to State
domestic violence coalitions.
(d) Eligibility
To be eligible to receive a grant under this section an entity
shall be a private nonprofit organization that -
(1) focuses primarily on domestic violence;
(2) provides documentation to the Secretary demonstrating
experience working directly on issues of domestic violence,
particularly in the specific subject area for which it is
applying;
(3) include on its advisory boards representatives from
domestic violence programs in the region who are geographically
and culturally diverse; and
(4) demonstrate the strong support of domestic violence
advocates from across the country and the region for their
designation as the national or a special issue resource center.
(e) Reporting
Not later than 6 months after receiving a grant under this
section, a grantee shall prepare and submit a report to the
Secretary that evaluates the effectiveness of the use of amounts
received under such grant by such grantee and containing such
additional information as the Secretary may prescribe.
(f) "Indian tribal agency" defined
For purposes of this section, the term "Indian tribal agency"
means an Indian tribe or tribal organization, as defined in section
450b of title 25.Legislative History ________________________________________________________________________
See also: State Laws: Domestic Violence
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