§ 12341.
Rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child abuse enforcement assistance
(a)
Purposes
The purposes of this section are—
(1)
to identify, assess, and appropriately respond to child, youth, and adult victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking in rural communities, by encouraging collaboration among—
(A)
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking victim service providers;
(B)
law enforcement agencies;
(E)
other criminal justice service providers;
(F)
human and community service providers;
(G)
educational institutions; and
(H)
health care providers, including sexual assault forensic examiners;
(2)
to establish and expand nonprofit, nongovernmental, State, tribal, territorial, and local government victim services in rural communities to child, youth, and adult victims;
(3)
to increase the safety and well-being of women and children in rural communities, by—
(A)
dealing directly and immediately with domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking occurring in rural communities; and
(B)
creating and implementing strategies to increase awareness and prevent domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking; and
(4)
to develop, expand, implement, and improve the quality of sexual assault forensic medical examination or sexual assault nurse examiner programs.
(b)
Grants authorized
The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women (referred to in this section as the “Director”), may award grants to States, Indian tribes, local governments, and nonprofit, public or private entities, including tribal nonprofit organizations, to carry out programs serving rural areas or rural communities that address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by—
(1)
implementing, expanding, and establishing cooperative efforts and projects among law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim service providers, and other related parties to investigate and prosecute incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including developing multidisciplinary teams focusing on high risk cases with the goal of preventing domestic and dating violence homicides;
(2)
providing treatment, counseling, advocacy, legal assistance, and other long-term and short-term victim and population specific services to adult and minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in rural communities, including assistance in immigration matters;
(3)
working in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies directed toward such issues; and
(4)
developing, enlarging, or strengthening programs addressing sexual assault, including sexual assault forensic examiner programs, Sexual Assault Response Teams, law enforcement training, and programs addressing rape kit backlogs;
(5)
developing programs and strategies that focus on the specific needs of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who reside in remote rural and geographically isolated areas, including addressing the challenges posed by the lack of access to quality forensic sexual assault examinations by trained health care providers, shelters, and victims services, and limited law enforcement resources and training, and providing training and resources to Community Health Aides involved in the delivery of Indian Health Service programs.
(d)
Allotments and priorities
(1)
Allotment for Indian tribes
(B)
Applicability of part
1
So in original. Probably should be “section”.
(2)
Allotment for sexual assault
(B)
Multiple purpose applications
(3)
Allotment for technical assistance
(4)
Underserved populations
(5)
Allocation of funds for rural States
([Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40295], Sept. 13, 1994, [108 Stat. 1940]; [Pub. L. 106–386, div. B, title I], §§ 1105, 1109(d), title V, § 1512(c), Oct. 28, 2000, [114 Stat. 1497], 1503, 1533; [Pub. L. 109–162, title II, § 203], title IX, § 906(d), Jan. 5, 2006, [119 Stat. 2998], 3081; [Pub. L. 109–271, § 7(b)(1)], (2)(A), Aug. 12, 2006, [120 Stat. 764]; [Pub. L. 113–4, title II, § 202], Mar. 7, 2013, [127 Stat. 81]; [Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title II, § 202], Mar. 15, 2022, [136 Stat. 856].)