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Title 34
Subtitle II
Chapter 201
Subchapter II
§ 20122. Education, training, an...
§ 20124. Enhancing culturally sp...
§ 20122. Education, training, an...
§ 20124. Enhancing culturally sp...
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Notes
§ 20123.
Grants for outreach and services to underserved populations
(a)
Grants authorized
(1)
In general
(2)
Programs covered
The programs covered by paragraph (1) are the programs carried out under the following provisions:
(A)
Section 10441 of this title
(Grants to Combat Violent Crimes Against Women).
(B)
Section 10461 of this title
(Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program).
(b)
Eligible entities
Eligible entities under this section are—
(1)
population specific organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in providing population specific services in the relevant underserved communities, or population specific organizations working in partnership with a victim service provider or domestic violence or sexual assault coalition;
(2)
victim service providers offering population specific services for a specific underserved population; or
(3)
victim service providers working in partnership with a national, State, tribal, Native Hawaiian, or local organization that has demonstrated experience and expertise in providing population specific services in the relevant underserved population.
(c)
Planning grants
The Attorney General may use up to 25 percent of funds available under this section to make one-time planning grants to eligible entities to support the planning and development of specially designed and targeted programs for adult and youth victims in one or more underserved populations, including—
(1)
identifying, building and strengthening partnerships with potential collaborators within underserved populations, Federal, State, tribal, territorial or local government entities, and public and private organizations;
(2)
conducting a needs assessment of the community and the targeted underserved population or populations to determine what the barriers are to service access and what factors contribute to those barriers, using input from the targeted underserved population or populations;
(3)
identifying promising prevention, outreach and intervention strategies for victims from a targeted underserved population or populations; and
(4)
developing a plan, with the input of the targeted underserved population or populations, for implementing prevention, outreach and intervention strategies to address the barriers to accessing services, promoting community engagement in the prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking within the targeted underserved populations, and evaluating the program.
(d)
Implementation grants
The Attorney General shall make grants to eligible entities for the purpose of providing or enhancing population specific outreach and services to adult and youth victims in one or more underserved populations, including—
(1)
working with Federal, State, tribal, territorial and local governments, agencies, and organizations to develop or enhance population specific services;
(2)
strengthening the capacity of underserved populations to provide population specific services;
(3)
strengthening the capacity of traditional victim service providers to provide population specific services;
(4)
strengthening the response of criminal and civil justice interventions by providing population-specific training for law enforcement, prosecutors, judges and other court personnel on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in underserved populations;
(5)
working in cooperation with an underserved population to develop and implement outreach, education, prevention, and intervention strategies that highlight available resources and the specific issues faced by victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking from underserved populations;
(6)
developing, enlarging, or strengthening culturally specific programs and projects to provide culturally specific services regarding responses to, and prevention of, female genital mutilation and cutting; or
(7)
strengthening the response of social and human services by providing population-specific training for service providers on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in underserved populations.
(e)
Application
(f)
Reports
(g)
Authorization of appropriations
(h)
Definitions and grant conditions
(
Pub. L. 109–162, title I, § 120
,
Jan. 5, 2006
,
119 Stat. 2990
;
Pub. L. 109–271
, §§ 1(c)(2), 2(h),
Aug. 12, 2006
,
120 Stat. 750
, 752;
Pub. L. 113–4, title I, § 108
,
Mar. 7, 2013
,
127 Stat. 78
;
Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title I, § 105
,
Mar. 15, 2022
,
136 Stat. 851
.)
cite as:
34 USC 20123
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