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S 1275 117th Congress Senate Families Community life and organization Crime prevention Crime victims Domestic violence and child abuse Family services Health programs administration and funding Homelessness and emergency shelter

Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021

Introduced: April 21, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Jul 27, 2021
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 108.
Jul 27, 2021
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Murray with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jul 21, 2021
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Apr 21, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 21, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021

This bill modifies, expands, and reauthorizes through FY2026 the Family Violence and Prevention Services program, which funds emergency shelters and supports related assistance for victims of domestic violence.

Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants and enter cooperative agreements with state and tribal domestic violence coalitions, and community-based organizations, to support prevention services. Depending on the type of organization, grant recipients must use funding to (1) provide technical assistance; (2) promote evidence-informed prevention strategies; and (3) implement coordinated, community responses to reduce risk factors for family violence.

Further, HHS must award specified grants to organizations that provide population-specific services in underserved communities and to community-based organizations that provide culturally specific domestic violence services to racial and ethnic minority groups.

In addition, the bill modifies certain program-wide definitions and makes other technical revisions.

What's happening now July 27, 2021

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 108.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2119 Identical bill Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Apr 21, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1275: Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1275/
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"S. 1275: Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1275/.
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