§ 14043g. Sexual assault services program
(a)
Purposes
The purposes of this section are—
(1)
to assist States, Indian tribes, and territories in providing intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related assistance for—
(b)
Grants to States and territories
(1)
Grants authorized
The Attorney General shall award grants to States and territories to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and other programs and projects to assist those victimized by sexual assault.
(2)
Allocation and use of funds
(A)
Administrative costs
Not more than 5 percent of the grant funds received by a State or territory governmental agency under this subsection for any fiscal year may be used for administrative costs.
(B)
Grant funds
Any funds received by a State or territory under this subsection that are not used for administrative costs shall be used to provide grants to rape crisis centers and other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations for programs and activities within such State or territory that provide direct intervention and related assistance.
(C)
Intervention and related assistance
Intervention and related assistance under subparagraph (B) may include—
(ii)
accompaniment and advocacy through medical, criminal justice, and social support systems, including medical facilities, police, and court proceedings;
(iii)
crisis intervention, short-term individual and group support services, and comprehensive service coordination and supervision to assist sexual assault victims and family or household members;
(3)
Application
(A)
In general
Each eligible entity desiring a grant under this subsection shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time and in such manner as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
(B)
Contents
Each application submitted under subparagraph (A) shall—
(i)
set forth procedures designed to ensure meaningful involvement of the State or territorial sexual assault coalition and representatives from underserved communities in the development of the application and the implementation of the plans;
(ii)
set forth procedures designed to ensure an equitable distribution of grants and grant funds within the State or territory and between urban and rural areas within such State or territory;
(4)
Minimum amount
The Attorney General shall allocate to each State not less than 1.50 percent of the total amount appropriated in a fiscal year for grants under this section, except that the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall each be allocated 0.125 percent of the total appropriations. The remaining funds shall be allotted to each State and each territory in an amount that bears the same ratio to such remaining funds as the population of such State and such territory bears to the population of all the States and the territories. The District of Columbia shall be treated as a territory for purposes of calculating its allocation under the preceding formula.
(c)
Grants for culturally specific programs addressing sexual assault
(1)
Grants authorized
The Attorney General shall award grants to eligible entities to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of culturally specific intervention and related assistance for victims of sexual assault.
(2)
Eligible entities
To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall—
(B)
must have documented organizational experience in the area of sexual assault intervention or have entered into a partnership with an organization having such expertise;
(C)
have expertise in the development of community-based, linguistically and culturally specific outreach and intervention services relevant for the specific communities to whom assistance would be provided or have the capacity to link to existing services in the community tailored to the needs of culturally specific populations; and
(4)
Distribution
(A)
The Attorney General shall not use more than 2.5 percent of funds appropriated under this subsection in any year for administration, monitoring, and evaluation of grants made available under this subsection.
(B)
Up to 5 percent of funds appropriated under this subsection in any year shall be available for technical assistance by a national, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization or organizations whose primary focus and expertise is in addressing sexual assault within underserved culturally specific populations.
(d)
Grants to State, territorial, and tribal sexual assault coalitions
(1)
Grants authorized
(A)
In general
The Attorney General shall award grants to State, territorial, and tribal sexual assault coalitions to assist in supporting the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of such coalitions.
(2)
Use of funds
Grant funds received under this subsection may be used to—
(A)
work with local sexual assault programs and other providers of direct services to encourage appropriate responses to sexual assault within the State, territory, or tribe;
(B)
work with judicial and law enforcement agencies to encourage appropriate responses to sexual assault cases;
(C)
work with courts, child protective services agencies, and children’s advocates to develop appropriate responses to child custody and visitation issues when sexual assault has been determined to be a factor;
(3)
Allocation and use of funds
From amounts appropriated for grants under this subsection for each fiscal year—
(e)
Grants to tribes
(1)
Grants authorized
The Attorney General may award grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and nonprofit tribal organizations for the operation of sexual assault programs or projects in Indian tribal lands and Alaska Native villages to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of programs and projects to assist those victimized by sexual assault.
(2)
Allocation and use of funds
(A)
Administrative costs
Not more than 5 percent of the grant funds received by an Indian tribe, tribal organization, and nonprofit tribal organization under this subsection for any fiscal year may be used for administrative costs.
(B)
Grant funds
Any funds received under this subsection that are not used for administrative costs shall be used to provide grants to tribal organizations and nonprofit tribal organizations for programs and activities within Indian country and Alaskan native villages that provide direct intervention and related assistance.
(f)
Authorization of appropriations
(1)
In general
There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 to remain available until expended for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry out the provisions of this section.
(2)
Allocations
Of the total amounts appropriated for each fiscal year to carry out this section—
(A)
not more than 2.5 percent shall be used by the Attorney General for evaluation, monitoring, and other administrative costs under this section;
(B)
not more than 2.5 percent shall be used for the provision of technical assistance to grantees and subgrantees under this section;
(C)
not less than 65 percent shall be used for grants to States and territories under subsection (b);