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Designates February 2026 as National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month and encourages education, evidence-based programs, and use of support resources.
The resolution raises awareness and promotes evidence-based prevention and support for teen dating violence, but without new funding or capacity-building it may burden schools and local service providers and have limited effect on victims' actual access to care.
Middle and high school students will receive expanded healthy-relationship education intended to reduce teen dating violence and promote safer behaviors.
Adolescents experiencing dating abuse gain greater awareness of — and access to — confidential 24/7 support via the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline, improving pathways to help.
Promotion of evidence-based prevention programs (e.g., Coaching Boys Into Men) may increase positive bystander behavior and reduce future perpetration among adolescents.
The resolution designates an observance month but does not authorize new funding, so victims' access to services and supports is unlikely to improve materially.
Expecting schools to deliver additional healthy-relationship programming without dedicated funding or training could strain school schedules, staff time, and resources.
Raising awareness about technology-facilitated abuse may increase demand for counseling, legal, and support services and could overwhelm local nonprofits and government providers if capacity isn't expanded.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Official title: Expressing support for designation of the month of February 2026 as "National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month".
Introduced February 10, 2026 by Gwendolynne S. Moore · Last progress February 10, 2026
Designates February 2026 as National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month and sets out federal findings about the scope, forms, risk factors, and harms of teen dating violence. It emphasizes prevention through education (including middle school programs), evidence-based programs, resources such as the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline, and references existing statutory context for addressing dating and domestic violence.