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The bill expands federally funded, trauma‑informed and culturally specific supports for sexual‑assault survivors and strengthens program accountability, but increases federal spending and administrative costs that may reduce resources reaching smaller local providers and survivors.
Survivors of sexual assault — especially women, people with disabilities, and racial/ethnic minority survivors — gain funded access to coordinated, trauma‑informed health, behavioral health, and housing supports through a new federal grant program.
Community sexual‑assault programs and culturally specific organizations receive federal funding to expand services and form partnerships, increasing service availability in underserved communities.
Funding for training and technical assistance (up to 10% of grants) builds provider capacity and culturally specific expertise among nonprofits and health systems serving survivors.
Additional reporting and evaluation requirements increase administrative burden on small community programs, potentially diverting staff time and resources away from direct services to survivors.
Up to $5 million per year may be used for administrative and evaluation costs rather than direct services, reducing the share of grant dollars reaching survivors and local programs.
Rules limiting TTA awards to multi-entity applicants and set‑asides could concentrate technical assistance with a few organizations, disadvantaging smaller local TTA providers and weakening equitable access to capacity building.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a competitive HHS grant program to fund partnerships between sexual assault programs and health/behavioral/disability providers, authorizing $30M/year for FY2026–2030.
Creates a new competitive HHS grant program within the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to fund partnerships between sexual assault coalitions/programs and health, behavioral health, disability, and other service providers. Grants will support trauma‑informed, culturally relevant prevention, screening, treatment linkages, housing assistance, advocacy, training, evaluations, and related activities, with reporting and privacy protections and $30 million authorized per year for FY2026–2030.
Introduced July 17, 2025 by Teresa Leger Fernandez · Last progress July 17, 2025