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This bill, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021, makes several key changes: It amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to improve services and interventions for victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, and to advance primary and secondary prevention efforts. Key provisions include increasing funding and support for technical assistance, training, and coordination at the state and tribal level; enhancing services for underserved populations and funding culturally specific programs; expanding the national domestic violence hotline to include digital services; and establishing a new national Indian domestic violence hotline. The bill also authorizes additional grant programs to support prevention efforts and services for underserved populations. Additionally, it reauthorizes and increases funding for teen dating violence prevention demonstration projects under the Public Health Service Act.

Health and Social Services

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1275/all-info