National domestic violence hotline grant
Title I — Amendments to the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act
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Section 313 (42 U.S.C. 10413) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking telephone hotline and inserting telephonic hotline and digital services; (B) by striking a hotline that provides and inserting a hotline and digital services that provide; and (C) by inserting before the period at the end of the second sentence the following:, and that provide information about healthy relationships for adults and youth; (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting and digital services after hotline; (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking hotline personnel and all that follows through by the hotline and inserting advocacy personnel; (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking hotline personnel and inserting advocacy personnel; (iv) in subparagraphs (D) and (F), by inserting and digital services after hotline each place such term appears; (v) in subparagraph (E)— (I) by striking non-English speaking callers and inserting callers and digital services users with limited English proficiency; and (II) by striking hotline personnel and inserting advocacy personnel; (vi) in subparagraph (F), by striking hearing impairments; and and inserting disabilities, including individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or are blind or have visual impairments, and for training hotline and digital services personnel in assisting persons with disabilities when those persons are accessing the hotline and digital services;; and (vii) in subparagraph (G), by striking youth victims and all that follows and inserting youth victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, which plan may be carried out through a national youth dating violence hotline and other digital services and resources; (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting, digital services, after hotline; (C) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows: (5) demonstrate the ability to— (A) provide information and referrals for individuals contacting the hotline or using digital services; (B) directly connect callers or assist digital services users in connecting to service providers; and (C) employ crisis interventions meeting the standards of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence providers;; (D) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (8) as paragraphs (7) through (9), respectively; (E) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: (6) demonstrate the ability to provide information about healthy relationships for adults and youth;; and (F) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by striking 306(c)(5) and inserting 302A(b); and (3) in subsection (e)— (A) in the heading, by inserting and digital services after Hotline; (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking telephone hotline and inserting telephonic hotline and digital services; and (ii) by striking and assistance to adult and inserting for the benefit of adult; and (C) in paragraph (2)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting and digital services after hotline; (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking toll-free telephone line and inserting 24-hour toll-free telephone line and an internet service provider for operating digital services in accessible formats including TTY and interpreter services, where applicable before the semicolon; (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking, provide counseling and referral services for callers on a 24-hour-a-day basis, and directly connect callers and inserting and digital services contacts, provide counseling, healthy relationship information, and referral services for callers and digital services users, on a 24-hour-a-day basis, and directly connect callers and digital services users; (iv) in subparagraph (C), by inserting and digital services users after callers; (v) in subparagraph (D)— (I) by inserting and digital services after hotline; and (II) by inserting and, as appropriate, in accessible formats, including formats compliant with the most recent Web Content Accessibility Guidelines or successor guideline as applicable after users; (vi) in subparagraph (E), by striking underserved populations and individuals with disabilities and inserting underserved racial and ethnic populations, Tribal populations, persons with disabilities, and other underserved populations, by ensuring access to the hotline and digital services through accommodations and training of advocacy personal; (vii) in subparagraph (F), by striking teen dating violence hotline and inserting hotline or digital services; and (viii) in subparagraph (H), by inserting or digital services provider after hotline operator each place it appears.