S. 1275: Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021
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S. 1275: Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021
117th Congress · introduced 2021-04-21 · Families · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 108.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-04-21 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 108. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021
Plain summary
Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 20 21 This bill modifies, expands, and reauthorizes through FY2026 the Family Violence and Prevention Services program, which funds emergency shelters and supports related assistance for victims of domestic violence. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants and enter cooperative agreements with state and tribal domestic violence coalitions, and community-based organizations, to support prevention services. Depending on the type of organization, grant recipients must use funding to (1) provide technical assistance; (2) promote evidence-informed prevention strategies; and (3) implement coordinated, community responses to reduce risk factors for family violence. Further, HHS must award specified grants to organizations that provide population-specific services in underserved communities and to community-based organizations that provide culturally specific domestic violence services to racial and ethnic minority groups. In addition, the bill modifies certain program-wide definitions and makes other technical revisions.
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Official text
Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · 1 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1275, Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021 (2022-02-02)
Cosponsors on this site
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s1275.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>
Record fed-us-cong117-s1275 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117