119 STAT. 2990
PUBLIC LAW 109–162—JAN. 5, 2006
funding for any purpose or an appropriate sampling of recipients, to determine— (A) what services are provided to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; (B) whether those services are made available to youth, child, female, and male victims; and (C) the number, age, and gender of victims receiving each available service. (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the activities carried out under this section. 42 USC 14045.
SEC. 120. GRANTS FOR OUTREACH TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— (1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available to carry out this section, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, shall award grants to eligible entities described in subsection (b) to carry out local, regional, or national public information campaigns focused on addressing adult, youth, or minor domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or trafficking within tribal and underserved populations and immigrant communities, including information on services available to victims and ways to prevent or reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. (2) TERM.—The Attorney General shall award grants under this section for a period of 1 fiscal year. (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Eligible entities under this section are— (1) nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations or coalitions that represent the targeted tribal and underserved populations or immigrant community that— (A) have a documented history of creating and administering effective public awareness campaigns addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; or (B) work in partnership with an organization that has a documented history of creating and administering effective public awareness campaigns addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; or (2) a governmental entity that demonstrates a partnership with organizations described in paragraph (1). (c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts appropriated for grants under this section— (1) not more than 20 percent shall be used for national model campaign materials targeted to specific tribal and underserved populations or immigrant community, including American Indian tribes and Alaskan native villages for the purposes of research, testing, message development, and preparation of materials; and (2) the balance shall be used for not less than 10 State, regional, territorial, tribal, or local campaigns targeting specific communities with information and materials developed through the national campaign or, if appropriate, new materials to reach an underserved population or a particularly isolated community.
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