PUBLIC LAW 102-295—MAY 28, 1992 106 STAT. 209 SEC. 319. FAMILY MEMBER ABUSE INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTA- TION. Section 313(1) (42 U.S.C. 10409(1)) is amended by striking out "characteristics relating to family violence" and inserting in lieu thereof "develop data on the number of victims of family violence and their dependents who are homeless or institutionalized as a result of the violence and abuse they have experienced". SEC. 320. GRANTS FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS. The Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 314. GRANTS FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS. 42 USC 10413. Nonprofit organizations. 42 USC 10414. Federal Register, publication. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary may make grants to public or private nonprofit entities to provide public information campaigns regarding domestic violence through the use of public service announcements and informative materials that are designed for print media, billboards, public transit advertising, electronic broadcast media, and other vehicles for information that shall inform the public concerning domestic violence. "(b) APPLICATION.—No grant, contract, or cooperative agreement shall be made or entered into under this section unless an application that meets the requirements of subsection (c) has been approved by the Secretary. "(c) REQUIREMENTS.— An application submitted under subsection (b) shall— "(1) provide such agreements, assurances, and information, be in such form and be submitted in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe through notice in the Federal Register, including a description of how the proposed public information campaign will target the population at risk, including pregnant women; "(2) include a complete description of the plan of the application for the development of a public information campaign; "(3) identify the specific audiences that will be educated, including communities and groups with the highest prevalence of domestic violence; "(4) identify the media to be used in the campaign and the geographic distribution of the campaign; "(5) describe plans to test market a development plan with a relevant population group and in a relevant geographic area and give assureince that effectiveness criteria will be implemented prior to the completion of the final plan that will include an evaluation component to measure the overall effectiveness of the campaign; "(6) describe the kind, amount, distribution, and timing of informational messages and such other information as the Secretary may require, with assurances that media organizations and other groups with which such messages are placed will not lower the current frequency of public service emnouncements; and "(7) contain such other information as the Secretary may require. "(d) USE. — ^A grant, contract, or agreement made or entered into Contracts, under this section shall be used for the development of a public information campaign that may include public service announcements, paid educational messages for print media, public transit
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