Preventing Domestic Violence Homicides Through Lethality Assessment Training and Technical Assistance Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill lets the Attorney General award grants to one or more nonprofit or tribal organizations to establish a national training and technical assistance center that promotes adoption of lethality assessment programs by states, local governments, and Indian Tribes. Eligible applicants must show national experience developing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating lethality assessment programs to reduce domestic violence homicides. The grant is authorized at $5 million for each fiscal year beginning in 2026 and remains available until expended.
Who Benefits and How
Domestic violence victims, local victim service providers, law enforcement agencies, Indian Tribes, state governments, local governments, and nonprofit technical-assistance providers benefit from training that helps first responders identify high-risk cases and rapidly connect victims to community-based services. Tribal organizations can compete to run the national center. Communities benefit if validated tools reduce domestic violence-related homicides.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Attorney General must run the grant competition, verify national experience, oversee the training and technical assistance center, and manage the $5 million annual authorization. State, local, and tribal agencies adopting lethality assessment programs must train first responders and coordinate with service providers. Nonprofit or tribal grantees must deliver national technical assistance, evaluation, and dissemination support.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes grants for a national lethality assessment training and technical assistance center.
- Allows nonprofit or tribal organizations with national experience to receive the award.
- Supports adoption of lethality assessment programs by states, local governments, and Indian Tribes.
- Authorizes $5 million for each fiscal year beginning in 2026, available until expended.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Authorizes the Attorney General to fund nonprofit or tribal organizations as a national training and technical assistance center for domestic-violence lethality assessment programs, with $5 million per fiscal year beginning in FY2026.
Key Policy Areas
domestic_violence, law_enforcement, grants
Primary Purpose
Authorizes the Attorney General to fund nonprofit or tribal organizations as a national training and technical assistance center for domestic-violence lethality assessment programs, with $5 million per fiscal year beginning in FY2026.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Domestic violence victims
- Local victim service providers
- Law enforcement agencies
- Indian Tribes
- Nonprofit technical-assistance providers
Identified Costs
- Attorney General
- State governments
- Local governments
- Tribal agencies
- Grant recipients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Ms. Elfreth (for herself, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Nonprofit technical-assistance providers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "agencies"
- → ['Attorney General', 'State governments', 'Local governments']
- "beneficiaries"
- → ['Domestic violence victims', 'Law enforcement agencies', 'Indian Tribes']
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
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