Bill would authorize grants and a resource center for detention support

The Attorney General may award grants to nonprofit service providers. The services are for incarcerated survivors and victims of sexual abuse in corrections settings. Providers must be nonprofits with sexual abuse counseling expertise and experience with correctional services. The grants may support work with federal, state, local, or Tribal authorities. Congress would need to provide the authorized funding. Grant money must add to, not replace, other funding. The bill authorizes $10 million for each fiscal year from 2027 through 2032.

The Attorney General may award grants to entities that provide training services. Training covers support services for incarcerated survivors and victims of sexual abuse in corrections settings. Recipients must train correctional agencies or facilities seeking to offer support services, as well as correctional officers and administrators. Recipients must collect and keep data on training use twice a year. Congress would need to provide the authorized funding. The bill authorizes $5 million for each fiscal year from 2027 through 2032. Recipients would collect training-use data twice a year.

The Attorney General shall establish a national resource center and may give an eligible nonprofit a grant to help run it. An eligible nonprofit must have special expertise and broad experience providing the center's information, guidance, and technical assistance. The center would guide and train correctional facilities and service providers, and gather and share training, research, and best-practice resources. Congress would need to provide the authorized funding. The bill authorizes $2 million for each fiscal year from 2027 through 2032.