Healing Partnerships for Survivors Act
Healing Partnerships for Survivors Act would amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to create a new grants program (Section 315) aimed at strengthening the way health and wellness providers, behavioral health programs, disability programs, and community-based sexual assault programs work together to support survivors of sexual assault across their lifespans. Eligible grantee entities include state, territorial, tribal, or nonprofit coalitions and community-based sexual assault programs (such as rape crisis centers) with a history of serving survivors, including tribal organizations. The program would fund partnerships that are trauma-informed and culturally relevant, enabling a broad range of services from prevention and screening to treatment, housing assistance, advocacy, and training. The bill also updates related provisions to include sexual assault in the scope of the Act, provides for required reporting and privacy protections, authorizes up to $30 million per year for 2026–2030 to support these grants (with a separate, limited pool for training and technical assistance), and sets some administrative funding limits.
Key Points
- 1New grants program (Section 315) to strengthen public health systems of support for survivors by forming partnerships with health/wellness providers, behavioral health, disability programs, and community-based sexual assault programs.
- 2Eligible grantees include state/territorial/tribal coalitions, nonprofit community-based programs with a history of serving survivors, and Indian tribes/tribal organizations.
- 3Funded activities cover a broad spectrum: trauma-informed, culturally relevant partnerships; prevention, screening, linkage to care, therapy and other treatment, support groups, housing assistance, advocacy, staff training, and trauma-informed health/wellness modalities. Includes support for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse across the lifespan.
- 4Reporting, evaluation, and privacy protections required; funds may be used for program evaluation and dissemination of best practices, with a cap on administrative/evaluation costs.
- 5Technical assistance and training (TA) program: up to 10% of annual funds for training to 2+ eligible private nonprofits focusing on sexual assault, with emphasis on culturally specific expertise.
- 6Funding authorization: $30 million per year for 2026–2030 to carry out Section 315, plus up to $5 million annually for federal administration, evaluation, and monitoring.