Dec 18, 2015 - Congress (House 316-113; Senate 65-33) has enacted the FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Bill providing fede
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[email protected] [SAPolicyWatch] Congress Enacts FY 16 Omnibus! Thank your MOCs!
Congress Enacts FY 2016 Omnibus Bill December 18, 2015
Congress (House 316-113; Senate 65-33) has enacted the FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Bill providing federal funding through September 30, 2016, and the President will soon sign the bill. The spending package contains $480 million for VAWA programs, a significant increase of $5.5 million for the Rape Prevention and Education Program, $2.5 million new funding for the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act, and a $7 million increase for the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights to investigate campus sexual assaults. These significant increases are a result of NAESV advocacy efforts, the overwhelming support from the state coalitions and local rape crisis centers, the focus and advocacy of the White House and especially Vice President Biden, and the significant media focus on sexual violence. These funding increases would not have happened without your support. Please thank your Members of Congress! Call key or email key staff, tweet at your members, let them know how much you appreciate their commitment! HIGHLIGHTS
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RPE: $44.4 million for RPE ($38.8 million in FY 15) Increases are in program funds; no new report language about evaluation. Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant: full funding at $160 million which includes $7 million setaside to provide services to rape victims and for rape prevention.
VAWA: Violence Against Women Act programs are funded at $480 million--$379 million of that funding comes from a transfer from the Crime Victims Fund (VOCA).
$215 million for STOP ($195 million in FY 15) $35 million SASP ($30 million in FY 15) $20 for Campus ($12 million in FY 15) $51 million for Arrest ($50 million in FY 15) $45 million for LAV ($42.5 million in FY 15) $34 million for Rural ($33 million in FY 15) $2.5 million new funding for the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act
PREA: the bill does not include the PREA exemption from penalties for OVW STOP grants. NAESV is working on legislative language to be included in criminal justice legislation in 2016.
DOJ, State and Local Law Enforcement $45 million for community teams to address the sexual assault kit backlog ($41 million in FY 15) VOCA: Appropriators set the VOCA cap at $3.042 billion. When the transfer to VAWA is considered and funding is designated for agency oversight, this leaves $2.56 billion remaining for state VOCA assistance programs. The FY 15 cap was set at $2.6 billion. Other than VAWA, no other programs were funded with transfers from VOCA. NAESV had advocated for tribal funding in VAWA and it is very disappointing tribal funding was not included.
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-Terri Poore, MSW Public Policy Consultant National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
[email protected] 850-228-3428 endsexualviolence.org
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