This bill establishes a five-year pilot program to address technology-enabled abuse against victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The legislation creates two main grant programs administered by the Office on Violence Against Women: one that awards up to $2 million each to a maximum of 15 eligible consortia combining technology experts with victim service providers to directly combat technological abuse, and another that distributes up to $20 million over five years to nonprofit organizations and colleges to develop training materials and educational programs about tech abuse. According to the bill's findings, 97 percent of domestic violence support programs report that abusers use technology to stalk and control victims, and technological abuse ranges from basic social media harassment to sophisticated monitoring software. The Director of the Office on Violence Against Women must report to Congress within three years on the pilot program's effectiveness and recommend whether it should become permanent, with a final evaluation due one year after the program ends.
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