42 U.S.C. § 18203 — Permissible uses of Fund

(a) In general — A State must use its section 18202 grant money for the purposes described in this section, all aimed at assisting pregnant and parenting teens and women. (b) Institutions of higher education (1) A State may use grant money to fund eligible institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, or operating pregnant and parenting student services — as a supplement to, not a replacement for, existing funding. (2) A college that wants this funding must apply to the State's designated agency in the time, manner, and form the agency requires. (3) A college that receives this funding must contribute an amount equal to 25 percent of the funding from non-federal sources — in cash or in-kind (such as services, facilities, supplies, or equipment). (4) The college must use the funds to establish, maintain, or operate a pregnant and parenting student services office, which may: (A) conduct a needs assessment of campus and community pregnancy and parenting resources, and set goals for improving them and access to them; (B) annually assess how well it meets students' needs for maternity health coverage (including riders for family members), family housing, child care, flexible or alternative academic scheduling, parenting-skills education, maternity and baby supplies, and post-partum counseling; (C) identify qualified public and private providers on campus or in the community and set up programs with them; (D) help pregnant and parenting students, fathers, or spouses find and get these services; and (E) if appropriate, refer a requesting student for prenatal care, delivery, infant or foster care, or adoption information — but only to providers serving parents, prospective adoptive parents, women deciding between parenting and adoption, or parenting/prospective parenting couples. (5) Reporting — (A) each fiscal year, the college must submit a report to the State itemizing the office's expenditures, evaluating its performance against criteria the State sets, and describing how well it met the needs in paragraph (4)(B) and how often students used the office; the State must set those performance criteria at least 180 days before the report is due. (B) The State must submit an annual report on its findings to the Secretary, including how many colleges received funding and how many students each office served. (c) Support for pregnant and parenting teens — A State may use grant money to fund eligible high schools and community service centers to establish, maintain, or operate pregnant and parenting services the same way as subsection (b) requires, except that the 25-percent matching requirement in paragraph (3) doesn't apply to them. (d) Improving services for pregnant victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, sexual assault, and stalking (1) A State may use grant money to fund its State Attorney General's office to help Statewide offices provide: (A) intervention services, accompaniment, and supportive social services for eligible pregnant women who are victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and (B) technical assistance and training on violence against eligible pregnant women for federal, State, tribal, territorial, and local governments, law enforcement, and courts; professionals in legal, social service, and health care settings; nonprofit organizations; and faith-based organizations. (2) A State Attorney General must apply to the State's designated agency, in the time, manner, and form the State specifies, to get this funding. (3) That technical assistance and training must cover: (A) identifying eligible pregnant women experiencing this violence; (B) assessing a woman's immediate and short-term safety, evaluating how the violence affected her health, and helping her build a plan to prevent further violence; (C) keeping complete, confidential medical and forensic records documenting exams, treatment, and injuries; and (D) identifying and referring the woman to the right public and private nonprofit providers of intervention services, accompaniment, and supportive social services. (4) An "eligible pregnant woman" is a woman who was pregnant on the date she became a victim of this violence, or was pregnant sometime in the year before that date. (e) Public awareness and education — A State may use grant money to fund public awareness and education about services available to pregnant and parenting teens and women under this chapter, or other resources available to them consistent with the chapter's purposes. The State sets the guidelines or limits on how much funding can go toward this public awareness work.