Federal grants help abuse survivors find and keep jobs
H.R. 10638 — Skills Against Violence Act of 2026 · Filed by Emilia Sykes (D-OH) · Introduced Sep 28, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill creates a new federal grant program. The Office on Violence Against Women runs it. The program gives money to states, cities, tribes, and groups. They help people who faced abuse, assault, stalking, or being sold. Help includes job training, talk therapy, childcare, rides, legal aid, and mental health care. The program gets $40 million each year. It runs from 2026 to 2030.
Who it affects
People who faced abuse and their kids get job help and support. States, cities, tribes, and groups that work with abuse survivors get grants to run the program.
One thing to notice
Congress set aside $40 million per year for this program. But Congress must vote each year to actually send the money.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 28, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 28, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Office on Violence Against Women — The federal office that runs programs to help abuse survivors.
- grant — Money the federal government gives to states, cities, tribes, or groups to pay for a program.
- groups — Organizations that use money to help people, not to make profit for owners.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,941 characters) on Oct 16, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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