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 124 STAT. 3507 PUBLIC LAW 111–320—DEC. 20, 2010 ‘‘SEC. 314. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCEMENT AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH ALLIANCES (DELTA). ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter into cooperative agreements with State Domestic Violence Coalitions for the pur- poses of establishing, operating, and maintaining local community projects to prevent family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, including violence committed by and against youth, using a coordinated community response model and through prevention and education programs. ‘‘(b) TERM.—The Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agree- ment under this section for a period of not more than 5 fiscal years. ‘‘(c) CONDITIONS ON PAYMENT.—The provision of payments under a cooperative agreement under this section shall be subject to— ‘‘(1) annual approval by the Secretary; and ‘‘(2) the availability of appropriations for each fiscal year to make the payments. ‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to enter into a cooperative agreement under this section, an organization shall— ‘‘(1) be a State Domestic Violence Coalition; and ‘‘(2) include representatives of pertinent sectors of the local community, which may include— ‘‘(A) health care providers and State or local health departments; ‘‘(B) the education community; ‘‘(C) the faith-based community; ‘‘(D) the criminal justice system; ‘‘(E) family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence service program advocates; ‘‘(F) human service entities such as State child services divisions; ‘‘(G) business and civic leaders; and ‘‘(H) other pertinent sectors. ‘‘(e) APPLICATIONS.—An organization that desires to enter into a cooperative agreement under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application, in such form and in such manner as the Secretary shall require, that— ‘‘(1) demonstrates the capacity of the applicant, who may enter into a partnership with a local family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence service provider or community- based organization, to undertake the project involved; ‘‘(2) demonstrates that the project will include a coordinated community response to improve and expand prevention strate- gies through increased communication and coordination among all affected sectors of the local community; ‘‘(3) includes a complete description of the applicant’s plan for the establishment and implementation of the coordinated community response, including a description of— ‘‘(A) the method to be used for identification and selec- tion of an administrative committee made up of persons knowledgeable about comprehensive family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence prevention planning to oversee the project, hire staff, assure compliance with the project outline, and secure annual evaluation of the project; Contracts. 42 USC 10414.