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This section establishes a grant program authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award one-year grants to eligible entities—state, tribal, or local law enforcement agencies and state or local agencies overseeing emergency medical services—for trauma-informed training of law enforcement personnel and emergency medical technicians on responding to sexual assault cases, including related domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. The training must be evidence-based or demonstrate promising practices, victim-centered, and cover topics such as the neurological and behavioral impacts of trauma, retraumatization risks from interactions with such personnel, communication strategies, and support tools for survivors. As conditions of the grants, eligible entities must (1) require at least eight hours of the training for individuals in initial law enforcement, fire, or emergency medical services academies and at least four hours annually for all other such personnel; and (2) strive for trainers with diverse professional backgrounds and racial, ethnic, and gender representation. The Secretary must maintain an online, searchable listing of such trainers by geographic area and professional background and submit annual reports to Congress evaluating the program's effectiveness, including the number of grantees, improvements in training and prosecutions, and survivor feedback.