Specifications include, but are not limited to: Funds awarded to grantees for services must be used for: • Provision of immediate shelter and access (including transportation) to shelter 24 hours per day 7 days per week and related supportive services (Refer to Definitions on page 6) to adult and youth survivors of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence and their dependents. This includes paying for the operating and administrative expenses of a facility for shelter. • Provision of trained crisis intervention advocates available onsite to answer crisis hotline calls 24 hours a day. • Provision of assistance in developing safety plans and supporting efforts of survivors of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence to make decisions related to their ongoing safety and well-being. • Provision of individual and group counseling, peer support groups available in multiple sites in day and evening hours, and referral to community-based services to assist family violence, domestic violence, and dating survivors, and their dependents, in recovering from the effects of violence. Support groups must include a children’s component led by a qualified children’s advocate or counselor. • Provision of services, training, technical assistance, and outreach to increase awareness of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, and increase the accessibility of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence services. • Provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate services. • Provision of services for children exposed to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, including age-appropriate counseling, supportive services, and services for the nonabusing parent that support that parent’s role as a caregiver, which may, as appropriate, include services that together work with the non-abusing parent and child...