; and (2) certify that they are in compliance with the protections contained herein or describe the steps they will take within 180 days to come into compliance. (d) Use of funds from existing programs Covered governmental entities may seek to use funds from grants authorized pursuant to sections 501(a), 1701(b), and 2101(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10152(a) , 10381(b), and 10461(b)), in order to develop and implement alternative methods for reducing crime in communities instead of laws, programs, or policies that impose penalties based on requests for law enforcement or emergency assistance or impose penalties on victims of crime, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, because criminal activity occurred at a property. Oversight and accountability mechanisms provided for under title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall be available to address violations of this section. . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 41411 the following: Sec. 41412. Administrative enforcement and enforcement by Secretary, Attorney General, and by private persons. Sec. 41413. Department of Housing and Urban Development Violence Against Women Director. Sec. 41414. Data collection and oversight. Sec. 41415. Prohibition on retaliation. Sec. 41416. Right to report crime and emergencies from one’s home. . 603. Transitional housing assistance grants for child victims of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault Section 40299 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12351 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (A) by striking the Director of the Violence Against Women Office and inserting the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women ; and (B) by inserting after , other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations the following: , population-specific organizations