II 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2275 

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to build safer, 

thriving communities, and save lives, by investing in effective communitybased violence reduction initiatives, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2021 

Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. CASEY, Ms. WARREN, Mr. 

WYDEN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. 

WHITEHOUSE, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mr. MARKEY) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

to build safer, thriving communities, and save lives, by 

investing in effective community-based violence reduction 

initiatives, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Break the Cycle of Violence Act’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

7 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

Sec. 101. Community-based violence intervention program grants. 

Sec. 102. Office of Community Violence Intervention. 

Sec. 103. Community Violence Intervention Advisory Committee. 

Sec. 104. Creation of a National Community Violence Response Center. 

Sec. 105. Sense of Congress regarding services for victims of violent crime. 

Sec. 106. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Sec. 201. Improving approaches for communities to thrive (IMPACT) grants. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Community violence is a significant public 

4 health, public safety, and community infrastructure 

5 concern nationwide and is a leading cause of death, 

6 injury, and trauma for people in the United States 

7 that disrupts employment and hinders a commu8 nity’s social and economic development. 

9 (2) From 2010 to 2019, over 175,000 people 

10 were murdered in the United States. Hundreds of 

11 thousands more were hospitalized or treated in 

12 emergency departments after surviving life-changing 

13 gunshot injuries and other violent assaults. 

14 (3) In 2020, the Nation suffered the largest 

15 single-year spike in homicides on record, driven 

16 largely by record spikes in fatal shootings. Nation17 wide, 75 percent of all homicides are committed with 

18 a gun. 


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1 (4) Communities across the Nation experience 

2 enormous disparities in safety that are driven by in3 equitable social and structural determinants of 

4 health. Interpersonal shootings are disproportion5 ately concentrated in neighborhoods harmed by past 

6 and present racial discrimination, segregation, red7 lining, disinvestment, mass incarceration, and con8 centrated poverty, and this violence’s toll falls over9 whelmingly on people of color, especially young 

10 Black and brown men and boys and their loved ones. 

11 From 2015 to 2019, Black children and teens were 

12 14 times as likely to be shot to death as their White 

13 peers. Hispanic children and teens and Native Amer14 ican children and teens were both about 3 times as 

15 likely to be shot to death as their White peers. Over 

16 this period, 72 percent of children murdered before 

17 their 18th birthday were people of color, and 50 per18 cent were Black. 

19 (5) Black boys and men make up less than 7 

20 percent of the population in the United States, but 

21 account for more than 50 percent of all gun homi22 cide victims each year. Violence is responsible for 

23 nearly half of all deaths among Black boys and 

24 young men, ages 15 through 24, meaning the par25 ents of a Black son in this age group are as likely 


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1 to lose their child to homicide as nearly every other 

2 cause of death combined. 

3 (6) This violence imposes enormous human, so4 cial, and economic costs. The Director of the Cen5 ters for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of 

6 Violence Prevention presented research to Congress 

7 demonstrating that ‘‘youth living in inner cities show 

8 a higher prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder 

9 than soldiers’’ in the Nation’s wartime military. 

10 While the vast majority of these young people resil11 iently persevere, people who have been victims of vio12 lence are at substantially higher risk of being vio13 lently re-attacked or killed. Additionally, both direct 

14 and indirect violence exposure have been associated 

15 with a host of poor health outcomes, including 

16 chronic illness, anxiety, depression, and substance 

17 misuse. 

18 (7) When properly implemented and consist19 ently funded, coordinated, community-based strate20 gies that utilize trauma-responsive care and inter21 rupt cycles of violence can produce lifesaving and 

22 cost-saving results in a short period of time without 

23 contributing to mass incarceration. These strategies 

24 identify those at the highest risk, coordinate individ25 ualized wraparound resources, provide pathways to 


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1 healing and stability, and monitor and support long2 term success. Many cities have substantially reduced 

3 community violence in recent years by implementing 

4 various combinations of these strategies, which in5 clude the following: 

6 (A) Community outreach programs, which 

7 hire violence intervention and prevention spe8 cialists who have established relationships, re9 latable lived experiences, and credibility with in10 dividuals in their communities at high risk of 

11 violence and connect them with intensive coun12 seling, mediation, peer support, and social serv13 ices in order to reduce their risk. Evaluations 

14 have found that these programs, particularly 

15 when integrated into wider networks of sup16 portive services, are frequently associated with 

17 significant reductions in gun violence. 

18 (B) Hospital-based violence intervention 

19 programs (referred to in this section as 

20 ‘‘HVIP’’), which work to break cycles of vio21 lence by leveraging credible violence interven22 tion and prevention specialists to provide inten23 sive counseling, peer support, case management, 

24 mediation, and social services to patients recov25 ering from gunshot wounds and other violent 


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1 injuries. Research has shown that violently in2 jured patients are at high risk of retaliating 

3 with violence themselves or being revictimized 

4 by violence in the near future. Evaluations of 

5 HVIPs have found that patients who received 

6 HVIP services were often less likely to be con7 victed of a violent crime and less likely to be 

8 subsequently reinjured by violence than patients 

9 who did not receive HVIP services. 

10 (C) Group violence interventions provide 

11 tailored social services and support to group-in12 volved individuals at highest risk for involve13 ment in community violence. This intervention, 

14 which must be trauma informed, culturally re15 sponsive, and community driven to be most suc16 cessful, includes a process for community mem17 bers to voice a clear demand for the violence to 

18 stop and narrowly focused enforcement actions 

19 against those who continue to engage in acts of 

20 serious violence. The approach coordinates law 

21 enforcement, service providers, and community 

22 engagement efforts to reduce violence in ways 

23 that do not contribute to mass incarceration. 

24 (D) Violence interruption and crisis man25 agement, which respond to potentially violent 


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1 incidents to mediate conflicts or to scenes where 

2 violence has occurred to offer trauma-informed 

3 services and community supports to survivors 

4 and others exposed to violence. These strategies 

5 help to prevent retaliatory violence and promote 

6 healing and well-being. Programs that include 

7 these components have reported deescalating 

8 dozens of disputes that were highly likely to end 

9 in lethal violence. 

10 (8) Access to job and entrepreneurship training, 

11 apprenticeship, and technological and digital literacy 

12 programs are effective tools in reducing community 

13 violence. A 2012 University of Pennsylvania study of 

14 13 high-violence schools in the Chicago area found 

15 ‘‘well-targeted, low-cost employment policies can 

16 make a substantial difference’’, and the city’s most 

17 violent neighborhoods saw a 43 percent drop in vio18 lent-crime arrests of participants in a youth job pro19 gram. 

20 (9) Individualized wraparound services and op21 portunities include, but are not limited to, housing 

22 support, financial assistance, reentry services, legal 

23 assistance, therapeutic services, grief counseling or 

24 targeted victim services, and skill building based on 

25 the needs of survivors or individuals at the highest 


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1 risk of community violence. Leveraging the relation2 ships of violence intervention and prevention special3 ists, these services are used in the context of struc4 tured, person-centered peer mentorship that facili5 tates personal transformation by meeting people 

6 where they are and offering to help participants 

7 change the trajectories of their lives. 

8 (10) The past year has had a disproportionate 

9 impact on youth unemployment, with 2.9 million 

10 more unemployed youth in mid-2020 compared with 

11 pre-2020 levels. Simultaneously, the 2020 recession 

12 accelerated an already increasingly digital and auto13 mated workforce, and youth must attain the digital, 

14 technological, and other technical skills necessary to 

15 thrive in the future of work. While jobs in the cus16 tomer service and food industry could fall by 4.3 

17 million between 2018 and 2030, health care and 

18 STEM occupations could grow more now than ever. 

19 (11) Intentional and sustained investments in 

20 community-based violence reduction strategies can 

21 reverse recent increases in homicides, help to heal 

22 impacted communities, and reduce the enormous 

23 human and economic costs of community violence, 

24 without contributing to mass incarceration. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) COMMUNITY VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘com4 munity violence’’— 

5 (A) means nonfatal firearm injuries, ag6 gravated assaults, homicides, and other acts of 

7 life-threatening interpersonal violence com8 mitted outside the context of a familial or ro9 mantic relationship; and 

10 (B) does not include acts of violence moti11 vated by political beliefs. 

12 (2) ELIGIBLE UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 

13 The term ‘‘eligible unit of local government’’ means 

14 a municipality or other local government that— 

15 (A) for not less than 2 out of the 3 cal16 endar years preceding the date on which an ap17 plication for a grant is submitted under section 

18 101— 

19 (i) experienced 35 or more homicides 

20 per year; or 

21 (ii) experienced 20 or more homicides 

22 per year and had a homicide rate that was 

23 not less than double the national average; 

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1 retary, based on high levels of homicide relative 

2 to other localities within the same State. 

3 (3) OPPORTUNITY YOUTH.—The term ‘‘oppor4 tunity youth’’ means individuals who— 

5 (A) have attained 16 years of age but not 

6 yet attained 25 years of age; and 

7 (B) are not— 

8 (i) enrolled in education or training on 

9 a full-time or part-time basis; or 

10 (ii) employed on a full-time or part11 time basis. 

12 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF 

13 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

14 SEC. 101. COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION 

15 PROGRAM GRANTS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

17 Human Services (in this title referred to as the ‘‘Sec18 retary’’) shall award grants to eligible entities to support, 

19 enhance, and replicate coordinated community violence 

20 intervention. 

21 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to seek a grant 

22 under this section, an entity shall be— 

23 (1) a community-based, nonprofit organization 

24 that— 


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1 (A) serves the residents served by an eligi2 ble unit of local government; and 

3 (B) has a track record of providing com4 munity-related activities or support program in5 novation in communities of color; or 

6 (2) an eligible unit of local government. 

7 (c) LIMITATION.—Of the amount made available to 

8 carry out this title for a fiscal year, not more than 15 

9 percent of such amount shall be made available to eligible 

10 units of local government. 

11 (d) USE OF FUNDS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—A grant awarded under this 

13 section shall be used to implement coordinated com14 munity violence intervention initiatives, through co15 ordinated, community-based strategies. 

16 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—A community violence 

17 intervention initiative implemented using grant 

18 funds awarded under this section shall— 

19 (A) be primarily focused on providing cul20 turally competent, community-based violence 

21 intervention services to the portion of a grant22 ee’s community who are, regardless of age, 

23 identified as being at high risk of being victim24 ized by, or engaging in, community violence; 

25 and 


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1 (B) use strategies that— 

2 (i) are evidence-informed and have 

3 demonstrated promise at reducing commu4 nity violence without contributing to mass 

5 incarceration; 

6 (ii) utilize trauma-responsive care and 

7 interrupt cycles of violence; 

8 (iii) expand economic opportunity 

9 through new jobs, educational opportuni10 ties, or training programs; and 

11 (iv) are primarily focused on individ12 uals at high risk of being victimized by, or 

13 engaging in, community violence. 

14 (3) COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.— 

15 (A) ELIGIBLE UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERN16 MENT.—Each eligible unit of local government 

17 awarded a grant under this section shall dis18 tribute not less than 75 percent of such grant 

19 funds to one or more of the following: 

20 (i) A community-based organization 

21 or nonprofit organization. 

22 (ii) A public agency or department 

23 that is primarily dedicated to the preven24 tion of violence or to community safety, 

25 but is not a law enforcement agency. 


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1 (B) HOSPITALS.—Each hospital awarded a 

2 grant under this section in the hospital’s capac3 ity as a community-based, nonprofit organiza4 tion described in subsection (b)(1) shall dis5 tribute not less than 90 percent of such grant 

6 funds to one or more of the following: 

7 (i) A community-based organization 

8 or nonprofit organization that provides di9 rect services to individuals who have been 

10 victimized by community violence. 

11 (ii) Direct program staff. 

12 (iii) Individual subcontractors who 

13 provide direct program-related services. 

14 (e) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Each applicant 

15 for a grant under this section shall submit a grant pro16 posal, which shall, at a minimum— 

17 (1) describe how the applicant proposes to use 

18 the grant to implement a coordinated community vi19 olence intervention initiative in accordance with this 

20 section; 

21 (2) describe how the applicant proposes to use 

22 the grant to promote or improve coordination be23 tween relevant agencies and community organiza24 tions in order to minimize duplication of services, 


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1 complement other community violence intervention 

2 efforts, and achieve maximum impact; 

3 (3) provide evidence indicating that the pro4 posed community violence intervention initiative 

5 would likely reduce community violence or address 

6 the trauma and collateral consequences for individ7 uals at high risk of being victimized by, or engaging 

8 in, community violence; 

9 (4) describe how the applicant plans to ensure 

10 the community violence intervention initiative is im11 plemented in a manner that is— 

12 (A) evidence-informed; and 

13 (B) coordinated with the programs and ac14 tivities of other entities for addressing commu15 nity violence; and 

16 (5) in the case of a unit of local government ap17 plicant, demonstrate strong support from community 

18 partners with experience engaging individuals at 

19 high risk of being victimized by, or engaging in, 

20 community violence, as demonstrated by— 

21 (A) the development of a community steer22 ing committee that— 

23 (i) provides advice and assistance to 

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1 (ii) is composed of individuals who 

2 substantially reflect local populations im3 pacted by community violence, including 

4 survivors of community violence and indi5 viduals with expertise in culturally com6 petent and trauma-informed approaches to 

7 reducing community violence; and 

8 (B) letters of support from individuals, 

9 such as— 

10 (i) the mayor or chief executive officer 

11 of the unit of local government; and 

12 (ii) the director of one or more com13 munity-based organizations that provide 

14 services to individuals at high risk of being 

15 victimized by, or engaging in, community 

16 violence. 

17 (f) PRIORITIZATION.—In awarding grants under this 

18 section, the Secretary shall give preference to applicants 

19 whose grant proposals demonstrate the greatest likelihood 

20 of reducing community violence in the target area without 

21 contributing to mass incarceration. 

22 (g) GRANT DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 

23 section shall be for a 4-year period. 

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1 (1) the scope of the proposal; and 

2 (2) the demonstrated need for additional re3 sources to effectively reduce community violence in 

4 the applicant’s community. 

5 (i) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para7 graphs (2) and (3), the Federal share of each grant 

8 awarded under this section shall be 90 percent of 

9 the eligible costs incurred by the grant recipient. 

10 (2) EXEMPTION FROM REQUIREMENT.—Para11 graph (1) shall not apply to a grant awarded to a 

12 community-based organization described in sub13 section (b)(1). 

14 (3) WAIVER.—The Federal share of a grant 

15 awarded to a unit of local government (that is an el16 igible entity under subsection (b)(2)) may be up to 

17 100 percent if the Secretary determines there is 

18 good cause to waive the Federal share requirement 

19 under paragraph (1) of this subsection. 

20 (j) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

21 on which the first 4-year grant period under this section 

22 ends, the Secretary shall publish a report identifying best 

23 practices for grantees under this section to implement 

24 community-based violence intervention initiatives. 

25 (k) REWARDING SUCCESS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may reserve 

2 not more than 10 percent of the funds appropriated 

3 for a fiscal year to carry out this title for supple4 mental incentive funds to be distributed to grantees 

5 outside the competitive grant process in accordance 

6 with paragraph (2). 

7 (2) DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS.— 

8 The Secretary may distribute amounts reserved 

9 under paragraph (1), in the discretion of the Sec10 retary, to grantees under subsection (a) that have— 

11 (A) implemented the grant for not less 

12 than 2 years; 

13 (B) demonstrated exceptional commitment 

14 and progress toward implementing the grantee’s 

15 community violence reduction initiative; and 

16 (C) shown that the grantee would likely 

17 achieve more substantial reductions in commu18 nity violence with additional Federal funding. 

19 (3) FEDERAL SHARE.—Subsection (i) shall not 

20 apply to any amounts distributed to a grantee under 

21 this subsection. 

22 (4) EXPLANATION OF DISTRIBUTION.—Upon 

23 distributing supplemental incentive funds to a grant24 ee, the Secretary shall publish a statement on the 

25 website of the Department of Health and Human 


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1 Services that clearly explains the basis for the deci2 sion to award such funds to a particular grantee. 

3 (l) EVALUATION AND INTENSIVE SITE IMPLEMENTA4 TION SUPPORT.—The Secretary may reserve not more 

5 than 8 percent of the funds appropriated for a fiscal year 

6 to carry out this title for the purpose of— 

7 (1) contracting with or hiring intensive site im8 plementation providers with experience implementing 

9 community violence intervention strategies; 

10 (2) providing grants to applicants under sub11 section (a) that provide training and certification to 

12 community violence intervention and prevention pro13 fessionals in order to expand the field and build ca14 pacity of frontline workers and other providers; and 

15 (3) contracting with independent researchers to 

16 evaluate the implementation, performance, and im17 pact of selected initiatives supported by the grants 

18 made under this section, which evaluations shall be 

19 made publicly available on the website of the De20 partment of Health and Human Services. 

21 (m) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A grantee re22 ceiving a grant under this section shall use the grant to 

23 supplement, and not supplant, the amount of funds the 

24 grantee would otherwise dedicate to a community violence 

25 intervention initiative. 


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1 SEC. 102. OFFICE OF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVEN2 TION. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

4 within the Department of Health and Human Services, 

5 the Office of Community Violence Intervention (in this 

6 title referred to as the ‘‘Office’’), to be headed by a direc7 tor. 

8 (b) DUTIES.—The Secretary shall delegate to the Di9 rector of the Office responsibility for implementing the 

10 provisions of this title. 

11 (c) RESERVATION.—Of the amount made available to 

12 carry out this title for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 

13 reserve not more than 5 percent for the administrative ex14 penses of the Office. 

15 SEC. 103. COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ADVI16 SORY COMMITTEE. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

18 a Community Violence Intervention Advisory Committee 

19 (in this title referred to as the ‘‘Advisory Committee’’) to 

20 provide advice and assistance to the Secretary and Office 

21 in carrying out this title, including— 

22 (1) development of grant solicitations; 

23 (2) raising awareness about grant solicitations 

24 among potentially eligible units of government and 

25 organizations; 

26 (3) selection of grant proposals; 


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1 (4) selection of grantees to receive supplemental 

2 funds in accordance with section 101(l); and 

3 (5) formation of the National Community Vio4 lence Response Center under section 104. 

5 (b) MEMBERS.—In appointing members of the Advi6 sory Committee, the Secretary shall— 

7 (1) appoint the members from among individ8 uals with expertise implementing or evaluating com9 munity violence intervention initiatives; 

10 (2) include a representative with expertise in 

11 workforce development selected by the Secretary of 

12 Labor; 

13 (3) ensure the membership of the Advisory 

14 Committee reflects a commitment to culturally com15 petent and trauma-informed approaches to pre16 venting violence among individuals at high risk of vi17 olence; and 

18 (4) ensure that the members of the Advisory 

19 Committee include substantial representation of 

20 communities of color disproportionately impacted by 

21 community violence. 


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1 SEC. 104. CREATION OF A NATIONAL COMMUNITY VIO2 LENCE RESPONSE CENTER. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

4 and operate a National Community Violence Response 

5 Center (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Center’’). 

6 (b) DUTIES.—The Center shall have the following 

7 roles and responsibilities: 

8 (1) ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

9 The Office and the Center, with the advice of the 

10 Advisory Committee, shall— 

11 (A) develop a four-tier taxonomy to assess 

12 the maturity of community violence infrastruc13 ture among grantees under section 101; and 

14 (B) provide technical assistance to grant15 ees under section 101 in the implementation of 

16 coordinated community violence intervention 

17 funded through the grant. 

18 (2) INTENSIVE SITE IMPLEMENTATION SUP19 PORT.—The Center shall— 

20 (A) develop intensive site implementation 

21 support for each of the four tiers to maximize 

22 the effectiveness of the development of commu23 nity violence initiatives; 

24 (B) develop intensive site implementation 

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1 tours of the community violence within the ju2 risdiction and identify relevant community3 based interventions that may be successful at 

4 preventing future community violence; and 

5 (C) provide ongoing support to community6 based organizations to facilitate site infrastruc7 ture building, program implementation and op8 eration, and quality improvement assistance. 

9 (3) DATA COLLECTION.— 

10 (A) POLICIES.—The Office and the Center 

11 shall develop data collection policies for grant 

12 recipients that measure safety, community 

13 health, opportunity youth engagement, eco14 nomic development, and recidivism. 

15 (B) ASSISTANCE.—The Center shall assist 

16 grant recipients in establishing data collection 

17 systems and practices, and collect data from the 

18 grant recipients. 

19 (4) RESEARCH COORDINATION.— 

20 (A) ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COUN21 CIL.—The Center, in consultation with non22 profit, nongovernmental organizations and re23 searchers whose primary expertise is in commu24 nity violence, shall establish a Community Vio25 lence Research Advisory Council (in this paraVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:32 Jul 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2275.IS S2275

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1 graph referred to as the ‘‘Research Advisory 

2 Council’’)— 

3 (i) to coordinate research on commu4 nity violence; and 

5 (ii) to report to the Congress on any 

6 gaps on issues related to community vio7 lence. 

8 (B) MEMBERSHIP.—The Research Advi9 sory Council shall include representatives 

10 from— 

11 (i) all Federal agencies that fund re12 search on community violence; and 

13 (ii) the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

14 (C) DUTIES.—The Research Advisory 

15 Council shall provide advice and assistance to 

16 the Center to— 

17 (i) develop a coordinated strategy to 

18 strengthen research focused on community 

19 violence education, prevention, and inter20 vention strategies; 

21 (ii) track and report all Federal re22 search and expenditures related to commu23 nity violence; and 

24 (iii) identify gaps in community vio25 lence research, governmental expenditures 


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1 on community violence issues, and prom2 ising strategies that have not yet been rig3 orously evaluated. 

4 (5) CONFERRAL.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall estab6 lish a biennial conference to include— 

7 (i) grantees and providers of intensive 

8 site implementation support in the commu9 nity violence field that receive funding 

10 under this title or title II; and 

11 (ii) other key stakeholders. 

12 (B) TOPICS.—The topics to be addressed 

13 at the biennial conference shall include— 

14 (i) the administration of grants; 

15 (ii) challenges and gaps in community 

16 violence intervention initiatives; 

17 (iii) strategies for overcoming such 

18 challenges and gaps; 

19 (iv) promising practices in the field; 

20 and 

21 (v) emerging trends. 

22 (C) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

23 after the conclusion of each biennial conference, 

24 the Center shall publish a comprehensive report 

25 that— 


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1 (i) summarizes the issues presented 

2 during the conference and what, if any, 

3 policies the Center intends to implement to 

4 address those issues; and 

5 (ii) is made available to the public on 

6 the Center’s website and submitted to the 

7 Congress. 

8 (6) CAPACITY BUILDING AND FOSTERING INNO9 VATION.—The Center shall— 

10 (A) promote expansion and development of 

11 the field of community violence intervention and 

12 prevention, including fostering collaboration, in13 formation sharing, and dissemination of best 

14 practices among practitioners, providers of in15 tensive site implementation support, and pro16 grams and individuals working in the same re17 gions or States, including the identification and 

18 dissemination to the public of best practices for 

19 addressing community violence; 

20 (B) develop a plan for expanding providers 

21 of intensive site implementation support in the 

22 field of community violence intervention and 

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1 vention strategies that are in need of further 

2 research and evaluation; and 

3 (D) develop a plan for providing ongoing 

4 intensive site support to organizations imple5 menting community violence intervention and 

6 prevention strategies. 

7 (7) REPORTING.—The Center shall annually 

8 provide a report to the Congress addressing topics to 

9 include— 

10 (A) national trends in community violence 

11 statistics; 

12 (B) a summary of the activities of the Cen13 ter and the Office under this title; and 

14 (C) recommendations for improving the 

15 national response to community violence. 

16 SEC. 105. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SERVICES FOR 

17 VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME. 

18 It is the sense of Congress that— 

19 (1) community-based violence intervention pro20 grams have shown effective results as a strategy in 

21 reducing the risk of reinjury of, or retaliation by, 

22 victims of community violence, and promoting vic23 tims’ recovery and well-being; 

24 (2) young men, boys, girls, and women of color 

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1 lence, but are frequently underserved by victim serv2 ice providers; and 

3 (3) States and territories should consider using 

4 funding provided through the Crime Victims Fund 

5 to support community-based violence intervention 

6 initiatives that provide services for direct and sec7 ondary victims of community violence at high risk 

8 for reinjury and involvement in community violence. 

9 SEC. 106. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Depart11 ment of Health and Human Services to carry out this title, 

12 in addition to any amounts otherwise authorized to be ap13 propriated or made available to the Department of Health 

14 and Human Services for such purpose— 

15 (1) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

16 (2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 

17 (3) $700,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 

18 through 2029. 

19 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF 

20 LABOR 

21 SEC. 201. IMPROVING APPROACHES FOR COMMUNITIES TO 

22 THRIVE (IMPACT) GRANTS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor (in this 

24 section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall award grants 

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1 force programs authorized under section 129(c)(1) of the 

2 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

3 3164(c)), with the elements described in section 

4 129(c)(2)(C) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(c)(2)(C)), for 

5 opportunity youth in communities disproportionately af6 fected by gun violence for the purposes of connecting op7 portunity youth to in-demand occupations. 

8 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to seek a grant 

9 under subsection (a), an entity shall be— 

10 (1) a community-based, nonprofit organization 

11 that— 

12 (A) serves the residents served by an eligi13 ble unit of local government; 

14 (B) has a track record of providing com15 munity-related activities or support program in16 novation in communities of color; 

17 (C) focuses on training technical skills to 

18 prepare opportunity youth for in-demand occu19 pations; and 

20 (D) provides— 

21 (i) training for opportunity youth who 

22 are basic skills deficient; and 

23 (ii) soft skills training that enables 

24 opportunity youth to engage successfully in 

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1 (2) an Indian Tribe or an agency primarily 

2 serving Native Americans; 

3 (3) an entity that carries out activities author4 ized under the Workforce Innovation and Oppor5 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) that has a focus 

6 on opportunity youth; 

7 (4) a federally or State recognized apprentice8 ship program; 

9 (5) an accredited community college; or 

10 (6) an eligible unit of local government. 

11 (c) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall require grant12 ees under this section to report to the Secretary on pri13 mary measures funded under this section for— 

14 (1) entry into job training, education, appren15 ticeship, skilled trades training, or other paid and 

16 unpaid work experiences that have as a component 

17 academic and occupational education programs; and 

18 (2) changes in overall school enrollment, unem19 ployment, or weekly earnings for opportunity youth 

20 participating in activities of the respective grantee. 

21 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 (1) BASIC SKILLS DEFICIENT.—The term 

23 ‘‘basic skills deficient’’ means an individual who— 

24 (A) is a youth and has English reading, 

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1 grade level on a generally accepted standardized 

2 test; or 

3 (B) is unable to compute or solve prob4 lems, or read, write, or speak English, at a level 

5 necessary to function on the job, in the individ6 ual’s family, or in society. 

7 (2) IN-DEMAND OCCUPATION.—The term ‘‘in8 demand occupation’’ means an occupation described 

9 in section 3(23)(A)(ii) of the Workforce Innovation 

10 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(23)(A)(ii)). 

11 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 

12 out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 

13 $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, to remain available 

14 through fiscal year 2029. 

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