TITLE I—DIVISION ON 
COMMUNITY SAFETY 
SEC. 101. DIVISION ON COMMUNITY SAFETY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the 
Department of Health and Human Services a Division on 
Community Safety (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Divi-
sion’’). The Division shall be headed by an Assistant Sec-
retary for Community Safety (referred to in this Act as 
the ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’) who shall be designated by and 
report directly to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Division shall have re-
sponsibility for overseeing activities that promote qualified 
approaches to community safety, including— 
(1) coordinating and carrying out other over-
sight activities with respect to the grant programs 
established under title II; 
(2) funding, conducting, coordinating, and pub-
licly disseminating the findings of, research into poli-
cies, programs, infrastructure, and other invest-
ments that serve to increase qualified approaches to 
community safety, including through interdiscipli-
nary collaborations involving scholars, nonprofits, 
and other nongovernmental actors; 
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(3) providing and funding technical assistance 
to State and local governments to implement quali-
fied approaches to community safety; 
(4) establishing— 
(A) the Community Advisory Board under 
section 102; 
(B) the Federal Health Response Unit 
under section 103; 
(C) the Interagency Task Force under sec-
tion 104; 
(D) the Community Safety Grant for com-
munity-led organizations under section 201; 
(E) the Community Safety Grant for Local 
Governments under section 202; 
(F) the Community Safety Grant for 
States under section 203; and 
(G) the First Responder Hiring Grants 
under section 204; 
(5) coordinating, streamlining, and imple-
menting qualified approaches to community safety in 
collaboration with the Assistant Secretary for the 
Administration for Children and Families, Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Director of the Indian Health Serv-
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ice, the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and 
Substances Use, and other relevant agencies within 
the Department of Health and Human Services; 
(6) supporting and helping to coordinate inter-
agency initiatives that advance, streamline, and oth-
erwise implement qualified approaches to community 
safety; 
(7) administering grant programs that support 
State governments, local governments, and commu-
nity-based organizations in implementing qualified 
approaches to increasing community safety; 
(8) providing to the public updates, findings, 
and recommendations on qualified approaches to 
community safety collected from the reports made by 
recipients of grants under title II; and 
(9) establishing and maintaining a complaint 
system responsible for the resolution of complaints 
from members of the general public regarding grant 
funding for programs not compliant with the quali-
fied approaches to community safety standard. 
SEC. 102. COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Division shall establish an 
advisory board to oversee the activities of the Division es-
tablished under section 101 and grant programs under 
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title II, to be known as the Community Advisory Board 
(referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Advisory Board’’). 
(b) COMPOSITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Board shall be 
composed of individuals, to be selected by the Sec-
retary. Such members shall reflect the racial, reli-
gious, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, disability 
status, immigration status, and other diversities of 
the United States, including representation for 
Black people, Asian-American people, Latinx people, 
Indigenous 
people, 
lesbian, 
gay, 
bisexual, 
transgender, and queer people, women, youth, dis-
abled people, undocumented and formerly undocu-
mented immigrants, and other groups that have 
been disproportionately disadvantaged by the crimi-
nal legal system. 
(2) REPRESENTATION.—The Assistant Sec-
retary shall ensure that a certain number of individ-
uals selected to serve as members of the Advisory 
Board— 
(A) have personal experience with the 
criminal legal system, including— 
(i) individuals who have been detained 
or incarcerated; 
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(ii) individuals who are currently on 
community supervision (such as probation 
or parole) or who have been on community 
supervision; 
(iii) individuals who have been ar-
rested or cited by law enforcement; 
(iv) individuals who have been directly 
impacted by police violence or other forms 
of violence, including domestic violence, 
sexual assault, rape, and other forms of 
sexual or intimate partner violence; and 
(v) immediate family members of indi-
viduals who have been directly impacted by 
police violence; and 
(B) are advocates or grassroots practi-
tioners working to advance educational equity, 
health equity, housing equity, environmental 
justice, racial justice, gender justice, disability 
justice, or Indigenous justice. 
(3) PAY.—Members of the Advisory Board shall 
serve at a rate of pay to be determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(4) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The duties of the Ad-
visory Board are as follows: 
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(A) Approving annual priorities and fund-
ing for research and technical assistance and 
evaluating, on an annual basis, research con-
ducted or supported by the Division and tech-
nical assistance provided by the Division. 
(B) Based on the evaluations conducted 
under paragraph (5), producing, and submitting 
to the Administrator, annual recommendations 
on the following: 
(i) Whether activities conducted by 
the Division adequately reflect the specific 
needs and interests of all individuals, in-
cluding Black individuals, Asian-American 
individuals, Latinx individuals, Indigenous 
individuals, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 
transgender individuals, disabled individ-
uals, and other individuals who are mem-
bers of communities that have been dis-
proportionately impacted by the immigra-
tion and criminal legal system. 
(ii) Whether funding made available 
to the Division is sufficiently flowing to or-
ganizations that are led by individuals re-
ferred to in clause (i). 
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(iii) Changes that the Division could 
make to address any issues uncovered dur-
ing such evaluations, including ways to en-
sure that grants awarded under this title 
are serving to enhance racial equity and 
benefit 
community-based 
organizations 
that have diverse leadership and composi-
tion. 
(5) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date on which the Division receives the recommenda-
tions under paragraph (4)(B), the Division shall 
submit a report to Congress, which details— 
(A) steps the Division has taken or will 
take to implement the Advisory Board’s rec-
ommendations; or 
(B) for any recommendations not imple-
mented or planned to be implemented, an expla-
nation as to why such recommendation was in-
feasible or conflicted with the Division’s statu-
tory obligations. 
SEC. 103. FEDERAL HEALTH RESPONSE UNIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall establish a Federal health response 
unit, to be known as the ‘‘Federal Health Response Unit’’, 
which shall— 
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(1) respond, through a response unit trained in 
accordance with training developed under paragraph 
(2), to any public health emergency— 
(A) declared by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services under section 319 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d); or 
(B) with respect to which the head of a 
State public health agency makes a request to 
the Secretary for assistance; 
(2) develop, provide for the training of, and 
hire, not fewer than 5,000 personnel to respond to 
such an emergency; 
(3) develop, and provide to States and units of 
local government, guidelines for implementing quali-
fied approaches to community safety; 
(4) develop and implement a plan to minimize 
barriers to community health worker program par-
ticipation, such as by providing guidance and ensur-
ing the availability of local sources of community 
health worker-led technical assistance on require-
ments for participation, including plans to prioritize 
and build the capacity of community-based organiza-
tions and community health worker-led organizations 
and associations within the State or region as eligi-
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ble and preferred providers of community health 
worker technical assistance; 
(5) support local educational agencies as de-
fined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) 
with resources, personnel and services that create 
truly safe and inclusive schools; 
(6) provide States and units of local govern-
ment with community health workers, including indi-
viduals who are trained in first response or violence 
prevention, or both, and other personnel to improve 
access to health services and address the public 
health emergency described in paragraph (1) within 
their respective jurisdiction; and 
(7) coordinate with the commissioned Regular 
Corps and Ready Reserve Corps under section 203 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 204), 
the Medical Reserve Corps under section 2813 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–15), 
and State-level agencies and crisis response teams. 
(b) CONDITIONS.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
each individual hired pursuant to this section shall be paid 
a wage, which shall at least be the highest of the following: 
(1) $17 an hour. 
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(2) The minimum wage under the applicable 
State or local minimum wage law. 
(3) The prevailing rates of pay for individuals 
employed in similar occupations by the same em-
ployer. 
(4) The Federal minimum wage in effect under 
section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)). 
SEC. 104. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall establish an interagency task force 
(referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Task Force’’) to coordinate 
and promote holistic, qualified approaches to community 
safety. 
(b) MEMBERS.—The Task Force shall be composed 
of the following members: 
(1) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, or the designee of the Secretary. 
(2) The Attorney General, or the designee of 
the Attorney General. 
(3) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, or the designee of the Secretary. 
(4) The Secretary of Education, or the designee 
of the Secretary. 
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(5) The Secretary of Labor, or the designee of 
the Secretary. 
(6) The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, or the designee of the Adminis-
trator. 
(7) Other agencies, as determined necessary by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Task Force shall: 
(1) Conduct a comprehensive audit of all funds 
allocated and programs supported by the Depart-
ment of Justice and other Federal agencies that 
fund law enforcement, jails, prisons, and other de-
tention facilities, and other coercive or carceral ap-
proaches to public safety. 
(2) Conduct a comprehensive audit that as-
sesses all Federal funds allocated to, as well as Fed-
eral programs supporting, initiatives that are in-
tended to enhance qualified approaches to commu-
nity safety, disaggregated by jurisdiction. 
(3) Facilitate ongoing efforts to streamline the 
application, monitoring, and reporting processes to 
make Federal funds provided pursuant to any grant 
made under this Act maximally accessible to small, 
grassroots organizations that work to develop, imple-
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