technical skills, vocational skills, and any 
other job-related or other necessary skills; 
(iv) supporting preparation for post-
secondary education, including academic 
counseling, peer mentoring, and commu-
nity support; 
(v) locating and maintaining housing, 
which may include housing counseling, as-
sisting with finding and securing afford-
able housing including in areas of oppor-
tunity, assisting with applications for sub-
sidized housing and housing-related bene-
fits, locating and identifying temporary 
shelter when housing cannot be found im-
mediately, and applying for home energy 
and utility assistance programs; 
(vi) obtaining identification cards, 
driver’s licenses, replacement Social Secu-
rity cards, birth certificates, and citizen-
ship or immigration documentation; 
(vii) registering to vote, and applying 
for voting rights to be restored, where per-
mitted by law; 
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(viii) applying for or accessing high 
school equivalency classes, vocational reha-
bilitation, or technical courses; 
(ix) applying for loans for and admis-
sion to institutions of higher education; 
(x) financial counseling planning, em-
powerment, or coaching; 
(xi) legal assistance or referrals for 
record sealing or expungement, forfeiture 
of property or assets, family law and cus-
tody matters, legal aid services (including 
other civil legal aid services), and relevant 
civil matters including housing and other 
issues; 
(xii) retrieving property or funds re-
tained by the arresting agency or facility of 
incarceration, or retrieving property or 
funds obtained while incarcerated; 
(xiii) 
transportation, 
including 
through provision of transit fare; 
(xiv) individual and familial coun-
seling; 
(xv) problem-solving, in coordination 
with counsel where necessary, any difficul-
ties in compliance with court-ordered su-
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pervision requirements, including restric-
tions on living with certain family mem-
bers, contact with certain friends, bond re-
quirements, location and residency restric-
tions, electronic monitoring compliance, 
court-ordered substance use disorder treat-
ment, and other court-ordered require-
ments; 
(xvi) communication needs, including 
providing a mobile phone, mobile phone 
service or access, or internet access; 
(xvii) applying for State or Federal 
government benefits, where eligible, and 
assisting in locating free or reduced cost 
food and sustenance benefits; 
(xviii) life skills assistance; 
(xix) mentorship; 
(xx) medical and mental health serv-
ices, and cognitive-behavioral program-
ming; 
(xxi) substance use disorder treat-
ment; 
(xxii) reactivation, application for, and 
maintenance of professional or other li-
censes; 
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(xxiii) providing case management 
services, in connection with court-ordered 
terms of release, or other local publicly 
supported social work case management; 
(xxiv) safety planning with victims of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, stalking, and human trafficking; 
and 
(xxv) applying for State Vocational 
Rehabilitation services for individuals with 
disabilities that may qualify or conduct an 
evaluation to determine whether they may 
be eligible or potentially eligible for voca-
tional rehabilitation services. 
(5) SUCCESS RATE.—The term ‘‘success rate’’ 
means the rate of recidivism (as measured by a sub-
sequent conviction or return to prison), job place-
ment, permanent housing placement, or completion 
of certification, trade, or other education program. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2024 through 2028 to carry out this section. 
(2) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The Attorney 
General shall ensure that grants awarded under this 
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section are equitably distributed among the geo-
graphical regions and between urban and rural pop-
ulations, including Indian Tribes, consistent with the 
objective of reducing recidivism. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR REENTRY SERVICES ASSISTANCE HOT-
LINES. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is au-
thorized to make grants to States, Indian Tribes, 
and units of local government to operate reentry 
services assistance hotlines that are toll-free and op-
erate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 
(2) GRANT
PERIOD.—A grant made under 
paragraph (1) shall be for a period of not more than 
5 years. 
(b) HOTLINE REQUIREMENTS.—A grant recipient 
shall ensure, with respect to a hotline funded by a grant 
under subsection (a), that— 
(1) the hotline directs individuals to local re-
entry services (as such term is defined in section 
2(e)); 
(2) any personally identifiable information that 
an individual provides to an agency of the State or 
Indian Tribe through the hotline is not directly or 
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indirectly disclosed, without the consent of the indi-
vidual, to any other agency or entity, or person; 
(3) the staff members who operate the hotline 
are trained to be knowledgeable about— 
(A) applicable Federal, State, Tribal, and 
local reentry services; and 
(B) the unique barriers to successful re-
entry into the community after a person has 
been convicted or incarcerated; 
(4) the hotline is accessible to— 
(A) individuals with limited English pro-
ficiency, consistent with applicable law; and 
(B) individuals with disabilities; 
(5) the hotline has the capability to engage with 
individuals using text messages. 
(c) BEST PRACTICES.—The Attorney General shall 
issue guidance to grant recipients on best practices for im-
plementing the requirements of subsection (b). 
(d) PREFERENCE.—The Attorney General shall give 
preference to applicants that demonstrate that they seek 
to employ individuals to operate the hotline who have been 
convicted of an offense, or have served a term of imprison-
ment and have completed any court-ordered supervision. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
and 
(D) any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2024 through 2028 to carry out this section. 
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