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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3372 
To authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate 
one-stop reentry centers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2021 
Ms. BASS (for herself and Mr. RESCHENTHALER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize implementation grants to community-based 
nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘One Stop Shop Com-
munity Reentry Program Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY REENTRY CENTER GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
is authorized to carry out a grant program to make grants 
to eligible entities for the purpose of creating community 
reentry centers. 
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(b) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Each applica-
tion for a grant under this section shall— 
(1) demonstrate a plan to work with community 
leaders who interact with formerly incarcerated peo-
ple and their families to— 
(A) identify specific strategies and ap-
proaches to providing reentry services; 
(B) develop a needs assessment tool to sur-
vey or conduct focus groups with community 
members in order to identify— 
(i) the needs of individuals returning 
to the community after conviction or incar-
ceration, and the barriers such individuals 
face; and 
(ii) the needs of the families and com-
munities to which such individuals are re-
turning; and 
(C) use the information gathered pursuant 
to subparagraph (B) to determine the reentry 
services to be provided by the community re-
entry center; 
(2) identify the correctional institutions from 
which individuals who are released from incarcer-
ation are likely to reenter the community served by 
the community reentry center, and develop a plan, if 
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feasible, to provide transportation for such released 
individuals to the community reentry center, to the 
individual’s residence, or to a location where the in-
dividual is ordered by a court to report; 
(3) demonstrate a plan to provide accessible no-
tice of the location of the reentry intake and coordi-
nation center and the services that it will provide 
(either directly or on a referral basis), including, 
where feasible, within and outside of correctional in-
stitutions identified under paragraph (1); 
(4) demonstrate a plan to provide intake and 
reentry needs assessment that is trauma-informed 
and gender-responsive after an individual is released 
from a correctional institution, or, in the case of an 
individual who is convicted of an offense and not 
sentenced to a term of imprisonment, after such con-
viction, and where feasible, before release, to ensure 
that the individuals served by the center are referred 
to appropriate reentry services based on the individ-
ual’s needs immediately upon release from a correc-
tional institution or after conviction, and continu-
ously thereafter as needed; 
(5) demonstrate a plan to provide the reentry 
services identified in paragraph (1)(C); 
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(6) demonstrate a plan to continue to provide 
services (including through referral) for individuals 
served by the center who move to a different geo-
graphic area to ensure appropriate case manage-
ment, case planning, and access to continuous or 
new services, where necessary, and based on con-
sistent reevaluation of needs; 
(7) identify specific methods that the commu-
nity reentry center will employ to achieve perform-
ance objectives among the individuals served by the 
center, including— 
(A) increased access to and participation 
in reentry services; 
(B) reduction in recidivism rates; 
(C) increased numbers of individuals ob-
taining and retaining employment; 
(D) increased enrollment in and degrees 
earned from educational programs, including 
high school, GED, and institutions of higher 
education; 
(E) increased numbers of individuals ob-
taining and maintaining housing; and 
(F) increased self-reports of successful 
community living, including stability of living 
situation and positive family relationships; and 
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(8) to the extent practicable, identify State, 
local, and private funds available to supplement the 
funds received under this section. 
(c) PREFERENCE.—The Attorney General shall give 
preference to applicants that demonstrate that they seek 
to employ individuals who have been convicted of an of-
fense, or served a term of imprisonment and have com-
pleted any court-ordered supervision, or that, to the extent 
allowable by law, employ such formerly incarcerated indi-
viduals in positions of responsibility. 
(d) EVALUATION AND REPORT.— 
(1) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General shall 
enter into a contract with a nonprofit organization 
with expertise in analyzing data related to reentry 
services and recidivism to monitor and evaluate each 
recipient of a grant and each community reentry 
center receiving funds under this section on an ongo-
ing basis. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN.—The nonprofit 
organization described in paragraph (1) shall provide 
administrative support to assist recipients of grants 
authorized by this Act to comply with the conditions 
associated with the receipt of funding from the De-
partment of Justice. 
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(3) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date on which grants are initially made under this 
section, and annually thereafter, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall submit to Congress a report on the pro-
gram, which shall include— 
(A) the number of grants made, the num-
ber of eligible entities receiving such grants, 
and the amount of funding distributed to each 
eligible entity pursuant to this section; 
(B) the location of each eligible entity re-
ceiving such a grant, and the population served 
by the community reentry center; 
(C) the number of persons who have par-
ticipated in reentry services offered by a com-
munity reentry center, disaggregated by type of 
services, and success rates of participants in 
each service to the extent possible; 
(D) the number of persons who have par-
ticipated in reentry services for which they re-
ceived a referral from a community reentry cen-
ter, disaggregated by type of services, and suc-
cess rates of participants in each service; 
(E) recidivism rates within the population 
served by each community reentry center, both 
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(vi) an employee of an organization 
that provides reentry services; 
(vii) a member of a civic or volunteer 
group related to the provision of reentry 
services; 
(viii) a health care professional; and 
(ix) an employee of a State, local, or 
tribal government agency with expertise in 
the provision of reentry services. 
(2) COMMUNITY REENTRY CENTER.—The term 
‘‘community reentry center’’ means a center that— 
(A) offers intake, reentry needs assess-
ments, case management, and case planning for 
reentry services for individuals returning to the 
community after conviction or incarceration; 
(B) provides the reentry services identified 
under subsection (b)(1)(C) at a single location; 
and 
(C) provides referrals to appropriate serv-
ice providers based on the assessment of needs 
of the individuals. 
(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a community-based nonprofit organiza-
tion that— 
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(A) has expertise in the provision of re-
entry services; and 
(B) is located in a geographic area that 
has disproportionately high numbers of resi-
dents, when compared to the local community, 
who— 
(i) have been arrested; 
(ii) have been convicted of a criminal 
offense; and 
(iii) return to such geographic area 
after incarceration. 
(4) REENTRY
SERVICES.—The term ‘‘reentry 
services’’— 
(A) means comprehensive and holistic serv-
ices that improve outcomes for individuals re-
turning to the community after conviction or in-
carceration; and 
(B) includes— 
(i) seeking and maintaining employ-
ment, including through assistance with 
drafting resumes, establishing emails ac-
counts, locating job solicitations, submit-
ting of job applications, and preparing for 
interviews; 
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(ii) placement in job placement pro-
grams that partner with private employers; 
(iii) obtaining free and low-cost job 
skills classes, including computer skills, 
technical skills, vocational skills, and any 
other job-related skills; 
(iv) locating and maintaining housing, 
which may include counseling on public 
housing opportunities, assisting with appli-
cations for public housing benefits, locating 
and securing temporary or long-term shel-
ter, and applying for home energy and util-
ity assistance programs; 
(v) obtaining identification cards and 
driver’s licenses; 
(vi) registering to vote, and applying 
for voting rights to be restored, where per-
mitted by law; 
(vii) applying for or accessing GED 
courses; 
(viii) applying for loans for and ad-
mission to institutions of higher education; 
(ix) financial counseling; 
(x) legal assistance or referrals for 
record expungement, forfeiture of property 
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or assets, family law and custody matters, 
legal aid services (including other civil 
legal aid services), and relevant civil mat-
ters including housing and other issues; 
(xi) retrieving property or funds re-
tained by the arresting agency or facility of 
incarceration, or retrieving property or 
funds obtained while incarcerated; 
(xii) transportation, including through 
provision of transit fare; 
(xiii) familial counseling; 
(xiv) problem-solving, in coordination 
with counsel where necessary, any difficul-
ties in compliance with court-ordered su-
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 abuse, and other 
court-ordered requirements; 
(xv) communication needs, including 
providing a mobile phone, mobile phone 
service or access, or internet access; 
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(xvi) applying for State or Federal 
government benefits, where eligible, and 
assisting in locating free or reduced cost 
food and sustenance benefits; 
(xvii) life skills assistance; 
(xviii) mentorship; 
(xix) medical and mental health serv-
ices, and cognitive-behavioral program-
ming; 
(xx) substance abuse treatment; 
(xxi) reactivation, application for, and 
maintenance of professional or other li-
censes; and 
(xxii) providing case management 
services, in connection with court-ordered 
terms of release, or other local publicly 
supported social work case management. 
(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.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026 to carry out this section. 
(2) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The Attorney 
General shall ensure that grants awarded under this 
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— 
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