‘‘(A) State, tribal, territorial, or local lead-
ers; 
‘‘(B) agencies; 
‘‘(C) service providers; 
‘‘(D) nonprofit organizations; and 
‘‘(E) stakeholders. 
‘‘(j) STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each applicant shall iden-
tify in the reentry strategic plan of that applicant 
developed under subsection (h) specific performance 
outcomes related to the long-term goals of increasing 
public safety and reducing recidivism. 
‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.—The perform-
ance outcomes identified under paragraph (1) shall 
include, with respect to offenders reentering the 
community— 
‘‘(A) reduction in recidivism rates; 
‘‘(B) reduction in crime; 
‘‘(C) increased employment and education 
opportunities; 
‘‘(D) reduction in violations of conditions 
of supervised release; 
‘‘(E) increased payment of child support; 
‘‘(F) increased housing opportunities; 
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‘‘(G) reduction in drug and alcohol abuse; 
and 
‘‘(H) increased participation in substance 
abuse and mental health services. 
‘‘(3) OTHER OUTCOMES.—States may include 
in their reentry strategic plan other performance 
outcomes that increase the success rates of offenders 
reentering the community. 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—Applicants shall coordi-
nate with communities and stakeholders about the 
selection of performance outcomes identified by the 
applicant, and shall consult with the Department of 
Justice for assistance with data collection and meas-
urement activities. 
‘‘(k) REPORT.—Each grantee under this section shall 
submit an annual report to the Attorney General that— 
‘‘(1) identifies the progress of that grantee to-
ward achieving its strategic performance outcomes 
identified under subsection (j); and 
‘‘(2) describes other activities conducted by the 
grantee to increase the success rates of the reentry 
population, such as programs that foster effective 
risk management and treatment programming, of-
fender accountability, and community and victim 
participation. 
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‘‘(l) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in 
consultation with the grantees, shall— 
‘‘(A) identify primary and secondary 
sources of information to support the measure-
ment of the strategic performance outcomes 
identified under subsection (j); 
‘‘(B) identify sources and methods of data 
collection in support of performance measure-
ment required under this section; 
‘‘(C) provide to all grantees technical as-
sistance and training on performance measures 
and data collection for purposes of this section; 
and 
‘‘(D) coordinate with the Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration on 
strategic performance outcome measures and 
data collection for purposes of this section relat-
ing to substance abuse and mental health. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—The Attorney General 
shall coordinate with other Federal agencies to iden-
tify national and other sources of information to 
support grantee’s performance measurement. 
‘‘(3) STANDARDS FOR ANALYSIS.—Any statis-
tical analysis of population data conducted under 
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this section shall be conducted in accordance with 
the Federal Register Notice dated October 30, 1997, 
relating to classification standards. 
‘‘(m) NATIONAL ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDER 
REENTRY RESOURCE CENTER.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Attorney General may, 
using amounts made available to carry out this sec-
tion, make a grant to an eligible organization to pro-
vide for the establishment of a National Adult and 
Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—An organiza-
tion eligible for the grant under paragraph (1) is 
any national nonprofit organization that— 
‘‘(A) is approved by the Federal task force 
established under subsection (o); and 
‘‘(B) provides technical assistance and 
training to, and has special expertise and broad, 
national-level experience in, offender reentry 
programs, training, and research. 
‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—The organization receiv-
ing the grant under paragraph (1) shall establish a 
National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Re-
source Center to— 
‘‘(A) provide education, training, and tech-
nical assistance to States, units of local govern-
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ments, territories, tribes, service providers, non-
profit organizations, and corrections institu-
tions; 
‘‘(B) collect data and best practices in of-
fender reentry from demonstration grantees and 
others agencies and organizations; 
‘‘(C) develop and disseminate evaluation 
tools, mechanisms, and measures to better as-
sess and document coalition performance meas-
ures and outcomes; 
‘‘(D) disseminate knowledge to States and 
other relevant entities about reentry, including 
best practices, policy standards, and research 
findings; 
‘‘(E) develop and implement procedures to 
assist relevant authorities in— 
‘‘(i) determining when release is ap-
propriate; and 
‘‘(ii) the use of data to inform the re-
lease decision; 
‘‘(F) develop and implement procedures to 
identify efficiently and effectively those violators 
of probation, parole, or post-incarceration su-
pervision who should be returned to prison or 
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jail and those who should receive other penalties 
based on defined, graduated sanctions; 
‘‘(G) collaborate with the Federal task 
force established under subsection (o) and the 
Federal Resource Center for Children of Pris-
oners; 
‘‘(H) develop a national reentry research 
agenda; and 
‘‘(I) bridge the gap between reentry re-
search and practice by translating knowledge 
from reentry research into practical informa-
tion. 
‘‘(4) LIMIT.—Of amounts made available to 
carry out this section, not more than 4 percent shall 
be available to carry out this subsection. 
‘‘(n) ADMINISTRATION.—Of amounts made available 
to carry out this section— 
‘‘(1) not more than 2 percent shall be available 
for administrative expenses in carrying out this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(2) not more than 2 percent shall be made 
available to the National Institute of Justice to 
evaluate the effectiveness of the demonstration 
projects funded under this section in reducing recidi-
vism and increasing public safety. 
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‘‘(o) TASK FORCE ON FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND AC-
TIVITIES RELATING TO REENTRY OF OFFENDERS.— 
‘‘(1) TASK
FORCE
REQUIRED.—The Attorney 
General, in consultation with the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Labor, 
the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the heads of 
such other elements of the Federal Government as 
the Attorney General considers appropriate, and in 
collaboration with States, units of local government, 
territories, tribes, stakeholders, service providers, 
and nonprofit organizations, shall establish an inter-
agency task force on Federal programs and activities 
relating to the reentry of offenders into the commu-
nity. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The task force established 
under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) identify any reentry program or activ-
ity that may be resulting in overlapping or du-
plication of reentry services, the scope of such 
overlapping or duplication, and the relationship 
of such overlapping and duplication to public 
safety, public health, and effectiveness and effi-
ciency; 
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‘‘(B) identify methods to improve collabo-
ration and coordination of such programs and 
activities; 
‘‘(C) identify areas of responsibility in 
which improved collaboration and coordination 
of such programs and activities would result in 
increased effectiveness or efficiency; 
‘‘(D) develop innovative interagency or 
intergovernmental programs, activities, or pro-
cedures that would improve outcomes of offend-
ers reentering the community and the children 
of offenders; 
‘‘(E) develop methods for increasing reg-
ular communication that would increase inter-
agency program effectiveness; 
‘‘(F) identify areas of research that can be 
coordinated across agencies with an emphasis 
on applying science-based practices to support, 
treatment, and intervention programs for of-
fenders reentering the community; 
‘‘(G) identify funding areas that should be 
coordinated across agencies, and any gaps in 
funding for reentry services; and 
‘‘(H) in collaboration with the National 
Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resources 
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Center established under subsection (m), iden-
tify successful reentry programs and collect best 
practices in offender reentry from demonstra-
tion grantees and other agencies and organiza-
tions, determine the extent to which such pro-
grams and practices can be replicated, and 
make information on such programs and prac-
tices available to States, localities, nonprofit or-
ganizations, and others. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of the Fighting 
Gangs and Empowering Youth Act of 2007, the 
task force established under paragraph (1) shall 
submit to Congress a report on barriers to re-
entry, including recommendations to overcome 
such barriers. The task force shall provide for 
public input in preparing the report. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The report required by 
subparagraph (A) shall identify Federal and 
other barriers to successful reentry of offenders 
into the community and analyze the effects of 
such barriers on offenders and on children and 
other family members of offenders, including 
barriers relating to— 
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‘‘(i) child support obligations and pro-
cedures; 
‘‘(ii) Social Security benefits (includ-
ing barriers in timely restoration of sus-
pended 
disability 
benefits 
immediately 
upon release), veterans benefits, food 
stamps, and other forms of Federal public 
assistance; 
‘‘(iii) Medicaid and Medicare laws, 
regulations, guidelines or procedures (in-
cluding barriers in timely restoration of 
benefits caused by delay in reinstatement 
of suspended Social Security disability ben-
efits); 
‘‘(iv) education programs, financial 
assistance, and full civic participation; 
‘‘(v) TANF program funding criteria 
and other welfare benefits; 
‘‘(vi) sustainable employment and ca-
reer advancement, including barriers that 
are not directly connected to the crime 
committed and the risk that the offender 
presents to the community; 
‘‘(vii) laws, regulations, rules, and 
practices that restrict Federal employment 
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licensure and participation in Federal con-
tracting programs; 
‘‘(viii) admissions to and evictions 
from Federal housing programs, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(I) examining the number and 
characteristics of offenders who are 
evicted from or denied eligibility for 
Federal housing programs; 
‘‘(II) the effect of eligibility deni-
als and evictions on homelessness, 
family stability, and family reunifica-
tion; 
‘‘(III) the extent to which arrest 
records are the basis for denying ap-
plications; 
‘‘(IV) the implications of consid-
ering misdemeanor convictions that 
occurred more than 5 years before the 
date of an application and felony con-
victions that occurred more than 10 
years before the date of an applica-
tion, and the appropriateness of tak-
ing into account rehabilitation and 
other mitigating factors; and 
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‘‘(V) the feasibility of using pro-
bationary or conditional eligibility 
based on participation in a supervised 
rehabilitation program or other appro-
priate social services; 
‘‘(ix) reentry procedures, case plan-
ning, and transitions of offenders from the 
custody of the Bureau of Prisons to a Fed-
eral parole or probation program, or to 
community corrections; 
‘‘(x) laws, regulations, rules, and 
practices that may require a parolee to re-
turn to the same county that the parolee 
was living in prior to being arrested, and 
the potential for changing such laws, regu-
lations, rules, and practices; and 
‘‘(xi) prerelease planning procedures 
for offenders to ensure that the eligibility 
of an offender for Federal or State benefits 
(including Medicaid, Medicare, Social Se-
curity and veterans benefits) upon release 
is established prior to release, subject to 
any limitations in law, and to ensure that 
offenders are provided with referrals to ap-
propriate social and health services or are 
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linked to appropriate nonprofit organiza-
tions. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORTS.—On an annual basis, 
the task force established under paragraph (1) shall 
submit to Congress a report on the activities of the 
task force, including specific recommendations of the 
task force on matters referred to in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(5) STANDARDS FOR ANALYSIS.—Any statis-
tical analysis of population data under this section 
shall be conducted in accordance with the Federal 
Register Notice dated October 30, 1997, relating to 
classification standards.’’. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
2976 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w) is amended in subsection 
(p)(1), as redesignated by subsection (d)(1) of this section, 
by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and all that follows, and insert-
ing ‘‘$100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 and 
2009.’’. 
SEC. 112. CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS AND 
FAMILIES. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services may— 
(1) prepare and make available to States a re-
port on any recommendations regarding the role of 
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State child protective services at the time of the ar-
rest of an individual; and 
(2) by regulation, establish such services as the 
Secretary determines necessary for the preservation 
of families that have been impacted by the incarcer-
ation of a family member, with special attention 
given to the impact on children. 
SEC. 113. ENCOURAGEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT OF FORMER 
PRISONERS. 
The Secretary of Labor shall take such steps as are 
necessary to implement a program, including a program 
carried out through the Employment and Training Admin-
istration, to educate employers, and to educate one-stop 
partners and one-stop operators (as such terms are de-
fined in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801)), about incentives (in existence as 
of the date of the implementation), including the Federal 
bonding program carried out through the Employment 
and Training Administration and tax credits, for hiring 
former Federal, State, or local prisoners. 
SEC. 114. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR CHILDREN 
AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services for fiscal years 2008 
and 2009, such sums as may be necessary for the con-
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tinuing activities of the National Resource Center for Chil-
dren and Families of the Incarcerated, including con-
ducting a review of the policies and practices of State and 
Federal corrections agencies to support parent-child rela-
tionships. 
SEC. 115. USE OF VIOLENT OFFENDER TRUTH-IN-SEN-
TENCING GRANT FUNDING FOR DEMONSTRA-
TION PROJECT ACTIVITIES. 
Section 20102(a) of the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13702(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) to carry out any activity described in sub-
section (b) or (c) of section 2976 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3797w (b) and (c)).’’. 
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SEC. 116. GRANTS TO STUDY PAROLE OR POST-INCARCER-
ATION SUPERVISION VIOLATIONS AND REV-
OCATIONS. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
may award grants to States to study and to improve the 
collection of data with respect to— 
(1) offenders whose parole or post-incarceration 
supervision is revoked; and 
(2) which such offenders represent the greatest 
risk to community safety. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—As a condition of receiving a 
grant under this section, the Governor or other chief exec-
utive officer of a State shall— 
(1) certify that the State has, or intends to es-
tablish, a program that collects comprehensive and 
reliable data with respect to individuals described in 
subsection (a)(1), including data on— 
(A) the number and type of parole or post- 
incarceration supervision violations that occur 
within that State; 
(B) the reasons for parole or post-incarcer-
ation supervision revocation; 
(C) the underlying behavior that led to the 
revocations; and 
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(D) the terms of imprisonment or other 
penalties that are imposed for the violations; 
and 
(2) provide the data described in paragraph (1) 
to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in a form pre-
scribed by the Bureau. 
(c) STANDARDS OF ANALYSIS.—Any statistical anal-
ysis of population data conducted under this section shall 
be conducted in accordance with the Federal Register No-
tice dated October 30, 1997, relating to classification 
standards. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$1,000,000 for each fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
SEC. 117. IMPROVEMENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE 
ABUSE TREATMENT FOR STATE PRISONERS 
PROGRAM. 
Section 1904(d) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff–3(d)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) RESIDENTIAL
SUBSTANCE
ABUSE
TREAT-
MENT.—In this part, the term ‘residential substance abuse 
treatment’— 
‘‘(1) means a course of individual and group ac-
tivities and treatment, lasting at least 6 months, in 
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