I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5003 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2023 
Mr. HORSFORD (for himself, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. FROST, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Ms. STEVENS, 
Ms. STRICKLAND, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. MENG, Mr. DAVIS 
of Illinois, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. 
MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. BOYLE of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. 
KILMER, Mr. MCGARVEY, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COSTA, 
Ms. NORTON, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TRONE, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, and Ms. 
PORTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Break the Cycle of Violence Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
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. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Community violence is a significant public 
health, public safety, and community infrastructure 
concern nationwide, and is a leading cause of death, 
injury, and trauma for people in the United States. 
Community violence also disrupts employment and 
hinders a community’s social and economic develop-
ment. Today, gun violence is the leading cause of 
death for America’s youth. 
(2) From 2010 to 2021, over 233,000 people 
were murdered in the United States. Hundreds of 
thousands more were hospitalized or treated in 
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emergency departments after surviving life-changing 
gunshot injuries and other violent assaults. 
(3) In 2020, the Nation suffered the largest 
single-year spike in homicides on record, driven 
largely by record spikes in fatal shootings. As of 
2021, 80 percent of all homicides in the United 
States are committed with a gun. 
(4) Communities across the Nation experience 
enormous disparities in safety that are driven by in-
equitable social and structural determinants of 
health. Interpersonal shootings are disproportion-
ately concentrated in neighborhoods harmed by past 
and present racial discrimination, segregation, red-
lining, disinvestment, mass incarceration, and con-
centrated poverty, and this violence’s toll falls over-
whelmingly on people of color, especially young 
Black and Brown men and boys and their loved 
ones. From 2015 to 2020, Black children and teens 
were more than 12 times as likely to be shot to 
death as their White peers. Hispanic children and 
teens and Native American children and teens were 
both about 2.6 times as likely to be shot to death 
as their White peers. Over this period, 72 percent of 
children murdered before their 18th birthday were 
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people of color, and more than 50 percent were 
Black. 
(5) Black boys and men make up less than 7 
percent of the population in the United States, but 
account for more than 50 percent of all gun homi-
cide victims each year. Violence is responsible for 
nearly half of all deaths among Black boys and 
young men, ages 15 through 24, meaning the par-
ents of a Black son in this age group are as likely 
to lose their child to homicide as nearly every other 
cause of death combined. 
(6) This violence imposes enormous human, so-
cial, and economic consequences. Studies show that 
gun violence has a national economic cost of 
$557,000,000,000 annually. The Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Divi-
sion of Violence Prevention presented research to 
Congress demonstrating that ‘‘youth living in inner 
cities show a higher prevalence of post-traumatic 
stress disorder than soldiers’’ in the Nation’s war-
time military. While the vast majority of these young 
people resiliently persevere, people who have been 
victims of violence are at substantially higher risk of 
being violently reattacked or killed. Additionally, 
both direct and indirect violence exposure have been 
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associated with a host of poor health outcomes, in-
cluding chronic illness, anxiety, depression, and sub-
stance misuse. 
(7) When properly implemented and consist-
ently funded, coordinated, community-based strate-
gies that utilize trauma-responsive care and inter-
rupt cycles of violence can produce lifesaving and 
cost-saving results in a short period of time without 
contributing to mass incarceration. These strategies 
identify those at the highest risk, coordinate individ-
ualized wraparound resources, provide pathways to 
healing and stability, and monitor and support long- 
term success. Many cities have substantially reduced 
community violence in recent years by implementing 
various combinations of these strategies, which in-
clude the following: 
(A) Community outreach programs, which 
hire violence intervention and prevention spe-
cialists who have established relationships, re-
latable lived experiences, and credibility with in-
dividuals in their communities at high risk of 
violence and connect them with intensive coun-
seling, mediation, peer support, and social serv-
ices in order to reduce their risk. Evaluations 
have found that these programs, particularly 
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when integrated into wider networks of sup-
portive services, are frequently associated with 
significant reductions in gun violence. A recent 
study of the Safe Streets Baltimore looked at 
data from 2007 to 2022 and found that this 
strategy was associated with a statistically sig-
nificant 23 percent reduction in nonfatal shoot-
ings. 
(B) Hospital-based violence intervention 
programs (referred to in this section as 
‘‘HVIP’’), which work to break cycles of vio-
lence by leveraging credible violence interven-
tion and prevention specialists to provide inten-
sive counseling, peer support, case management, 
mediation, and social services to patients recov-
ering from gunshot wounds and other violent 
injuries. Research has shown that violently in-
jured patients are at high risk of retaliating 
with violence themselves or being revictimized 
by violence in the near future. Evaluations of 
HVIPs have found that patients who received 
HVIP services were often less likely to be con-
victed of a violent crime and less likely to be 
subsequently reinjured by violence than patients 
who did not receive HVIP services. 
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(C) Group violence interventions provide 
tailored social services and support to group-in-
volved individuals at highest risk for involve-
ment in community violence. This intervention, 
which must be trauma-informed, culturally re-
sponsive, and community driven to be most suc-
cessful, includes a process for community mem-
bers to voice a clear demand for the violence to 
stop and narrowly focused enforcement actions 
against those who continue to engage in acts of 
serious violence. The approach coordinates law 
enforcement, service providers, and community 
engagement efforts to reduce violence in ways 
that do not contribute to mass incarceration. 
(D) Violence interruption and crisis man-
agement, which respond to potentially violent 
incidents to mediate conflicts or to scenes where 
violence has occurred to offer trauma-informed 
services and community supports to survivors 
and others exposed to violence. These strategies 
help to prevent retaliatory violence and promote 
healing and well-being. Programs that include 
these components have reported deescalating 
dozens of disputes that were highly likely to end 
in lethal violence. 
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(8) Access to job and entrepreneurship training, 
apprenticeship, and technological and digital literacy 
programs are effective tools in reducing community 
violence. A 2012 University of Pennsylvania study of 
13 high-violence schools in the Chicago area found 
‘‘well-targeted, low-cost employment policies can 
make a substantial difference’’, and the city’s most 
violent neighborhoods saw a 43 percent drop in vio-
lent-crime arrests of participants in a youth job pro-
gram. 
(9) Individualized wraparound services and op-
portunities include housing support, financial assist-
ance, reentry services, legal assistance, therapeutic 
services, grief counseling or targeted victim services, 
and skill building based on the needs of survivors or 
individuals at the highest risk of community vio-
lence. Leveraging the relationships of violence inter-
vention and prevention specialists, these services are 
used in the context of structured, person-centered 
peer mentorship that facilitates personal trans-
formation by meeting people where they are and of-
fering to help participants change the trajectories of 
their lives. 
(10) The past year has had a disproportionate 
impact on youth unemployment, with 2,900,000 
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more unemployed youth in mid-2020 compared with 
pre-2020 levels. Simultaneously, the 2020 recession 
accelerated an already increasingly digital and auto-
mated workforce, and youth must attain the digital, 
technological, and other technical skills necessary to 
thrive in the future of work. While jobs in the cus-
tomer service and food industry could fall by 
4,300,000 between 2018 and 2030, health care and 
science, technology, engineering, and math occupa-
tions could grow more now than ever. 
(11) Intentional and sustained investments in 
community-based violence reduction strategies can 
reverse recent increases in homicides, help to heal 
impacted communities, and reduce the enormous 
human and economic costs of community violence, 
without contributing to mass incarceration. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMUNITY VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘com-
munity violence’’— 
(A) means nonfatal firearm injuries, ag-
gravated assaults, homicides, and other acts of 
life-threatening 
interpersonal 
violence 
com-
mitted outside the context of a familial or ro-
mantic relationship; and 
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(B) does not include acts of violence moti-
vated by political beliefs. 
(2) ELIGIBLE UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 
The term ‘‘eligible unit of local government’’ means 
a municipality or other local government that— 
(A) for not less than 2 out of the 3 cal-
endar years preceding the date on which an ap-
plication for a grant is submitted under section 
101— 
(i) experienced 35 or more homicides 
per year; or 
(ii) experienced 20 or more homicides 
per year and had a homicide rate that was 
not less than double the national average; 
or 
(B) has a compelling need to address com-
munity violence, as determined by the Sec-
retary, based on high levels of homicide relative 
to other localities within the same State. 
(3) OPPORTUNITY YOUTH.—The term ‘‘oppor-
tunity youth’’ means individuals who— 
(A) have attained 16 years of age but not 
yet attained 25 years of age; and 
(B) are not— 
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(i) enrolled in education or training on 
a full-time or part-time basis; or 
(ii) employed on a full-time or part- 
time basis. 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
SEC. 101. COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION 
PROGRAM GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (in this title referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall award grants to eligible entities to support, 
enhance, and replicate coordinated community violence 
intervention. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to seek a grant 
under this section, an entity shall be— 
(1) a community-based, nonprofit organization 
that— 
(A) serves the residents served by an eligi-
ble unit of local government; and 
(B) has a track record of providing com-
munity-related activities or support program in-
novation in communities of color; or 
(2) an eligible unit of local government. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Of the amount made available to 
carry out this title for a fiscal year, not more than 15 
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percent of such amount shall be made available to eligible 
units of local government. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant awarded under this 
section shall be used to implement coordinated com-
munity violence intervention initiatives, through co-
ordinated, community-based strategies. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A community violence 
intervention initiative implemented using grant 
funds awarded under this section shall— 
(A) be primarily focused on providing cul-
turally competent, community-based violence 
intervention services to the portion of a grant-
ee’s community who are, regardless of age, 
identified as being at high risk of being victim-
ized by, or engaging in, community violence; 
and 
(B) use strategies that— 
(i) are evidence-informed and have 
demonstrated promise at reducing commu-
nity violence without contributing to mass 
incarceration; 
(ii) utilize trauma-responsive care and 
interrupt cycles of violence; 
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(iii) expand economic opportunity 
through new jobs, educational opportuni-
ties, or training programs; and 
(iv) are primarily focused on individ-
uals at high risk of being victimized by, or 
engaging in, community violence. 
(3) COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.— 
(A) ELIGIBLE UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERN-
MENT.—Each eligible unit of local government 
awarded a grant under this section shall dis-
tribute not less than 75 percent of such grant 
funds to one or more of the following: 
(i) A community-based organization 
or nonprofit organization. 
(ii) A public agency or department 
that is primarily dedicated to the preven-
tion of violence or to community safety, 
but is not a law enforcement agency. 
(B) HOSPITALS.—Each hospital awarded a 
grant under this section in the hospital’s capac-
ity as a community-based, nonprofit organiza-
tion described in subsection (b)(1) shall dis-
tribute not less than 90 percent of such grant 
funds to one or more of the following: 
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(i) A community-based organization 
or nonprofit organization that provides di-
rect services to individuals who have been 
victimized by community violence. 
(ii) Direct program staff. 
(iii) Individual subcontractors who 
provide direct program-related services. 
(e) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Each applicant 
for a grant under this section shall submit a grant pro-
posal, which shall, at a minimum— 
(1) describe how the applicant proposes to use 
the grant to implement a coordinated community vi-
olence intervention initiative in accordance with this 
section; 
(2) describe how the applicant proposes to use 
the grant to promote or improve coordination be-
tween relevant agencies and community organiza-
tions in order to minimize duplication of services, 
complement other community violence intervention 
efforts, and achieve maximum impact; 
(3) provide evidence indicating that the pro-
posed community violence intervention initiative 
would likely reduce community violence or address 
the trauma and collateral consequences for individ-
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uals at high risk of being victimized by, or engaging 
in, community violence; 
(4) describe how the applicant plans to ensure 
the community violence intervention initiative is im-
plemented in a manner that is— 
(A) evidence-informed; and 
(B) coordinated with the programs and ac-
tivities of other entities for addressing commu-
nity violence; and 
(5) in the case of a unit of local government ap-
plicant, demonstrate strong support from community 
partners with experience engaging individuals at 
high risk of being victimized by, or engaging in, 
community violence, as demonstrated by— 
(A) the development of a community steer-
ing committee that— 
(i) provides advice and assistance to 
the locality in administering grants award-
ed under this section; and 
(ii) is composed of individuals who 
substantially reflect local populations im-
pacted by community violence, including 
survivors of community violence and indi-
viduals with expertise in culturally com-
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petent and trauma-informed approaches to 
reducing community violence; and 
(B) letters of support from individuals, 
such as— 
(i) the mayor or chief executive officer 
of the unit of local government; and 
(ii) the director of one or more com-
munity-based organizations that provide 
services to individuals at high risk of being 
victimized by, or engaging in, community 
violence. 
(f) PRIORITIZATION.—In awarding grants under this 
section, the Secretary shall give preference to applicants 
whose grant proposals demonstrate the greatest likelihood 
of reducing community violence in the target area without 
contributing to mass incarceration. 
(g) GRANT DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 
section shall be for a 4-year period. 
(h) GRANT AWARD.—The amount awarded to an ap-
plicant under this section shall be commensurate with— 
(1) the scope of the proposal; and 
(2) the demonstrated need for additional re-
sources to effectively reduce community violence in 
the applicant’s community. 
(i) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3), the Federal share of each grant 
awarded under this section shall be 90 percent of 
the eligible costs incurred by the grant recipient. 
(2) EXEMPTION
FROM
REQUIREMENT.—Para-
graph (1) shall not apply to a grant awarded to a 
community-based organization described in sub-
section (b)(1). 
(3) WAIVER.—The Federal share of a grant 
awarded to a unit of local government (that is an el-
igible entity under subsection (b)(2)) may be up to 
100 percent if the Secretary determines there is 
good cause to waive the Federal share requirement 
under paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
(j) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
on which the first 4-year grant period under this section 
ends, the Secretary shall publish a report identifying best 
practices for grantees under this section to implement 
community-based violence intervention initiatives. 
(k) REWARDING SUCCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may reserve 
not more than 10 percent of the funds appropriated 
for a fiscal year to carry out this title for supple-
mental incentive funds to be distributed to grantees 
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outside the competitive grant process in accordance 
with paragraph (2). 
(2) DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS.— 
The Secretary may distribute amounts reserved 
under paragraph (1), in the discretion of the Sec-
retary, to grantees under subsection (a) that have— 
(A) implemented the grant for not less 
than 2 years; 
(B) demonstrated exceptional commitment 
and progress toward implementing the grantee’s 
community violence reduction initiative; and 
(C) shown that the grantee would likely 
achieve more substantial reductions in commu-
nity violence with additional Federal funding. 
(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—Subsection (i) shall not 
apply to any amounts distributed to a grantee under 
this subsection. 
(4) EXPLANATION
OF
DISTRIBUTION.—Upon 
distributing supplemental incentive funds to a grant-
ee, the Secretary shall publish a statement on the 
website of the Department of Health and Human 
Services that clearly explains the basis for the deci-
sion to award such funds to a particular grantee. 
(l) EVALUATION AND INTENSIVE SITE IMPLEMENTA-
TION SUPPORT.—The Secretary may reserve not more 
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than 8 percent of the funds appropriated for a fiscal year 
to carry out this title for the purpose of— 
(1) contracting with or hiring intensive site im-
plementation providers with experience implementing 
community violence intervention strategies; 
(2) providing grants to applicants under sub-
section (a) that provide training and certification to 
community violence intervention and prevention pro-
fessionals in order to expand the field and build ca-
pacity of frontline workers and other providers; and 
(3) contracting with independent researchers to 
evaluate the implementation, performance, and im-
pact of selected initiatives supported by the grants 
made under this section, which evaluations shall be 
made publicly available on the website of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services. 
(m) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A grantee re-
ceiving a grant under this section shall use the grant to 
supplement, and not supplant, the amount of funds the 
grantee would otherwise dedicate to a community violence 
intervention initiative. 
SEC. 102. OFFICE OF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVEN-
TION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
within the Department of Health and Human Services, 
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the Office of Community Violence Intervention (in this 
title referred to as the ‘‘Office’’), to be headed by a direc-
tor. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Secretary shall delegate to the Di-
rector of the Office responsibility for implementing the 
provisions of this title. 
(c) RESERVATION.—Of the amount made available to 
carry out this title for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
reserve not more than 5 percent for the administrative ex-
penses of the Office. 
SEC. 103. COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a Community Violence Intervention Advisory Committee 
(in this title referred to as the ‘‘Advisory Committee’’) to 
provide advice and assistance to the Secretary and Office 
in carrying out this title, including— 
(1) development of grant solicitations; 
(2) raising awareness about grant solicitations 
among potentially eligible units of government and 
organizations; 
(3) selection of grant proposals; 
(4) selection of grantees to receive supplemental 
funds in accordance with section 101(l); and 
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(5) formation of the National Community Vio-
lence Response Center under section 104. 
(b) MEMBERS.—In appointing members of the Advi-
sory Committee, the Secretary shall— 
(1) appoint the members from among individ-
uals with expertise implementing or evaluating com-
munity violence intervention initiatives; 
(2) include a representative with expertise in 
workforce development selected by the Secretary of 
Labor; 
(3) ensure the membership of the Advisory 
Committee reflects a commitment to culturally com-
petent and trauma-informed approaches to pre-
venting violence among individuals at high risk of vi-
olence; and 
(4) ensure that the members of the Advisory 
Committee include substantial representation of 
communities of color disproportionately impacted by 
community violence. 
SEC. 104. CREATION OF A NATIONAL COMMUNITY VIO-
LENCE RESPONSE CENTER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
and operate a National Community Violence Response 
Center (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Center’’). 
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(b) DUTIES.—The Center shall have the following 
roles and responsibilities: 
(1) ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.— 
The Office and the Center, with the advice of the 
Advisory Committee, shall— 
(A) develop a four-tier taxonomy to assess 
the maturity of community violence infrastruc-
ture among grantees under section 101; and 
(B) provide technical assistance to grant-
ees under section 101 in the implementation of 
coordinated community violence intervention 
funded through the grant. 
(2) INTENSIVE
SITE
IMPLEMENTATION
SUP-
PORT.—The Center shall— 
(A) develop intensive site implementation 
support for each of the four tiers to maximize 
the effectiveness of the development of commu-
nity violence initiatives; 
(B) develop intensive site implementation 
support for each eligible unit of local govern-
ment that is a grant recipient to assess the con-
tours of the community violence within the ju-
risdiction and identify relevant community- 
based interventions that may be successful at 
preventing future community violence; and 
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(C) provide ongoing support to community- 
based organizations to facilitate site infrastruc-
ture building, program implementation and op-
eration, and quality improvement assistance. 
(3) DATA COLLECTION.— 
(A) POLICIES.—The Office and the Center 
shall develop data collection policies for grant 
recipients that measure safety, community 
health, opportunity youth engagement, eco-
nomic development, and recidivism. 
(B) ASSISTANCE.—The Center shall assist 
grant recipients in establishing data collection 
systems and practices, and collect data from the 
grant recipients. 
(4) RESEARCH COORDINATION.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COUN-
CIL.—The Center, in consultation with non-
profit, nongovernmental organizations and re-
searchers whose primary expertise is in commu-
nity violence, shall establish a Community Vio-
lence Research Advisory Council (in this para-
graph referred to as the ‘‘Research Advisory 
Council’’)— 
(i) to coordinate research on commu-
nity violence; and 
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(ii) to report to the Congress on any 
gaps on issues related to community vio-
lence. 
(B) MEMBERSHIP.—The Research Advi-
sory 
Council 
shall 
include 
representatives 
from— 
(i) all Federal agencies that fund re-
search on community violence; and 
(ii) the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
(C) 
DUTIES.—The 
Research 
Advisory 
Council shall provide advice and assistance to 
the Center to— 
(i) develop a coordinated strategy to 
strengthen research focused on community 
violence education, prevention, and inter-
vention strategies; 
(ii) track and report all Federal re-
search and expenditures related to commu-
nity violence; and 
(iii) identify gaps in community vio-
lence research, governmental expenditures 
on community violence issues, and prom-
ising strategies that have not yet been rig-
orously evaluated. 
(5) CONFERRAL.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall estab-
lish a biennial conference to include— 
(i) grantees and providers of intensive 
site implementation support in the commu-
nity violence field that receive funding 
under this title or title II; and 
(ii) other key stakeholders. 
(B) TOPICS.—The topics to be addressed 
at the biennial conference shall include— 
(i) the administration of grants; 
(ii) challenges and gaps in community 
violence intervention initiatives; 
(iii) strategies for overcoming such 
challenges and gaps; 
(iv) promising practices in the field; 
and 
(v) emerging trends. 
(C) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the conclusion of each biennial conference, 
the Center shall publish a comprehensive report 
that— 
(i) summarizes the issues presented 
during the conference and what, if any, 
policies the Center intends to implement to 
address those issues; and 
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(ii) is made available to the public on 
the Center’s website and submitted to the 
Congress. 
(6) CAPACITY BUILDING AND FOSTERING INNO-
VATION.—The Center shall— 
(A) promote expansion and development of 
the field of community violence intervention and 
prevention, including fostering collaboration, in-
formation sharing, and dissemination of best 
practices among practitioners, providers of in-
tensive site implementation support, and pro-
grams and individuals working in the same re-
gions or States, including the identification and 
dissemination to the public of best practices for 
addressing community violence; 
(B) develop a plan for expanding providers 
of intensive site implementation support in the 
field of community violence intervention and 
prevention; 
(C) develop a plan for identifying innova-
tive community violence intervention and pre-
vention strategies that are in need of further 
research and evaluation; and 
(D) develop a plan for providing ongoing 
intensive site support to organizations imple-
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menting community violence intervention and 
prevention strategies. 
(7) REPORTING.—The Center shall annually 
provide a report to the Congress addressing topics to 
include— 
(A) national trends in community violence 
statistics; 
(B) a summary of the activities of the Cen-
ter and the Office under this title; and 
(C) recommendations for improving the 
national response to community violence. 
SEC. 105. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SERVICES FOR 
VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) community-based violence intervention pro-
grams have shown effective results as a strategy in 
reducing the risk of reinjury of, or retaliation by, 
victims of community violence, and promoting vic-
tims’ recovery and well-being; 
(2) young men, boys, girls, and women of color 
are disproportionately victimized by community vio-
lence, but are frequently underserved by victim serv-
ice providers; and 
(3) States and territories should consider using 
funding provided through the Crime Victims Fund 
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to support community-based violence intervention 
initiatives that provide services for direct and sec-
ondary victims of community violence at high risk 
for reinjury and involvement in community violence. 
SEC. 106. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services to carry out this title, 
in addition to any amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated or made available to the Department of Health 
and Human Services for such purpose— 
(1) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 
(3) $700,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 
through 2031. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF 
LABOR 
SEC. 201. IMPROVING APPROACHES FOR COMMUNITIES TO 
THRIVE (IMPACT) GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall award grants 
to eligible entities for year-round job training and work-
force programs authorized under section 129(c)(1) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3164(c)), with the elements described in section 
129(c)(2)(C) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(c)(2)(C)), for 
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opportunity youth in communities disproportionately af-
fected by gun violence for the purposes of connecting op-
portunity youth to in-demand occupations. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to seek a grant 
under subsection (a), an entity shall be— 
(1) a community-based, nonprofit organization 
that— 
(A) serves the residents served by an eligi-
ble unit of local government; 
(B) has a track record of providing com-
munity-related activities or support program in-
novation in communities of color; 
(C) focuses on training technical skills to 
prepare opportunity youth for in-demand occu-
pations; 
(D) provides— 
(i) training for opportunity youth who 
are basic skills deficient; and 
(ii) soft skills training that enables 
opportunity youth to engage successfully in 
work culture; 
(2) an Indian Tribe or an agency primarily 
serving Native Americans; 
(3) an entity that carries out activities author-
ized under the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
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tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) that has a focus 
on opportunity youth; 
(4) a federally or State recognized apprentice-
ship program; 
(5) an accredited community college; or 
(6) an eligible unit of local government. 
(c) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall require grant-
ees under this section to report to the Secretary on pri-
mary measures funded under this section for— 
(1) entry into job training, education, appren-
ticeship, skilled trades training, or other paid and 
unpaid work experiences that have as a component 
academic and occupational education programs; and 
(2) changes in overall school enrollment, unem-
ployment, or weekly earnings for opportunity youth 
participating in activities of the respective grantee. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BASIC
SKILLS
DEFICIENT.—The term 
‘‘basic skills deficient’’ means an individual who— 
(A) is a youth and has English reading, 
writing, or computing skills at or below the 8th 
grade level on a generally accepted standardized 
test; or 
(B) is unable to compute or solve prob-
lems, or read, write, or speak English, at a level 
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necessary to function on the job, in the individ-
ual’s family, or in society. 
(2) IN-DEMAND OCCUPATION.—The term ‘‘in- 
demand occupation’’ means an occupation described 
in section 3(23)(A)(ii) of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(23)(A)(ii)). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$1,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 
through 2031, to remain available until expended through 
fiscal year 2031. 
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