‘‘(3) describes the methodology and outcome 
measures that will be used in evaluating the pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(4) includes a plan for the use of a State, 
local, territorial, or tribal reentry task force, as ref-
erenced in subsection (i), to carry out the activities 
funded under the grant. 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS.—The Attorney General may 
make a grant to an applicant under this section only if 
the application— 
‘‘(1) reflects explicit support of the chief execu-
tive officer of the State, unit of local government, 
territory, or Indian tribe applying for a grant under 
this section; 
‘‘(2) provides extensive discussion of the role of 
State corrections departments, community correc-
tions agencies, juvenile justice systems, or local jail 
systems, as the case may be, in ensuring successful 
reentry of offenders into their communities; 
‘‘(3) provides extensive evidence of collaboration 
with State and local government agencies overseeing 
health, housing, child welfare, education, substance 
abuse, and employment services, and local law en-
forcement; 
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‘‘(4) provides a plan for analysis of the statu-
tory, regulatory, rules-based, and practice-based hur-
dles of the applicant to an offender’s reentry into 
the community that— 
‘‘(A) takes particular note and makes rec-
ommendations with respect to laws, regulations, 
rules, and practices that disqualify offenders 
from obtaining professional licenses or other re-
quirements necessary for certain types of em-
ployment, and that hinder full civic participa-
tion; 
‘‘(B) identifies and makes recommenda-
tions with respect to those laws, regulations, 
rules, or practices that are not directly con-
nected to the crime committed and the risk that 
the offender presents to the community; and 
‘‘(C) affords members of the public an op-
portunity to participate in the process described 
in this paragraph. 
‘‘(f) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall give priority to grant applications under this sec-
tion that best— 
‘‘(1) focus initiative on geographic areas with a 
high population of offenders reentering the commu-
nity; 
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‘‘(2) include partnerships with nonprofit organi-
zations; 
‘‘(3) provide consultations with crime victims 
and offenders who have reentered the community 
and their families; 
‘‘(4) review the process by which the State and 
local governments adjudicate violations of parole, 
probation, or post-incarceration supervision, and 
consider reforms to maximize the use of graduated, 
community-based sanctions for minor and technical 
violations of parole, probation, or post-incarceration 
supervision; 
‘‘(5) establish prerelease planning procedures 
for offenders to ensure that an offender’s eligibility 
for Federal or State benefits (including Medicaid, 
Medicare, Social Security, and veterans benefits) 
upon release is established prior to release, subject 
to any limitations in law, and to ensure that offend-
ers are provided with referrals to appropriate social 
and health services or are linked to appropriate non-
profit organizations; and 
‘‘(6) target high-risk offenders for reentry pro-
grams through validated assessment tools. 
‘‘(g) USES OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
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‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the costs of a project carried out with a grant under 
this section shall be not more than 75 percent, un-
less the Attorney General— 
‘‘(A) waives, in whole or in part, the re-
quirement of this paragraph; and 
‘‘(B) publicly delineates the rationale for 
the waiver. 
‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENT
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Federal 
funds received under this section shall be used to 
supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds that 
would otherwise be available for the activities funded 
under this section. 
‘‘(h) REENTRY STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 
financial assistance under this section, each appli-
cant shall develop a comprehensive strategic reentry 
plan that contains measurable annual and 5-year 
performance outcomes. The plan shall have as a goal 
to reduce the rate of recidivism of offenders served 
with funds received under this section by 50 percent 
over a period of 5 years. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—In developing reentry 
plans under this subsection, applicants shall coordi-
nate with communities and stakeholders, including 
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persons in the fields of public safety, corrections, 
housing, health, education, substance abuse, children 
and families, employment, business, and members of 
nonprofit organizations that provide reentry services. 
‘‘(3) MEASUREMENTS OF PROGRESS.—Each re-
entry plan developed under this subsection shall in-
clude a plan to measure the progress of the appli-
cant toward increasing public safety by reducing 
rates of recidivism and enabling offenders to transi-
tion successfully back into their communities. 
‘‘(i) REENTRY TASK FORCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 
a grant under this section, each applicant shall es-
tablish or empower a Reentry Task Force, or other 
relevant convening authority, to examine ways to 
pool resources and funding streams to promote lower 
recidivism rates for offenders reentering the commu-
nity and to minimize the harmful effects of incarcer-
ation on families and communities by collecting data 
and best practices in offender reentry from dem-
onstration grantees and other agencies and organiza-
tions, and to provide a plan, as described in sub-
section (e)(4). 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The reentry task force or 
other authority shall be comprised of relevant— 
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