ing or funding that furthers one or more of the following 
purposes: 
(1) Crisis intervention, including unarmed first 
responder agencies and 9–1–1 dispatchers for divert-
ing calls to first responders. 
(2) To implement qualified approaches to com-
munity safety, including violence and abuse interrup-
tion and prevention programs, neighborhood medi-
ation programs, safe passage to school programs, 
youth and mentorship programs, after school and 
enrichment programs, and infrastructure invest-
ments including park redevelopment, streetlights, 
and public transportation. 
(3) To implement public health activities and 
expand access to voluntary health services, including 
harm reduction-based treatment for mental health 
and substance use, long-term supportive housing, 
lead abatement, pollution reduction, and nutrition 
access, such as through establishing farmers mar-
kets, nonprofit and employee-owned grocery stores, 
and school-based nutrition programs. 
(4) To implement housing security programs 
and initiatives, including community land trusts and 
housing for individuals experiencing temporary or 
chronic homelessness. 
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(5) To provide support for youth and families, 
including school-based counselors, trauma-informed 
practices, social-emotional learning programs, wrap-
around services, and two-generational programming. 
(6) To provide support for victims, including 
survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, and 
rape, and targeted services to help victims, wit-
nesses, and survivors process trauma, achieve finan-
cial and housing independence, make individualized, 
needs-based safety plans, and otherwise access the 
help that they need. 
(7) To provide reentry support for people who 
are exiting incarceration or criminal supervision, in-
cluding educational and workforce programs, sti-
pends, housing programs, and support for worker 
coops. 
(8) To provide capacity building support to 
local advocates and community-based organizations, 
including legal assistance, and startup assistance for 
coops, community land trusts, and nonprofit organi-
zations. 
(e) GRANT AMOUNTS.—In determining the amount 
of a grant awarded to a single community-based organiza-
tion under this section, the Secretary shall base such de-
termination on— 
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(1) the number of people who will be served by 
the program or intervention; 
(2) the depth of need demonstrated, including 
attention to specific activities planned, the socio-
economic characteristics of the community served by 
the organization, and current patterns of criminal 
justice involvement; and 
(3) such other factors as the Secretary deter-
mines are relevant. 
(f) LIMITATION.—Funds made available under this 
section may be used only to carry out programs, services, 
or activities that use qualified approaches to community 
safety. 
(g) REPORTING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 
one year after the date on which a community-based 
organization receives a grant under this section, and 
annually thereafter, the organization shall prepare 
and submit a report to the Secretary and Assistant 
Secretary containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require, including— 
(A) the use of grant funds; 
(B) an estimation of the number of people 
served through activities carried out using 
grant funds, including demographic information 
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disaggregated by race, ethnicity, age, gender, 
disability status sexuality, immigration status, 
zip code, and socioeconomic status (where such 
information is reasonably available and volun-
tarily provided); and 
(C) any relevant feedback received by such 
organization from the populations served by 
such organization regarding— 
(i) the efficacy of support from 
sources other than programs and services 
provided by such organization using grant 
funds; and 
(ii) additional resources and services 
needed by such populations with respect to 
improving community safety. 
(2) PRIVACY.—The report submitted to the 
Secretary and Division of Community Safety pursu-
ant to this section must protect the privacy of the 
individuals served. All of the information gathered 
as part of the reporting process shall be aggregated, 
anonymized, and used only for the purposes listed in 
this section and shall not be used to initiate or con-
tribute to any criminal, legal, immigration, or Child 
Protective Services actions of proceedings, except 
where such reporting is required by law. 
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(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$2,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026. 
SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND 
CRISIS RESPONSE GRANT FOR LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENTS. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary 
shall award grants, on a rolling basis, to units of local 
government to conduct research on, fund, and otherwise 
support the development of qualified approaches to com-
munity safety. 
(b) APPLICATION.—A unit of local government seek-
ing a grant under this section shall submit an application 
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may require, in-
cluding an assurance that the unit of local government 
shall develop, and submit to the Secretary, during the 
grant period, a safety needs assessment to guide local in-
vestments in qualified approaches to community safety. 
(c) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under this 
section, the Secretary shall give a preference to a unit of 
local government that— 
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