(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A State receiving funds under 
this section shall use such grant funds to— 
(1) make grants to community-based organiza-
tions implementing one or more qualified approaches 
to community safety, including as intermediaries 
making subgrants to other local organizations and 
community leaders who are leading qualified commu-
nity safety programming on these issues; 
(2) fund local governments to undertake the ac-
tivities described in section 202(d); or 
(3) fund education training for individuals who 
are taking jobs that advance qualified approaches to 
community safety. 
(e) ADDITIONAL USE
OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 
may authorize additional uses of funds that— 
(1) have a demonstrable connection to improv-
ing community safety through the use of qualified 
approaches to community safety; and 
(2) support the objectives of the Division on 
Community Safety. 
(f) GRANT AMOUNTS.—In determining the amount of 
a grant awarded to a single recipient under this section, 
the Secretary shall base such determination on— 
(1) the number of people who live in the State; 
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(2) the depth of need demonstrated, including 
attention to activities planned, the socioeconomic 
characteristics of the community, and current pat-
terns of involvement in the criminal legal system; 
and 
(3) such other factors as the Secretary deter-
mines are relevant. 
(g) ADDITIONAL GRANTS.—The Secretary may au-
thorize additional funds under this section to States that 
previously received funds under this section if the Sec-
retary determines the previously received funds were suc-
cessfully deployed and additional funding would assist in 
expanding qualified approaches to community safety and 
ensuring a sustainable, coordinated approach in the State. 
(h) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) Funds made available under this section 
may be used only to carry out programs, services, or 
activities that use qualified approaches to commu-
nity safety. 
(2) Not less than 30 percent of the total 
amount made available for grants under this section 
shall be awarded to States with less than 50 percent 
of their total land area classified as urban by the 
Census Bureau. 
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(i) REPORTING.—Beginning not later than 6 months 
after the date on which a State receives a grant under 
this section, and biannually thereafter, such State shall 
prepare and submit a report to the Secretary containing 
information about— 
(1) how the grant funds were used; 
(2) the number of people who were cited, ar-
rested, or jailed by State or local law enforcement 
officers in the previous year, as compared to the 
number cited, arrest, or jailed during the term of 
the grant; 
(3) the reasons for such citing, arresting, or 
jailing; and 
(4) demographic data of individuals cited, ar-
rested, or jailed or referred by State or local law en-
forcement officers, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, 
age, gender, and disability status. 
(j) EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Division on Community 
Safety shall review and evaluate information pro-
vided in the reports submitted by States receiving 
funds under this section, and other information 
available to the Division, including by conducting 
data matching and other forms of data analysis, and 
submit such analyses to the Secretary. 
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(2) INCORPORATION OF ANALYSES.—The Sec-
retary shall incorporate analyses provided by the Di-
vision on Community Safety into decision-making re-
garding awarding additional grants under this sec-
tion. 
(k) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A State shall 
use Federal funds received under this section only to sup-
plement the funds that would, without such Federal funds, 
be made available from State and local sources, and not 
to supplant such funds. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to implement this section 
$3,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2026 
through 2030. 
SEC. 204. FIRST RESPONDER HIRING GRANTS. 
(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall 
carry out a grant program under which the Secretary 
makes grants to community-based organizations, health 
departments, States, units of local government, Indian 
tribal governments, other public and private entities, and 
multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia for the purposes 
described under subsection (b). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant awarded under sub-
section (a) may be used to— 
(1) recruit, hire, and train first responders; 
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(2) procure equipment, technology, support sys-
tems, or pay overtime, to increase the number of 
first responders available to a community; 
(3) increase the number of first responders in-
volved in activities that are focused on interaction 
with members of the community on crisis response 
and community violence and trauma prevention; 
(4) provide education and training to first re-
sponders to enhance their conflict resolution, medi-
ation, problem solving, service, and other skills need-
ed to work in partnership with members of the com-
munity, including by programs that incentivize indi-
viduals to complete such education and training; 
(5) develop and implement innovative programs 
that support members of the community to work 
with community-based organizations, emergency first 
responders, and State, Tribal, and local officials in 
community violence and trauma prevention efforts; 
and 
(6) establish school-based partnerships by em-
ploying and retaining first responders in pre-Kinder-
garten, elementary, and secondary schools to support 
trauma-informed care and behavioral and mental 
health services, and to operate school-based health 
centers in local schools. 
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vidual hired using funds received through such grant 
will be paid a wage, which shall be at least the high-
est of the following: 
(A) $17 an hour. 
(B) The minimum wage under the applica-
ble State or local minimum wage law. 
(C) The prevailing rates of pay for individ-
uals employed in similar occupations by the 
same employer. 
(D) The Federal minimum wage in effect 
under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Stand-
ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)). 
(f) EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Division on Community 
Safety shall review and evaluate information pro-
vided in the reports submitted by entities receiving 
funds under this section, and other information 
available to the Division, including by conducting 
data matching and other forms of data analysis, and 
submit such analyses to the Secretary. 
(2) INCORPORATION OF ANALYSES.—The Sec-
retary shall incorporate analyses provided by the Di-
vision on Community Safety into decision-making re-
garding awarding additional grants under this sec-
tion. 
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(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$2,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2026 
through 2030. 
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