SEC. 102. IMPROVEMENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE 
ABUSE TREATMENT FOR STATE OFFENDERS 
PROGRAM. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR AFTERCARE COMPONENT.— 
Section 1902(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff–1(c)), is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking the subsection heading and in-
serting ‘‘REQUIREMENT
FOR AFTERCARE COMPO-
NENT.—’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) To be eligible for funding under this part, 
a State shall ensure that individuals who participate 
in the substance abuse treatment program estab-
lished or implemented with assistance provided 
under this part will be provided with aftercare serv-
ices, which may include case management services 
and a full continuum of support services that ensure 
providers furnishing services under the program are 
approved by the appropriate State or local agency, 
and licensed, if necessary, to provide medical treat-
ment or other health services.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—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: 
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‘‘(d) RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 
PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this part, the term ‘residential 
substance abuse treatment program’ means a course of 
comprehensive individual and group substance abuse 
treatment services, lasting a period of at least 6 months, 
in residential treatment facilities set apart from the gen-
eral population of a prison or jail, which may include the 
use of pharmacological treatment, where appropriate, that 
may extend beyond such period.’’. 
(c) REQUIREMENT
FOR STUDY
AND REPORT
ON 
AFTERCARE SERVICES.—The Attorney General, through 
the National Institute of Justice, and in consultation with 
the National Institute on Drug Abuse, shall conduct a 
study on the use and effectiveness of funds used by the 
Department of Justice for aftercare services under section 
1902(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, 
for offenders who reenter the community after completing 
a substance abuse program in prison or jail. 
Subtitle B—New and Innovative 
Programs to Improve Offender 
Reentry Services 
SEC. 111. STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY COURTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part FF of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
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3797w et seq.), as amended by section 101, is further 
amended by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2978. STATE AND LOCAL REENTRY COURTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
shall award grants, in accordance with this section, of not 
more than $500,000 to— 
‘‘(1) State and local courts; and 
‘‘(2) State agencies, municipalities, public agen-
cies, nonprofit organizations, territories, and Indian 
tribes that have agreements with courts to take the 
lead in establishing a reentry court (as described in 
section 2976(b)(19)). 
‘‘(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Grant funds awarded 
under this section shall be administered in accordance 
with such guidelines, regulations, and procedures as pro-
mulgated by the Attorney General, and may be used to— 
‘‘(1) monitor juvenile and adult offenders re-
turning to the community; 
‘‘(2) provide juvenile and adult offenders re-
turning to the community with coordinated and com-
prehensive reentry services and programs such as— 
‘‘(A) drug and alcohol testing and assess-
ment for treatment; 
‘‘(B) assessment for substance abuse from 
a substance abuse professional who is approved 
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by the State and licensed by the appropriate en-
tity to provide alcohol and drug addiction treat-
ment, as appropriate; 
‘‘(C) substance abuse treatment from a 
provider that is approved by the State, and li-
censed, if necessary, to provide medical and 
other health services; 
‘‘(D) health (including mental health) serv-
ices and assessment; 
‘‘(E) aftercare and case management serv-
ices that— 
‘‘(i) facilitate access to clinical care 
and related health services; and 
‘‘(ii) coordinate with such clinical care 
and related health services; and 
‘‘(F) any other services needed for reentry; 
‘‘(3) convene community impact panels, victim 
impact panels, or victim impact educational classes; 
‘‘(4) provide and coordinate the delivery of com-
munity services to juvenile and adult offenders, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) housing assistance; 
‘‘(B) education; 
‘‘(C) employment training; 
‘‘(D) conflict resolution skills training; 
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‘‘(E) batterer intervention programs; and 
‘‘(F) other appropriate social services; and 
‘‘(5) establish and implement graduated sanc-
tions and incentives. 
‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as preventing a grantee that oper-
ates a drug court under part EE at the time a grant is 
awarded under this section from using funds from such 
grant to supplement the drug court under part EE in ac-
cordance with paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, an entity described in subsection (a) shall, 
in addition to any other requirements required by the At-
torney General, submit to the Attorney General an appli-
cation that— 
‘‘(1) describes the program to be assisted under 
this section and the need for such program; 
‘‘(2) describes a long-term strategy and detailed 
implementation plan for such program, including 
how the entity plans to pay for the program after 
the Federal funding ends; 
‘‘(3) identifies the governmental and community 
agencies that will be coordinated by the project; 
‘‘(4) certifies that— 
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‘‘(A) all agencies affected by the program, 
including existing community corrections and 
parole entities, have been appropriately con-
sulted in the development of the program; 
‘‘(B) there will be appropriate coordination 
with all such agencies in the implementation of 
the program; and 
‘‘(C) there will be appropriate coordination 
and consultation with the Single State Author-
ity for Substance Abuse (as defined in section 
201(e) of the Second Chance Act of 2007) of 
the State; and 
‘‘(5) describes the methodology and outcome 
measures that will be used to evaluate the program. 
‘‘(e) 
MATCHING
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Federal 
share of a grant under this section may not exceed 75 
percent of the costs of the project assisted by such grant 
unless the Attorney General— 
‘‘(1) waives, wholly or in part, the matching re-
quirement under this subsection; and 
‘‘(2) publicly delineates the rationale for the 
waiver. 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each entity receiving a 
grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral, for each fiscal year in which funds from the grant 
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are expended, a report, at such time and in such manner 
as the Attorney General may reasonably require, that con-
tains— 
‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out 
under the program assisted by the grant; 
‘‘(2) an assessment of whether the activities are 
meeting the need for the program identified in the 
application submitted under subsection (d); and 
‘‘(3) such other information as the Attorney 
General may require. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2008 and 2009 to carry out this section. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail-
able to carry out this section in any fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) not more than 2 percent may be used 
by the Attorney General for salaries and admin-
istrative expenses; and 
‘‘(B) not more than 5 percent nor less 
than 2 percent may be used for technical assist-
ance and training.’’. 
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SEC. 112. GRANTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUOUS 
OFFENDER REENTRY TASK FORCES. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is further 
amended by inserting after part BB the following new 
part: 
‘‘PART CC—GRANTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE AND 
CONTINUOUS 
OFFENDER 
REENTRY 
TASK 
FORCES 
‘‘SEC. 2901. AUTHORIZATION. 
‘‘The Attorney General shall carry out a grant pro-
gram under which the Attorney General makes grants to 
States, units of local government, territories, Indian 
tribes, and other public and private entities for the pur-
pose of establishing and administering task forces (to be 
known as ‘Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Re-
entry Task Forces’), in accordance with this part. 
‘‘SEC. 2902. COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUOUS OFFENDER 
REENTRY TASK FORCES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this part, a 
Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Reentry Task 
Force is a planning group of a State, unit of local govern-
ment, territory, or Indian tribe that— 
‘‘(1) develops a community reentry plan, de-
scribed in section 2903, for each juvenile and adult 
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offender to be released from a correctional facility in 
the applicable jurisdiction; 
‘‘(2) supervises and assesses the progress of 
each such offender, with respect to such plan, start-
ing on a date before the offender is released from a 
correctional facility and ending on the date on which 
the court supervision of such offender ends; 
‘‘(3) conducts a detailed assessment of the 
needs of each offender to address employment train-
ing, medical care, drug treatment, education, and 
any other identified need of the offender to assist in 
the offender’s reentry; 
‘‘(4) demonstrates affirmative steps to imple-
ment such a community reentry plan by consulting 
and coordinating with other public and nonprofit en-
tities, as appropriate; 
‘‘(5) establishes appropriate measurements for 
determining the efficacy of such community reentry 
plans by monitoring offender performance under 
such reentry plans; 
‘‘(6) complies with applicable State, local, terri-
torial, and tribal rules and regulations regarding the 
provision of applicable services and treatment in the 
applicable jurisdiction; and 
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‘‘(7) consults and coordinates with the Single 
State Authority for Substance Abuse (as defined in 
section 201(e) of the Second Chance Act of 2007) 
and the criminal justice agencies of the State to en-
sure that offender reentry plans are coordinated and 
delivered in the most cost-effective manner, as deter-
mined by the Attorney General, in consultation with 
the grantee. 
‘‘(b) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—A Comprehensive 
and Continuous Offender Reentry Task Force for a county 
or other defined geographic area shall perform the duties 
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) in 
consultation with representatives of— 
‘‘(1) the criminal and juvenile justice and cor-
rectional facilities within the county or area; 
‘‘(2) the community health care services of the 
county or area; 
‘‘(3) the drug treatment programs of the county 
or area; 
‘‘(4) the employment opportunities available in 
the county or area; 
‘‘(5) housing opportunities available in the 
county or area; and 
‘‘(6) any other appropriate community services 
available in the county or area. 
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‘‘SEC. 2903. COMMUNITY REENTRY PLAN DESCRIBED. 
‘‘For purposes of section 2902(a)(1), a community 
reentry plan for an offender is a plan relating to the re-
entry of the offender into the community and, according 
to the needs of the offender, shall— 
‘‘(1) identify employment opportunities and 
goals; 
‘‘(2) identify housing opportunities; 
‘‘(3) provide for any needed drug treatment; 
‘‘(4) provide for any needed mental health serv-
ices; 
‘‘(5) provide for any needed health care serv-
ices; 
‘‘(6) provide for any needed family counseling; 
‘‘(7) provide for offender case management pro-
grams or services; and 
‘‘(8) provide for any other service specified by 
the Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Re-
entry Task Force as necessary for the offender. 
‘‘SEC. 2904. APPLICATION. 
‘‘To be eligible for a grant under this part, a State 
or other relevant entity shall submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral an application in such form and manner and at such 
time as the Attorney General specifies. Such application 
shall contain such information as the Attorney General 
specifies. 
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‘‘SEC. 2905. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘Nothing in this part shall be construed as sup-
planting or modifying a sentence imposed by a court, in-
cluding any terms of supervision. 
‘‘SEC. 2906. REPORTS. 
‘‘An entity that receives funds under this part for a 
Comprehensive and Continuous Offender Reentry Task 
Force during a fiscal year shall submit to the Attorney 
General, not later than a date specified by the Attorney 
General, a report that describes and evaluates the effec-
tiveness of such Task Force during such fiscal year. 
‘‘SEC. 2907. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$10,000,000 to carry out this section for each of fiscal 
years 2008 and 2009.’’. 
SEC. 113. PROSECUTION DRUG TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE 
TO PRISON PROGRAMS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 
et seq.), as amended by section 112 of this Act, is further 
amended by inserting after section 2907 the following new 
part: 
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‘‘PART DD—PROSECUTION DRUG TREATMENT 
ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON PROGRAMS 
‘‘SEC. 2911. GRANT AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may make 
grants to State and local prosecutors to develop, imple-
ment, or expand qualified drug treatment programs that 
are alternatives to imprisonment, in accordance with this 
section. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS DE-
SCRIBED.—For purposes of this part, a qualified drug 
treatment program is a program— 
‘‘(1) that is administered by a State or local 
prosecutor; 
‘‘(2) that requires an eligible offender who is 
sentenced to participate in the program (instead of 
incarceration) to participate in a comprehensive sub-
stance abuse treatment program that is approved by 
the State and licensed, if necessary, to provide med-
ical and other health services; 
‘‘(3) that requires an eligible offender to receive 
the consent of the State or local prosecutor involved 
to participate in such program; 
‘‘(4) that, in the case of an eligible offender 
who is sentenced to participate in the program, re-
quires the offender to serve a sentence of imprison-
ment with respect to the crime involved if the pros-
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ecutor, in conjunction with the treatment provider, 
determines that the offender has not successfully 
completed the relevant substance abuse treatment 
program described in paragraph (2); 
‘‘(5) that provides for the dismissal of the 
criminal charges involved in an eligible offender’s 
participation in the program if the offender is deter-
mined to have successfully completed the program; 
‘‘(6) that requires each substance abuse pro-
vider treating an eligible offender under the program 
to— 
‘‘(A) make periodic reports of the progress 
of the treatment of that offender to the State 
or local prosecutor involved and to the appro-
priate court in which the defendant was con-
victed; and 
‘‘(B) notify such prosecutor and such court 
if the offender absconds from the facility of the 
treatment provider or otherwise violates the 
terms and conditions of the program, consistent 
with Federal and State confidentiality require-
ments; and 
‘‘(7) that has an enforcement unit comprised of 
law enforcement officers under the supervision of the 
State or local prosecutor involved, the duties of 
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which shall include verifying an offender’s addresses 
and other contacts, and, if necessary, locating, ap-
prehending, and arresting an offender who has ab-
sconded from the facility of a substance abuse treat-
ment provider or otherwise violated the terms and 
conditions of the program, consistent with Federal 
and State confidentiality requirements, and return-
ing such offender to court for sentencing for the 
crime involved. 
‘‘SEC. 2912. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State or local prosecutor who 
receives a grant under this part shall use such grant for 
expenses of a qualified drug treatment program, including 
for the following expenses: 
‘‘(1) Salaries, personnel costs, equipment costs, 
and other costs directly related to the operation of 
the program, including the enforcement unit. 
‘‘(2) Payments for substance abuse treatment 
providers that are approved by the State and li-
censed, if necessary, to provide alcohol and drug ad-
diction treatment to eligible offenders participating 
in the program, including aftercare supervision, vo-
cational training, education, and job placement. 
‘‘(3) Payments to public and nonprofit private 
entities that are approved by the State and licensed, 
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if necessary, to provide alcohol and drug addiction 
treatment to offenders participating in the program. 
‘‘(b) SUPPLEMENT
AND NOT SUPPLANT.—Grants 
made under this part shall be used to supplement, and 
not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be 
available for programs described in such subsection. 
‘‘SEC. 2913. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘To request a grant under this part, a State or local 
prosecutor shall submit an application to the Attorney 
General in such form and containing such information as 
the Attorney General may reasonably require. Each such 
application shall contain the certification of the State or 
local prosecutor that the program for which the grant is 
requested is a qualified drug treatment program in accord-
ance with this part. 
‘‘SEC. 2914. FEDERAL SHARE. 
‘‘The Federal share of a grant made under this part 
shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the quali-
fied drug treatment program funded by such grant for the 
fiscal year for which the program receives assistance under 
this part. 
‘‘SEC. 2915. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. 
‘‘The Attorney General shall ensure that, to the ex-
tent practicable, the distribution of grants under this part 
is equitable and includes State or local prosecutors— 
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‘‘(1) in each State; and 
‘‘(2) in rural, suburban, and urban jurisdic-
tions. 
‘‘SEC. 2916. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS. 
‘‘For each fiscal year, each recipient of a grant under 
this part during such fiscal year shall submit to the Attor-
ney General a report with respect to the effectiveness of 
activities carried out using that grant. Each report shall 
include an evaluation in such form and containing such 
information as the Attorney General may reasonably re-
quire. The Attorney General shall specify the dates on 
which such reports shall be submitted. 
‘‘SEC. 2917. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) STATE
OR
LOCAL
PROSECUTOR.—The 
term ‘State or local prosecutor’ means any district 
attorney, State attorney general, county attorney, or 
corporation counsel who has authority to prosecute 
criminal offenses under State or local law. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE OFFENDER.—The term ‘eligible 
offender’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) has been convicted, pled guilty, or ad-
mitted guilt with respect to a crime for which 
a sentence of imprisonment is required and has 
not completed such sentence; 
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‘‘(B) has never been charged with or con-
victed of an offense, during the course of 
which— 
‘‘(i) the person carried, possessed, or 
used a firearm or dangerous weapon; or 
‘‘(ii) there occurred the use of force 
against the person of another, without re-
gard to whether any of the behavior de-
scribed in clause (i) or (ii) is an element of 
the offense or for which the person is 
charged or convicted; 
‘‘(C) does not have one or more prior con-
victions for a felony crime of violence involving 
the use or attempted use of force against a per-
son with the intent to cause death or serious 
bodily harm; and 
‘‘(D)(i) has received an assessment for al-
cohol or drug addiction from a substance abuse 
professional who is approved by the State and 
licensed by the appropriate entity to provide al-
cohol and drug addiction treatment, as appro-
priate; and 
‘‘(ii) has been found to be in need of sub-
stance abuse treatment because that offender 
has a history of substance abuse that is a sig-
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nificant contributing factor to that offender’s 
criminal conduct.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(26) There are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out part DD such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.’’. 
SEC. 114. GRANTS FOR FAMILY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREAT-
MENT ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is further amended 
by inserting after Part II the following new part: 
‘‘PART JJ—GRANTS FOR FAMILY SUBSTANCE 
ABUSE TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES TO IN-
CARCERATION 
‘‘SEC. 3001. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘The Attorney General may make grants to States, 
units of local government, territories, and Indian tribes 
to develop, implement, and expand comprehensive and 
clinically-appropriate family-based substance abuse treat-
ment programs as alternatives to incarceration for non-
violent parent drug offenders. 
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‘‘SEC. 3002. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 
‘‘Grants made to an entity under section 3001 for 
a program described in such section may be used for the 
following: 
‘‘(1) Salaries, personnel costs, facility costs, and 
other costs directly related to the operation of the 
program. 
‘‘(2) Payments to providers of substance abuse 
treatment for providing treatment and case manage-
ment to nonviolent parent drug offenders partici-
pating in the program, including comprehensive 
treatment for mental health disorders, parenting 
classes, educational classes, vocational training, and 
job placement. 
‘‘(3) Payments to public and nonprofit private 
entities to provide substance abuse treatment to 
nonviolent parent drug offenders participating in the 
program. 
‘‘SEC. 3003. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘A program for which a grant is made under section 
3001 shall comply with the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) The program shall ensure that all pro-
viders of substance abuse treatment are approved by 
the State and are licensed, if necessary, to provide 
medical and other health services. 
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‘‘(2) The program shall provide for appropriate 
coordination and consultation with the Single State 
Authority for Substance Abuse (as defined in section 
201(e) of the Second Chance Act of 2007) of the 
State in which the program is located. 
‘‘(3) The program shall consist of clinically-ap-
propriate, comprehensive, and long-term family 
treatment, including the treatment of the nonviolent 
parent drug offender, the child of such offender, and 
any other appropriate member of the family of the 
offender. 
‘‘(4) The program shall be provided in a resi-
dential setting that is not a hospital setting or an 
intensive outpatient setting. 
‘‘(5) The program shall provide that if a non-
violent parent drug offender who participates in the 
program does not successfully complete the program 
the offender shall serve an appropriate sentence of 
imprisonment with respect to the underlying crime 
involved. 
‘‘(6) The program shall ensure that a deter-
mination is made as to whether or not a nonviolent 
drug offender has completed the substance abuse 
treatment program. 
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‘‘(7) The program shall include the implementa-
tion of a system of graduated sanctions (including 
incentives) that are applied based on the account-
ability of the nonviolent parent drug offender in-
volved throughout the course of the program to en-
courage compliance with the program. 
‘‘(8) The program shall develop and implement 
a reentry plan for each nonviolent parent drug of-
fender that shall include reinforcement strategies for 
family involvement as appropriate, relapse strategies, 
support groups, placement in transitional housing, 
and continued substance abuse treatment, as need-
ed. 
‘‘SEC. 3004. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) NONVIOLENT
PARENT
DRUG
OFFEND-
ERS.—The term ‘nonviolent parent drug offender’ 
means an offender who is a parent of a minor and 
who is convicted of a drug (or drug-related) felony 
that is a nonviolent offense. 
‘‘(2) NONVIOLENT OFFENSE.—The term ‘non-
violent offense’ has the meaning given such term 
under section 2991(a). 
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‘‘SEC. 3005. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 
2009.’’. 
SEC. 115. PRISON-BASED FAMILY TREATMENT PROGRAMS 
FOR INCARCERATED PARENTS OF MINOR 
CHILDREN. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.), is further amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating Part X at the end (relating 
to grants for sex offender apprehension and juvenile 
sex offender treatment) as Part KK; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new part: 
‘‘PART LL—PRISON-BASED FAMILY TREATMENT 
PROGRAMS FOR INCARCERATED PARENTS 
OF MINOR CHILDREN 
‘‘SEC. 3021. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘The Attorney General may make grants to States, 
units of local government, territories, and Indian tribes 
to provide prison-based family treatment programs for in-
carcerated parents of minor children. 
‘‘SEC. 3022. USE OF GRANT FUNDS. 
‘‘An entity that receives a grant under this part shall 
use amounts provided under the grant to— 
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‘‘(1) develop, implement, and expand prison- 
based family treatment programs in correctional fa-
cilities for incarcerated parents with minor children, 
excluding from the programs those parents with re-
spect to whom there is reasonable evidence of do-
mestic violence or child abuse; 
‘‘(2) coordinate the design and implementation 
of such programs between appropriate correctional 
facility representatives, the Single State Authority 
for Substance Abuse (as defined in section 201(e) of 
the Second Chance Act of 2007), and other appro-
priate governmental agencies; and 
‘‘(3) develop and implement a pre-release as-
sessment and a reentry plan for each incarcerated 
parent scheduled to be released to the community, 
and such plan shall include— 
‘‘(A) a treatment program for the incarcer-
ated parent to receive continuous substance 
abuse treatment services and related support 
services, as needed; 
‘‘(B) a housing plan during transition from 
incarceration to reentry, as needed; 
‘‘(C) a vocational or employment plan, in-
cluding training and job placement services; 
and 
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‘‘(D) any other services necessary to pro-
vide successful reentry into the community. 
‘‘SEC. 3023. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘A prison-based family treatment program for incar-
cerated parents with respect to which a grant is made 
shall comply with the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) The program shall integrate techniques to 
assess the strengths and needs of immediate and ex-
tended family of the incarcerated parent to support 
a treatment plan of the incarcerated parent. 
‘‘(2) The program shall ensure that each partic-
ipant in the program has access to consistent and 
uninterrupted care if transferred to a different cor-
rectional facility within the State or other relevant 
entity. 
‘‘(3) The program shall be located in an area 
separate from the general population of the prison 
or jail. 
‘‘SEC. 3024. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘To be eligible for a grant under this part for a pris-
on-based family treatment program, an entity described 
in section 3021 shall, in addition to any other requirement 
specified by the Attorney General, submit an application 
to the Attorney General in such form and manner and 
at such time as specified by the Attorney General. Such 
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application shall include a description of the methods and 
measurements the entity will use for purposes of evalu-
ating the program involved and such other information as 
the Attorney General may reasonably require. 
‘‘SEC. 3025. REPORTS. 
‘‘An entity that receives a grant under this part for 
a prison-based family treatment program during a fiscal 
year shall submit to the Attorney General, not later than 
a date specified by the Attorney General, a report that 
describes and evaluates the effectiveness of such program 
during such fiscal year. Such evaluation shall be based on 
evidence-based data and shall use the methods and meas-
urements described in the application of the entity for pur-
poses of evaluating the program. 
‘‘SEC. 3026. PRISON-BASED FAMILY TREATMENT PROGRAM 
DEFINED. 
‘‘In this part, the term ‘prison-based family treat-
ment program’ means a program for incarcerated parents 
in a correctional facility that provides a comprehensive re-
sponse to offender needs, including substance abuse treat-
ment, child early intervention services, family counseling, 
legal services, medical care, mental health services, nurs-
ery and preschool, parenting skills training, pediatric care, 
physical therapy, prenatal care, sexual abuse therapy, re-
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lapse prevention, transportation, and vocational or GED 
training. 
‘‘SEC. 3027. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 
2009.’’. 
SEC. 116. GRANT PROGRAMS RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL 
METHODS AT PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVENILE 
FACILITIES. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.), as amended 
by section 115 of this Act, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new part: 
‘‘PART MM—GRANT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE 
EDUCATIONAL METHODS AT PRISONS, JAILS, 
AND JUVENILE FACILITIES 
‘‘SEC. 3031. GRANT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE EDUCATIONAL 
METHODS AT PRISONS, JAILS, AND JUVENILE 
FACILITIES. 
‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 
General shall carry out a grant program under which the 
Attorney General makes grants to States, units of local 
government, territories, Indian tribes, and other public 
and private entities to— 
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‘‘(1) evaluate methods to improve academic and 
vocational education for offenders in prisons, jails, 
and juvenile facilities; and 
‘‘(2) identify, and make recommendations to the 
Attorney General regarding, best practices relating 
to academic and vocational education for offenders 
in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities, based on the 
evaluation under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, a State or other entity described in subsection 
(a) shall submit to the Attorney General an application 
in such form and manner and at such time as the Attorney 
General specifies. Such application shall contain such in-
formation as the Attorney General specifies. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the last 
day of the final fiscal year for which an entity described 
in subsection (a) receives a grant under such subsection, 
such an entity shall submit to the Attorney General a de-
tailed report of the aggregate findings and conclusions of 
the evaluation described in subsection (a)(1), and the rec-
ommendations to the Attorney General described in sub-
section (a)(2). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated— 
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