SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘One Stop Shop Com-
munity Reentry Program Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY REENTRY CENTER GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
is authorized to carry out a grant program to make grants 
to eligible entities for the purpose of creating community 
reentry centers. 
(b) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Each applica-
tion for a grant under this section shall— 
(1) demonstrate a plan to work with community 
stakeholders who interact with formerly incarcerated 
people or individuals with a conviction record and 
their families to— 
(A) identify specific strategies and ap-
proaches to providing reentry services; 
(B) develop a needs assessment tool to sur-
vey or conduct focus groups with community 
members in order to identify— 
(i) the needs of individuals after con-
viction or incarceration, and the barriers 
such individuals face; and 
(ii) the needs of the families and com-
munities to which such individuals belong; 
and
(C) use the information gathered pursuant 
to subparagraph (B) to determine the reentry 
services to be provided by the community re-
entry center; 
(2) identify the institutions from which individ-
uals who are released from incarceration are likely 
to reenter the community served by the community 
reentry center, and develop a plan, if feasible, to 
provide transportation for such released individuals 
to the community reentry center, to the individual’s 
residence, or to a location where the individual is or-
dered by a court to report; 
(3) demonstrate a plan to provide accessible no-
tice of the location of the reentry intake and coordi-
nation center and the services that it will provide 
(either directly or on a referral basis), including, 
where feasible, within and outside of institutions 
identified under paragraph (1); 
(4) demonstrate a plan to provide intake and 
reentry needs assessment that is trauma-informed 
and gender-responsive after an individual is released 
from an institution, or, in the case of an individual 
who is convicted of an offense and not sentenced to 
a term of imprisonment, after such conviction, and 
where feasible, before release, to ensure that the in-
dividuals served by the center are referred to appro-
priate reentry services based on the individual’s 
needs immediately upon release from an institution 
or after conviction, and continuously thereafter as 
needed; 
(5) demonstrate a plan to provide the reentry 
services identified in paragraph (1)(C); 
(6) demonstrate a plan to continue to provide 
services (including through referral) for individuals 
served by the center who move to a different geo-
graphic area to ensure appropriate case manage-
ment, case planning, and access to continuous or 
new services, where necessary, and based on con-
sistent reevaluation of needs; 
(7) identify specific methods that the commu-
nity reentry center will employ to achieve perform-
ance objectives among the individuals served by the 
center, including— 
(A) increased access to and participation 
in reentry services; 
(B) reduction in recidivism rates; 
(C) increased numbers of individuals ob-
taining and retaining employment; 
(D) increased enrollment in and degrees 
earned from educational programs, including
high school or the equivalent thereof, and insti-
tutions of higher education, and receipt of pro-
fessional or occupational licenses; 
(E) increased enrollment in vocational re-
habilitation, technical schools, or vocational 
training; 
(F) increased numbers of individuals ob-
taining and maintaining permanent and stable 
housing; and 
(G) increased self-reports of successful 
community living, including stability of living 
situation and positive family relationships; and 
(8) to the extent practicable, identify State, 
local, and private funds available to supplement the 
funds received under this section. 
(c) PREFERENCE.—The Attorney General shall give 
preference to applicants that demonstrate that they seek 
to employ individuals who have been convicted of an of-
fense, or served a term of imprisonment and have com-
pleted any court-ordered supervision, or that, to the extent 
allowable by law, employ such formerly incarcerated indi-
viduals in positions of responsibility. 
(d) EVALUATION AND REPORT.— 
(1) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General shall 
enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organiza-
tion with expertise in analyzing data related to re-
entry services and recidivism to monitor and evalu-
ate each recipient of funds under this section. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date on which grants are initially made under this 
section, and annually thereafter, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall submit to Congress a report on the pro-
gram, which shall include— 
(A) the number of grants made, the num-
ber of eligible entities receiving such grants, 
and the amount of funding distributed to each 
eligible entity pursuant to this section; 
(B) the location of each eligible entity re-
ceiving such a grant, and the population served 
by the community reentry center; 
(C) the number of persons who have par-
ticipated in reentry services offered by a com-
munity reentry center, disaggregated by type of 
services, and success rates of participants in 
each service to the extent possible; 
(D) the number of persons who have par-
ticipated in reentry services for which they re-
ceived a referral from a community reentry cen-
ter, disaggregated by type of services, and suc-
cess rates of participants in each service;
(E) recidivism rates within the population 
served by each community reentry center, both 
before and after receiving a grant under this 
section; 
(F) the numbers of individuals obtaining 
and retaining employment within the population 
served by each community reentry center, both 
before and after receiving a grant under this 
section; 
(G) the number of individuals obtaining 
and maintaining housing within the population 
served by each community reentry center, both 
before and after receiving a grant under this 
section; 
(H) the number of individuals enrolled in 
an educational program, including high school, 
or the equivalent thereof, and institutions of 
higher education, both before and after receiv-
ing a grant under this section; 
(I) the number of individuals enrolled in 
vocational rehabilitation, technical schools, or 
vocational training, both before and after re-
ceiving a grant under this section; 
(J) for each eligible entity receiving a 
grant under this section, the number of individ-
uals employed who have been convicted of an 
offense, or served a term of imprisonment and 
have completed any court-ordered supervision, 
to include the number of formerly incarcerated 
individuals in positions of responsibility; and 
(K) other relevant information, which may 
include recommendations, if any, to improve the 
effectiveness and efficiency of the grant pro-
gram under this section, and to address bar-
riers faced by individuals receiving reentry serv-
ices from community reentry centers. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDER.—The term 
‘‘community stakeholder’’— 
(A) means an individual who serves the 
community; and 
(B) includes— 
(i) a school official; 
(ii) a faith leader; 
(iii) a social service provider; 
(iv) a leader of a neighborhood asso-
ciation; 
(v) a public safety representative; 
(vi) an employee of an organization 
that provides reentry services;
tions, or other documentation nec-
essary to obtain employment; 
(ii) placement in job placement pro-
grams that partner with private employers; 
(iii) obtaining free and low-cost job 
skills classes, including computer skills, 
technical skills, vocational skills, and any 
other job-related or other necessary skills; 
(iv) supporting preparation for post-
secondary education, including academic 
counseling, peer mentoring, and commu-
nity support; 
(v) locating and maintaining housing, 
which may include housing counseling, as-
sisting with finding and securing afford-
able housing including in areas of oppor-
tunity, assisting with applications for sub-
sidized housing and housing-related bene-
fits, locating and identifying temporary 
shelter when housing cannot be found im-
mediately, and applying for home energy 
and utility assistance programs; 
(vi) obtaining identification cards, 
driver’s licenses, replacement Social Secu-
rity cards, birth certificates, and citizen-
ship or immigration documentation; 
(vii) registering to vote, and applying 
for voting rights to be restored, where per-
mitted by law; 
(viii) applying for or accessing high 
school equivalency classes, vocational reha-
bilitation, or technical courses; 
(ix) applying for loans for and admis-
sion to institutions of higher education; 
(x) financial counseling planning, em-
powerment, or coaching; 
(xi) legal assistance or referrals for 
record sealing or expungement, forfeiture 
of property or assets, family law and cus-
tody matters, legal aid services (including 
other civil legal aid services), and relevant 
civil matters including housing and other 
issues; 
(xii) retrieving property or funds re-
tained by the arresting agency or facility of 
incarceration, or retrieving property or 
funds obtained while incarcerated; 
(xiii) 
transportation, 
including 
through provision of transit fare;
(xiv) individual and familial coun-
seling; 
(xv) problem-solving, in coordination 
with counsel where necessary, any difficul-
ties in compliance with court-ordered su-
pervision requirements, including restric-
tions on living with certain family mem-
bers, contact with certain friends, bond re-
quirements, location and residency restric-
tions, electronic monitoring compliance, 
court-ordered substance use disorder treat-
ment, and other court-ordered require-
ments; 
(xvi) communication needs, including 
providing a mobile phone, mobile phone 
service or access, or internet access; 
(xvii) applying for State or Federal 
government benefits, where eligible, and 
assisting in locating free or reduced cost 
food and sustenance benefits; 
(xviii) life skills assistance; 
(xix) mentorship; 
(xx) medical and mental health serv-
ices, and cognitive-behavioral program-
ming;
(xxi) substance use disorder treat-
ment; 
(xxii) reactivation, application for, and 
maintenance of professional or other li-
censes; 
(xxiii) providing case management 
services, in connection with court-ordered 
terms of release, or other local publicly 
supported social work case management; 
(xxiv) safety planning with victims of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, stalking, and human trafficking; 
and 
(xxv) applying for State Vocational 
Rehabilitation services for individuals with 
disabilities that may qualify or conduct an 
evaluation to determine whether they may 
be eligible or potentially eligible for voca-
tional rehabilitation services. 
(5) SUCCESS RATE.—The term ‘‘success rate’’ 
means the rate of recidivism (as measured by a sub-
sequent conviction or return to prison), job place-
ment, permanent housing placement, or completion 
of certification, trade, or other education program. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026 to carry out this section. 
(2) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The Attorney 
General shall ensure that grants awarded under this 
section are equitably distributed among the geo-
graphical regions and between urban and rural pop-
ulations, including Indian Tribes, consistent with the 
objective of reducing recidivism. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR REENTRY SERVICES ASSISTANCE HOT-
LINES. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is au-
thorized to make grants to States, Indian Tribes, 
and units of local government to operate reentry 
services assistance hotlines that are toll-free and op-
erate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 
(2) GRANT
PERIOD.—A grant made under 
paragraph (1) shall be for a period of not more than 
5 years. 
(b) HOTLINE REQUIREMENTS.—A grant recipient 
shall ensure, with respect to a hotline funded by a grant 
under subsection (a), that—
(1) the hotline directs individuals to local re-
entry services (as such term is defined in section 
2(e)); 
(2) any personally identifiable information that 
an individual provides to an agency of the State or 
Indian Tribe through the hotline is not directly or 
indirectly disclosed, without the consent of the indi-
vidual, to any other agency or entity, or person; 
(3) the staff members who operate the hotline 
are trained to be knowledgeable about— 
(A) applicable Federal, State, Tribal, and 
local reentry services; and 
(B) the unique barriers to successful re-
entry into the community after a person has 
been convicted or incarcerated; 
(4) the hotline is accessible to— 
(A) individuals with limited English pro-
ficiency, consistent with applicable law; and 
(B) individuals with disabilities; 
(5) the hotline has the capability to engage with 
individuals using text messages. 
(c) BEST PRACTICES.—The Attorney General shall 
issue guidance to grant recipients on best practices for im-
plementing the requirements of subsection (b).
(d) PREFERENCE.—The Attorney General shall give 
preference to applicants that demonstrate that they seek 
to employ individuals to operate the hotline who have been 
convicted of an offense, or have served a term of imprison-
ment and have completed any court-ordered supervision. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
and 
(D) any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this section. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 1, 
2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.