I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 981 
To authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate 
one-stop reentry centers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2023 
Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE (for herself and Ms. BROWN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize implementation grants to community-based 
nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘One Stop Shop Com-
munity Reentry Program Act of 2023’’. 
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. 
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(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 
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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); 
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(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; 
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