lence and otherwise enhance public safety using pro-
grams, services, and infrastructure investments that 
provide alternatives to law enforcement, criminal 
courts, prosecution, probation, child welfare services, 
involuntary treatment, and immigration enforce-
ment. 
(6) PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.—The term 
‘‘participatory budgeting’’ means a democratic en-
gagement process in which community members de-
liberate and decide directly how to allocate a portion 
of a public budget. 
(7) RURAL
AREA.—The term ‘‘rural area’’ 
means an area that is not classified by the Census 
Bureau as urban. 
(8) SAFETY
NEEDS
ASSESSMENT.—The term 
‘‘safety needs assessment’’ means a systematic, 
participatory process for identifying the safety needs 
in the local community. Such process shall include— 
(A) soliciting input from persons who rep-
resent the broad interests of the local commu-
nity, including those who have been harmed by 
arrest, incarceration, criminal supervision, im-
migration detention, or other criminal legal sys-
tem involvement; 
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(B) identifying the structural, systemic 
factors that may lead community members to 
feel unsafe or may increase the risk that com-
munity members may become involved with the 
criminal legal system; 
(C) identifying existing resources that are 
potentially available to address those safety 
needs as well as any other gaps in necessary re-
sources; and 
(D) providing opportunities that allow peo-
ple meaningful opportunities to review, com-
ment on, and provide suggested modifications 
to the draft assessment, such as through public 
hearings, online publication, and a comment pe-
riod that allows sufficient time for community 
feedback. 
(9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-
lands, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Repub-
lic of Palau. 
(10) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 
‘‘unit of local government’’ means any city, county, 
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township, town, borough, parish, village, or other 
general purpose political subdivision of a State. 
TITLE I—DIVISION ON 
COMMUNITY SAFETY 
SEC. 101. DIVISION ON COMMUNITY SAFETY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the 
Department of Health and Human Services a Division on 
Community Safety (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Divi-
sion’’). The Division shall be headed by an Assistant Sec-
retary for Community Safety (referred to in this Act as 
the ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’) who shall be designated by and 
report directly to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Division shall have re-
sponsibility for overseeing activities that promote qualified 
approaches to community safety, including— 
(1) coordinating and carrying out other over-
sight activities with respect to the grant programs 
established under title II; 
(2) funding, conducting, coordinating, and pub-
licly disseminating the findings of, research into poli-
cies, programs, infrastructure, and other invest-
ments that serve to increase qualified approaches to 
community safety, including through interdiscipli-
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nary collaborations involving scholars, nonprofits, 
and other nongovernmental actors; 
(3) providing and funding technical assistance 
to State and local governments to implement quali-
fied approaches to community safety; 
(4) establishing— 
(A) the National Advisory Committee 
under section 102; 
(B) the Interagency Task Force under sec-
tion 103; 
(C) the Community Safety Grant for com-
munity-led organizations under section 201; 
(D) the Community Safety Grant for Local 
Governments under section 202; 
(E) the Community Safety Grant for 
States under section 203; and 
(F) the First Responder Hiring Grants 
under section 204; 
(5) coordinating, streamlining, and imple-
menting qualified approaches to community safety in 
collaboration with the Assistant Secretary for the 
Administration for Children and Families, Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Director of the Indian Health Serv-
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ice, the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and 
Substances Use, and other relevant agencies within 
the Department of Health and Human Services; 
(6) supporting and helping to coordinate inter-
agency initiatives that advance, streamline, and oth-
erwise implement qualified approaches to community 
safety; 
(7) administering grant programs that support 
State governments, local governments, and commu-
nity-based organizations in implementing qualified 
approaches to increasing community safety; 
(8) developing data systems and processes for 
evaluating the impact of grants made under title II, 
including through the use of data matching and 
other tools to inform target populations and geo-
graphic areas; 
(9) providing to the public updates, findings, 
and recommendations on qualified approaches to 
community safety collected from the reports made by 
recipients of grants under title II; and 
(10) establishing and maintaining a complaint 
system responsible for the resolution of complaints 
from members of the general public regarding grant 
funding for programs not compliant with the quali-
fied approaches to community safety standards. 
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SEC. 102. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Division shall establish a na-
tional advisory committee to advise and make rec-
ommendations to the Assistant Secretary about the activi-
ties of the Division established under section 101 and 
grant programs under title II, to be known as the National 
Advisory Committee (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Advi-
sory Committee’’). 
(b) COMPOSITION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Committee 
shall be composed of individuals to be selected by the 
Secretary. 
(2) REPRESENTATION.—The Assistant Sec-
retary shall ensure that individuals selected to serve 
as members of the Advisory Committee— 
(A) have personal experience with the 
criminal legal system, including— 
(i) individuals who have been detained 
or incarcerated; 
(ii) individuals who are currently on 
community supervision (such as probation 
or parole) or who have been on community 
supervision; 
(iii) individuals who have been ar-
rested or cited by law enforcement; 
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(iv) individuals who have been harmed 
by police violence or other forms of vio-
lence, including domestic violence, sexual 
assault, rape, and other forms of sexual or 
intimate partner violence; and 
(v) immediate family members of indi-
viduals who have been harmed by police vi-
olence; and 
(B) are advocates or grassroots practi-
tioners working to advance educational equity, 
health equity, housing equity, environmental 
justice, racial justice, gender justice, disability 
justice, or Indigenous justice. 
(3) PAY.—Members of the Advisory Committee 
shall serve at a rate of pay to be determined by the 
Secretary. 
(4) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The duties of the Ad-
visory Committee are as follows: 
(A) Making recommendations regarding 
annual priorities and funding for research and 
technical assistance and evaluating, on an an-
nual basis, research conducted or supported by 
the Division and technical assistance provided 
by the Division. 
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(B) Based on the evaluations conducted 
under subparagraph (A), producing, and sub-
mitting to the Administrator, annual rec-
ommendations on the following: 
(i) Whether activities conducted by 
the Division adequately reflect the specific 
needs and interests of all individuals, in-
cluding Black individuals, Asian-American 
individuals, Latinx individuals, Indigenous 
individuals, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 
transgender individuals, disabled individ-
uals, and other individuals who are mem-
bers of communities that have been dis-
proportionately impacted by the immigra-
tion and criminal legal system. 
(ii) Whether funding made available 
to the Division is sufficiently flowing to or-
ganizations that are led by individuals who 
represent communities that have been dis-
proportionately impacted by the criminal- 
legal system, such as those referred to in 
clause (i). 
(iii) Changes that the Division could 
make to address any issues uncovered dur-
ing such evaluations, including ways to en-
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sure that grants awarded under this title 
are serving to enhance racial equity and 
benefit 
community-based 
organizations 
that have diverse leadership and composi-
tion. 
(5) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date on which the Division receives the recommenda-
tions under paragraph (4)(B), the Division shall 
submit a report to Congress, which details— 
(A) steps the Division has taken or will 
take to implement the Advisory Committee’s 
recommendations; or 
(B) for any recommendations not imple-
mented or planned to be implemented, an expla-
nation as to why such recommendation was in-
feasible or conflicted with the Division’s statu-
tory obligations. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the duties of the Advisory Com-
mittee. 
SEC. 103. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall establish an interagency task force 
(referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Task Force’’) to coordinate 
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and promote holistic, qualified approaches to community 
safety. 
(b) MEMBERS.—The Task Force shall be composed 
of the following members: 
(1) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, or the designee of the Secretary. 
(2) The Attorney General, or the designee of 
the Attorney General. 
(3) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, or the designee of the Secretary. 
(4) The Secretary of Education, or the designee 
of the Secretary. 
(5) The Secretary of Labor, or the designee of 
the Secretary. 
(6) The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, or the designee of the Adminis-
trator. 
(7) Other agencies, as determined necessary by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Task Force shall carry out the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Conduct a comprehensive audit of all funds 
allocated and programs supported by the Depart-
ment of Justice and other Federal agencies that 
fund law enforcement, jails, prisons, and other de-
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tention facilities, and other coercive or carceral ap-
proaches to public safety. 
(2) Conduct a comprehensive audit that as-
sesses all Federal funds allocated to, as well as Fed-
eral programs supporting, initiatives that are in-
tended to enhance qualified approaches to commu-
nity safety, disaggregated by jurisdiction. 
(3) Facilitate ongoing efforts to streamline the 
application, monitoring, and reporting processes to 
make Federal funds provided pursuant to any grant 
made under this Act maximally accessible to small, 
grassroots organizations that work to develop, imple-
ment, or evaluate qualified approaches to community 
safety. 
(d) MEETINGS.—For the purpose of carrying out this 
section, the Task Force may hold such meetings, and sit 
and act at such times and places, as the Task Force con-
siders appropriate. 
(e) INFORMATION.—The Task Force may secure di-
rectly from any Federal agency such information as may 
be necessary to enable the Task Force to carry out this 
section. Upon request of the Chairperson of the Task 
Force, the head of such agency shall furnish such informa-
tion to the Task Force. 
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(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date on which the Task Force completes the au-
dits described in subsection (c), the Task Force shall sub-
mit a report to Congress, which summarizes— 
(1) the contents of such audits; and 
(2) any recommendations, based on such audits, 
with respect to additional investments or policy 
changes that would improve the implementation of 
qualified community safety approaches and maxi-
mize community safety outcomes in all jurisdictions 
served. 
TITLE II—GRANTS IN SUPPORT 
OF COMMUNITY SAFETY 
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY GRANT 
FOR COMMUNITY-LED ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary 
of Health and Human Services (in this Act referred to 
as the ‘‘Secretary’’), shall award grants, on a rolling basis, 
to community-based organizations that are designing, im-
plementing, monitoring, or otherwise supporting qualified 
approaches to community safety, including as inter-
mediaries making subgrants to other local organizations 
and community leaders who are leading qualified commu-
nity safety programming. 
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(b) APPLICATION.—A community-based organization 
seeking a grant under this section shall submit an applica-
tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require. 
(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to community-based 
organizations that— 
(1) serve, are located in, and directly employ 
people who live in communities that have been dis-
proportionately impacted by the immigration or 
criminal legal system, as evidenced by high rates of 
individuals who have been cited, arrested, or incar-
cerated in the year preceding the year for which the 
application for such grant is submitted, compared to 
the surrounding region; 
(2) are led by, or employ, individuals who have 
been harmed by the criminal legal system, including 
via arrests, incarceration, witnessing or being vic-
tims of police violence, or having a family member 
who was arrested, incarcerated, or a victim of police 
violence; 
(3) are led by individuals who have proven ties 
to the community in which the organization oper-
ates; or 
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(4) primarily serve federally recognized Native 
American Tribes and their members. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A community-based organiza-
tion receiving funds under this section shall use such grant 
funds for any purpose that has demonstrable connection 
to improving community safety through the use of quali-
fied approaches to community safety, including grant writ-
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) Programs that interrupt or prevent violence, 
including violence and abuse interruption and pre-
vention programs, neighborhood mediation pro-
grams, community violence intervention programs, 
school-based violence prevention programs, and safe 
passage to school programs. 
(3) Participatory investments into the built en-
vironment, 
including 
park 
redevelopment, 
streetlights, home repairs, remediating vacant lots, 
trash collection, and public transportation. 
(4) Public health activities and voluntary health 
services, including harm reduction-based treatment 
for mental health and substance use, hiring of com-
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munity health workers, long-term supportive hous-
ing, lead abatement, pollution reduction, and nutri-
tion access, such as through establishing farmers 
markets, nonprofit and employee-owned grocery 
stores, and school-based nutrition programs. 
(5) Housing security programs and initiatives, 
including outreach programs, permanent supportive 
housing, community land trusts, and housing for in-
dividuals experiencing temporary or chronic home-
lessness. 
(6) Support for youth and families, including 
school-based counselors, trauma-informed practices, 
youth and mentorship programs, after-school and 
enrichment programs, credible messenger in schools 
programs, social-emotional learning programs, wrap-
around services, summer jobs, targeted workforce 
development, and two-intergenerational program-
ming. 
(7) Support for victims, including survivors of 
domestic violence, sexual violence, and rape, and tar-
geted services to help victims, witnesses, and sur-
vivors process trauma, achieve financial and housing 
independence, make individualized, needs-based safe-
ty plans, and otherwise access the help that they 
need. 
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(8) Reentry support for people who are exiting 
incarceration or criminal supervision, including edu-
cational and workforce programs, stipends, housing 
programs, and support for worker coops. 
(9) Capacity building support to local advocates 
and community-based organizations, including legal 
assistance, and startup assistance for coops, commu-
nity land trusts, and nonprofit organizations. 
(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) ADDITIONAL GRANTS.—The Secretary may au-
thorize additional funds under this section to community- 
based organizations that previously received funds under 
this section if the Secretary determines the previously re-
ceived funds were successfully deployed and additional 
funding would assist in expanding qualified approaches to 
community safety and ensuring a sustainable, coordinated 
approach in the jurisdiction the organization serves. 
(g) GRANT AMOUNTS.—In determining the amount 
of a grant awarded to a single community-based organiza-
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tion under this section, the Secretary shall base such de-
termination on— 
(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 
legal involvement; and 
(3) such other factors as the Secretary deter-
mines are relevant. 
(h) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) QUALIFIED
APPROACHES
TO
COMMUNITY 
SAFETY.—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) RURAL AREAS.—Not less than 30 percent 
of the total amount of funding made available for 
grants under this section shall be awarded to organi-
zations located in rural areas. 
(i) 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 
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