(1) has taken steps toward, or is submitting 
proposals within the application for such a grant for 
purposes of— 
(A) increasing human liberty, including 
through measures that reduce incarceration, 
pretrial detention, arrests, criminal supervision, 
immigration detention, and other forms of 
criminal justice involvement; 
(B) ending the criminalization of poverty, 
mental illness, homelessness, substance use, and 
related issues by addressing root causes of 
those issues rather than imposing criminal pun-
ishment and other punitive responses; or 
(C) ending racial, economic, gender, and 
other disparities in criminal punishment, includ-
ing discipline in schools; 
(2) has a high rate of poverty, as well as dis-
proportionately high shares of residents who have 
been impacted by violence and criminal justice sys-
tem (as determined by the Secretary); or 
(3) has prepared and developed the application 
submitted under this section in consultation with the 
community the unit of local government serves, espe-
cially individuals in such community who have been 
directly impacted by the criminal justice system. 
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(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A unit of local government re-
ceiving funds under this section shall use such grant funds 
to implement one or more of the following: 
(1) Establish or designating a community-led 
entity that— 
(A) employs qualified approaches to com-
munity safety; and 
(B) can coordinate and make investments 
in community safety, including by using 
participatory budgeting or other community-led 
processes. 
(2) Develop a safety needs assessment. 
(3) Invest in programs, interventions, or policy 
initiatives that have a demonstrable connection to 
improving community safety, including programs 
interventions, or policy initiatives that are designed 
to address needs related to economic stability, sur-
vivor safety, physical and behavioral health, environ-
mental safety, housing stability, and educational eq-
uity and opportunity such as those listed in section 
201(d). 
(e) GRANT AMOUNTS.—In determining the amount 
of a grant awarded to a State or unit of local government 
under this section, the Secretary shall base such deter-
mination on— 
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(1) the number of people who live in the juris-
diction of the local government; 
(2) the depth of need demonstrated, including 
attention to activities planned, the socioeconomic 
characteristics of the community and residents with-
in that jurisdiction, and current patterns of spend-
ing in systems of incarceration; and 
(3) such other factors as the Secretary deter-
mines are relevant. 
(f) LIMITATION.—Funds made available under this 
section may be used only to carry out programs, services, 
or activities that use qualified approaches to community 
safety. 
(g) REPORTING.—Beginning not later than one year 
after the date on which a local government receives a 
grant under this section, and annually thereafter, the unit 
of local government shall prepare and submit to the Sec-
retary, and make publicly available, a report containing 
information about— 
(1) how the grant funds were used; 
(2) the number of people who were cited, ar-
rested, or jailed by any State or local law enforce-
ment officers in the previous year in the jurisdiction 
of the local government, as compared to the number 
cited, arrest, or jailed during the term of the grant; 
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(3) the reasons for such citing, arresting, or de-
tained or imprisoned; 
(4) demographic data of individuals cited, ar-
rested, or jailed or referred by local law enforcement 
officers, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, age, gen-
der, disability status, and socioeconomic status; and 
(5) the percentage of grant funds that ulti-
mately benefitted community-based organizations. 
(h) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—An unit of local 
government receiving a grant under this section may use 
Federal funds received through the grant only to supple-
ment the funds that would, without such Federal funds, 
be made available from State and local sources, and not 
to supplant such funds. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to implement this sec-
tion $2,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 
through 2026. 
SEC. 203. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND 
CRISIS RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM FOR 
STATES. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary 
shall award grants, on a rolling basis, to States to conduct 
research on, fund, and otherwise support the development 
of qualified approaches to community safety. 
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(b) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant under 
this section shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary may require, including an assur-
ance that the State shall— 
(1) establish or designate a State agency, de-
partment, or office to oversee and support the use 
of health-centered and preventative approaches to 
public safety statewide; and 
(2) demonstrate ongoing financial support for 
qualified approaches to community safety, either 
through committing in the State budget for the year 
before the grant is awarded for such purpose— 
(A) a fixed sum; 
(B) a percentage of a specified State rev-
enue stream; or 
(C) an amount that is equivalent to the 
amount of funds the State is saving from a re-
duction in criminal justice spending. 
(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to a State that meets 
one or more of the same criteria specified in paragraphs 
(1), (2), and (3) of section 202(c). 
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