zation’’ means an organization that meets the re-
quirements of section 5(b). 
(3) COVERED
POPULATION.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered population’’ means— 
(A) individuals who are racial or ethnic mi-
norities or members of an Indian tribe; 
(B) immigrants, including undocumented 
immigrants, immigrants who have recently en-
tered the United States, and refugees; 
(C) individuals with limited English pro-
ficiency, meaning their primary language for 
communication is not English and communica-
tion with emergency responders may be dif-
ficult; 
(D) individuals who are age 60 or older 
and determined to be likely to be— 
(i) vulnerable to abuse; or 
(ii) experiencing health challenges; 
(E) people with disabilities, as defined in 
section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102); 
(F) people in the LGBTQIA+ community; 
(G) people who are likely to face dispropor-
tionate or discriminatory law enforcement con-
tact; 
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(H) people who are or were involved in the 
criminal justice system; 
(I) homeless persons, as defined in section 
103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302); 
(J) people facing or with a history of men-
tal or behavioral health crises or who need 
check-ins for health, safety, or substance use 
disorder reasons; 
(K) people experiencing family violence or 
domestic violence under the laws of the jurisdic-
tion involved, or dating violence; 
(L) victims of child abuse and children ex-
posed to violence; 
(M) people who are likely to be engaged in 
or to experience violence in the community; 
(N) people with, or recovering from, a sub-
stance use disorder; 
(O) current and former foster youth; 
(P) youth who are or were involved in the 
juvenile justice system; 
(Q) victims of conduct described in section 
1591 or 2251 of title 18, United States Code; 
(R) people who engage in acts defined in 
paragraph (4) of section 103 of the Trafficking 
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Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7102); 
(S) adult survivors of sexual assault, as de-
fined under the laws of the jurisdiction in-
volved; 
(T) victims of trafficking, as defined in 
section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000; 
(U) out-of-school youth; and 
(V) people in an acute crisis not covered 
under subparagraphs (A) through (U). 
(4) DATING VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘dating vio-
lence’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)). 
(5) IMMIGRATION TERMS.— 
(A) IMMIGRANT.—The term ‘‘immigrant’’ 
means an alien who has entered the United 
States. 
(B) UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANT.—The 
term ‘‘undocumented immigrant’’ means an 
alien who is unlawfully present in the United 
States. 
(6) INDIAN
TRIBE; TRIBAL
ORGANIZATION.— 
The terms ‘‘Indian tribe’’ and ‘‘tribal organization’’ 
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have the meanings given the terms in section 4 of 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(7) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ means— 
(A) such an institution as defined in sec-
tion 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001); and 
(B) a tribally controlled college or univer-
sity as defined in section 2 of the Tribally Con-
trolled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801). 
(8) OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH.—The term ‘‘out- 
of-school youth’’ means an individual who is— 
(A) not attending any school (as defined 
under State law); 
(B) not younger than age 16 or older than 
age 24; and 
(C) one or more of the following: 
(i) A young person who has dropped 
out of school. 
(ii) A youth who is within the age of 
compulsory school attendance, but has not 
attended school for at least the most recent 
complete school year calendar quarter. 
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(iii) A recipient of a secondary school 
diploma or its recognized equivalent who is 
a low-income individual and is either basic 
skills deficient or an English language 
learner (as such 3 terms are defined in 
section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)). 
(iv) An individual who is subject to 
the criminal justice system. 
(v) An individual who experiences 
homelessness, a homeless child or youth, or 
a runaway. 
(vi) An individual— 
(I) who is in foster care, who has 
aged out of the foster care system, or 
who has attained 16 years of age and 
left foster care for kinship guardian-
ship or adoption; 
(II) who is a child eligible for as-
sistance under section 477 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677); or 
(III) who is a child in an out-of- 
home placement. 
(vii) An individual who is pregnant or 
parenting. 
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(viii) An individual with a disability 
(as defined in section 3 of the Workforce 
Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 3102)). 
(ix) A low-income individual (as de-
fined in that section 3) who requires addi-
tional assistance to enter or complete an 
educational program or to secure or hold 
employment. 
(9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Administrator of the Administration for 
Community Living and in consultation with the As-
sistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance 
Use, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and the Attorney General. 
(10) SUBSTANCE
USE
DISORDER.—The term 
‘‘substance use disorder’’ means such a disorder 
within the meaning of title V of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.). 
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM. 
The Secretary shall establish a Community-Based 
Emergency and Non-Emergency Response Grant Program 
to improve community-based emergency and non-emer-
gency response for public safety and problem solving, and 
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to promote the safety and well-being of the populations 
and communities served under the program by— 
(1) identifying eligible organizations with dem-
onstrated capacity for emergency and non-emergency 
response work, including violence interruption, com-
munity mediation, and crisis behavioral health re-
sponse, who are capable of providing, and increasing 
the capacity of the localities to provide, emergency 
and non-emergency response for specified covered 
populations; 
(2) developing a local infrastructure of systems 
and resources needed to develop, implement, and 
sustain effective interventions to protect the mental 
and physical well-being of members of the commu-
nity, prevent violence, de-escalate volatile situations, 
ensure access to human services, protect property 
and the environment, reduce law enforcement use of 
force, and ensure the health and safety of commu-
nities, while decreasing the sole reliance on law en-
forcement for emergency and non-emergency situa-
tions; 
(3) creating and strengthening formal and in-
formal partnerships, for such purposes as providing 
solutions and committing resources to sustain and 
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scale up successful models of community-based 
emergency and non-emergency response; and 
(4) providing timely evaluation to clarify the 
outcomes and costs of the program, and the new 
interventions and service models provided through 
the program, for service recipients and law enforce-
ment. 
SEC. 5. ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this title Act, an entity shall be a partnership of— 
(1)(A) a unit of local government (or its con-
tractor), or Indian tribe or tribal organization, act-
ing through an entity that is independent of any law 
enforcement agency; and 
(B) a covered community-based organization; 
and 
(2) if applicable, a nonprofit or public institu-
tion of higher education, community mental health 
center, or behavioral health organization. 
(b) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—A commu-
nity-based organization referred to in subsection (a)(1) 
shall be a nonprofit community-based organization, a con-
sortium of nonprofit community-based organizations, a 
national nonprofit organization acting as an intermediary 
for a community-based organization, or a community- 
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based organization that has a fiscal sponsor that allows 
the organization to function as an organization that is de-
scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 
of that Code. 
SEC. 6. PLANNING GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the Program, the 
Secretary shall use not more than 10 percent of the 
amount appropriated under section 13(1) to make plan-
ning grants to eligible partnerships to engage, with mean-
ingful participation from the covered populations and cov-
ered community-based organizations involved, in com-
prehensive design of a community response plan, in order 
to prepare a high-quality application for an initiation 
grant. 
(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a plan-
ning grant under this section, an eligible partnership shall 
submit to the Secretary a planning application at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require, including information on— 
(1) the covered populations that will be con-
sulted through the planning process; 
(2) how the partnership will engage entities 
that are led by the covered populations; and 
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(3) how the partnership will solicit and confirm 
support from covered populations and community 
stakeholders in the plan. 
SEC. 7. INITIATION AND CONTINUATION GRANTS. 
(a) INITIATION GRANTS.—In carrying out the Pro-
gram, the Secretary shall make initiation grants to not 
fewer than 40 eligible partnerships, including not fewer 
than 4 eligible partnerships that include Indian tribes or 
tribal organizations, of which not fewer than 2 shall be 
eligible partnerships led by an Indian tribe or tribal orga-
nization, to carry out projects to meet the objectives de-
scribed in subsection (a). The Secretary shall make the 
grants for periods of 5 years. The Secretary shall make 
the grants to partnerships in geographically diverse areas, 
including urban and rural communities, and in commu-
nities with varying population sizes. 
(b) CONTINUATION GRANTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out the Pro-
gram, the Secretary shall make continuation grants 
to eligible partnerships who are recipients of the ini-
tiation grants and who are determined by the Sec-
retary to be in good standing on completion of the 
grant period for those grants, to pay for the Federal 
share of the cost of carrying out projects to meet the 
objectives described in subsection (a). The Secretary 
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shall make the continuation grants for periods of 2 
years. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The non-Federal 
share of the costs described in this subsection shall 
be 25 percent. The eligible partnership receiving 
such a continuation grant shall provide the non-Fed-
eral share from State, tribal, local, or private 
sources. 
SEC. 8. INITIATION AND CONTINUATION GRANT APPLICA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an initi-
ation or continuation grant under section 7 for a project, 
a partnership shall submit an application (which, for a 
continuation grant, shall be an update of the partnership’s 
initiation grant application) to the Secretary, at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require, including— 
(1) information that specifies in detail— 
(A) the covered populations that the part-
nership will target for services under this Act; 
(B) the experience of the members of the 
partnership in successfully working in the com-
munity to be served and partnering with the 
target populations, including— 
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