SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS 
PROVIDING CERTAIN SERVICES AS A RESULT 
OF PANDEMIC-RELATED PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, in collaboration with the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Labor, 
and the Administrator of the Small Business Administra-
tion, shall award grants to community-based nonprofit or-
ganizations to operate a navigator program. 
(b) NAVIGATOR PROGRAMS.—A navigator program 
shall consist of recruiting, training, assigning, and employ-
ing eligible navigators to facilitate application for, or pro-
curement of, eligible benefits during the emergency period, 
including by performing any of the following: 
(1) Acting as contacts, including by assisting in 
the application for any eligible benefit provided to 
individuals, families, or small business concerns. 
(2) Screening individuals, families, or small 
business concerns that are potentially eligible, but 
currently not receiving, an eligible benefit. 
(3) Coordinating with appropriate Federal 
agencies to distribute materials relating to eligible 
benefits. 
(4) Conducting ongoing outreach to populations 
regarding eligible benefits. 
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(c) APPLICATION.—To seek a grant under this sec-
tion, a community-based nonprofit organization shall sub-
mit an application to the Secretary— 
(1) containing such agreements, assurances, 
and information, and submitted in such form and 
manner, as the Secretary may require; 
(2) including a complete description of the or-
ganization’s plan for the operation of a navigator 
program, including— 
(A) a description of the training program 
to be implemented for navigator personnel; 
(B) a plan for publicizing the availability 
of the navigator services to be provided; 
(C) a plan for providing service to non- 
English speaking persons seeking navigator 
services that— 
(i) is based on data from the Bureau 
of the Census, is consistent with the demo-
graphics of the local areas where the navi-
gator program will operate, and outlines 
which languages are most prevalent and 
commonly requested in such areas for 
translation services; or 
(ii) is based on qualitative and quan-
titative observation from community serv-
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ice providers, including providers of health 
and mental health services, social services, 
transportation, and other relevant commu-
nity services; and 
(D) a plan for facilitating access to naviga-
tors by persons with hearing impairments; 
(3) explaining the organization’s inability to op-
erate the navigator program without Federal assist-
ance; and 
(4) providing assurances that the organization 
will, to the extent practicable, seek, recruit, and hire 
navigators who are members of racial and ethnic mi-
nority groups and women in order to increase diver-
sity within the navigator program. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that 
demonstrate— 
(1) an intent to provide navigator programs in 
or serving residents living in a qualified census tract, 
as defined in section 42(d)(5)(B)(ii)(I) of the of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
42(d)(5)(B)(ii)(I)); and 
(2) that the applicant has previous experience 
in providing services to such residents. 
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(e) RENEWAL
OF GRANTS.—The Secretary may 
renew a grant to a community-based nonprofit organiza-
tion under this section, without limitations on the duration 
of such renewal, if the organization demonstrates that it— 
(1) has used the funds provided to it under this 
section in accordance with its approved application; 
and 
(2) has made progress in achieving the objec-
tives specified in the approved application. 
(f) NO-COST EXTENSIONS.—Notwithstanding sub-
section (e), the Secretary may extend the period of a grant 
under this section, without limitations as to the duration 
of such extension, to provide additional time to complete 
the objectives of the grant award. 
(g) SUSPENSION OF FUNDS IN CERTAIN CASES.—If 
the Secretary determines that the recipient of a grant 
under this section is not in substantial compliance with 
the terms and requirements of the grant agreement, the 
Secretary may revoke or suspend funding for the grant, 
in whole or in part. 
(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to limit a community-based nonprofit 
organization from receiving a grant under this section for 
a population otherwise served by such organization with 
other Federal funds. 
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(i) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) GRANTEE
REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not 
later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year 
for which a grantee receives a grant under this sec-
tion, the grantee shall submit to the Secretary a re-
port that contains an evaluation of the results of the 
activities, including financial expenditures, made 
during such fiscal year to carry out the program for 
which the grant is received. 
(2) ANNUAL
REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.—Not 
later than January 1 following the end of each fiscal 
year for which funds are appropriated to carry out 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress 
a report describing the progress achieved through 
programs funded through grants under this section 
for the preceding fiscal year. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘eligible benefit’’ means any ben-
efit under any of the following Acts (including the 
amendments made by such Acts): 
(A) The Coronavirus Preparedness and 
Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2020 (Public Law 116–123). 
(B) The Families First Coronavirus Re-
sponse Act (Public Law 116–127). 
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