SEC. 203. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY GRANT 
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. 
(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 equivalent to the Division on 
Community Safety established under section 101, to 
oversee and support the use of qualified approaches 
to community safety statewide; and 
(2) provide matching funds equal to the amount 
of Federal funds received under the grant— 
(A) to fund qualified approaches to com-
munity safety; and 
(B) to provide an ongoing framework for 
continued funding of such qualified approaches. 
(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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(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A State receiving funds under 
this section shall use such grant funds to— 
(1) make grants to community-based organiza-
tions implementing one or more qualified approaches 
to community safety, including as intermediaries 
making subgrants to other local organizations and 
community leaders who are leading qualified commu-
nity safety programming on these issues; 
(2) fund local governments to undertake the ac-
tivities described in section 202(d); or 
(3) fund education training for individuals who 
are taking jobs that advance qualified approaches to 
community safety. 
(e) GRANT AMOUNTS.—In determining the amount 
of a grant awarded to a single recipient under this section, 
the Secretary shall base such determination on— 
(1) the number of people who live in the State; 
(2) the depth of need demonstrated, including 
attention to activities planned, the socioeconomic 
characteristics of the community, and current pat-
terns of involvement in the criminal legal system; 
and 
(3) such other factors as the Secretary deter-
mines are relevant; and 
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(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 State receives a grant under 
this section, and annually thereafter, such State shall pre-
pare and submit a report to the Secretary containing in-
formation about— 
(1) how the grant funds were used; 
(2) the number of people who were cited, ar-
rested, or jailed by State or local law enforcement 
officers in the previous year, as compared to the 
number cited, arrest, or jailed during the term of 
the grant; 
(3) the reasons for such citing, arresting, or 
jailing; and 
(4) demographic data of individuals cited, ar-
rested, or jailed or referred by State or local law en-
forcement officers, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, 
age, gender, disability status, and socioeconomic sta-
tus. 
(h) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A State shall 
use Federal funds received under this section only to sup-
plement the funds that would, without such Federal funds, 
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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 $3,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 
through 2028. 
SEC. 204. FIRST RESPONDER HIRING GRANTS. 
(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall 
carry out a grant program under which the Secretary 
makes grants to community-based organizations, health 
departments, States, units of local government, Indian 
tribal governments, other public and private entities, and 
multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia for the purposes 
described under subsection (b). 
(b) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—A grant awarded 
under subsection (a) may be used to— 
(1) hire and train first responders; 
(2) procure equipment, technology, support sys-
tems, or pay overtime, to increase the number of 
first responders available to a community; 
(3) increase the number of first responders in-
volved in activities that are focused on interaction 
with members of the community on crisis response 
and community violence and trauma prevention; 
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(4) provide education and training to first re-
sponders to enhance their conflict resolution, medi-
ation, problem solving, service, and other skills need-
ed to work in partnership with members of the com-
munity, including by programs that incentivize indi-
viduals to complete such education and training; 
(5) develop and implement innovative programs 
that support members of the community to work 
with community-based organizations, emergency first 
responders, and State, Tribal, and local officials in 
community violence and trauma prevention efforts; 
and 
(6) establish school-based partnerships by em-
ploying and retaining first responders in pre-Kinder-
garten, elementary, and secondary schools to support 
trauma-informed care and behavioral and mental 
health services, and to operate school-based health 
centers in local schools. 
(c) LIMITATION.— 
(1) 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) Each entity that receives a grant under this 
section shall certify to the Secretary that any indi-
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