(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A State that is awarded a grant 
under this section shall use such grant to establish or ex-
pand programs for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated 
individuals, and such programs may— 
(1) provide access to doulas and other perinatal 
health 
workers 
from 
pregnancy 
through 
the 
postpartum period; 
(2) provide access to healthy foods and coun-
seling on nutrition, recommended activity levels, and 
safety measures throughout pregnancy; 
(3) train correctional officers and medical per-
sonnel to ensure that pregnant incarcerated individ-
uals receive trauma-informed, culturally congruent 
care that promotes the health and safety of the 
pregnant individuals; 
(4) provide counseling and treatment for indi-
viduals who have suffered from— 
(A) diagnosed mental or behavioral health 
conditions, including trauma and substance use 
disorders; 
(B) domestic violence; 
(C) human immunodeficiency virus; 
(D) sexual abuse; 
(E) pregnancy or infant loss; or 
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(F) chronic conditions, including heart dis-
ease, diabetes, osteoporosis and osteopenia, hy-
pertension, asthma, liver disease, and bleeding 
disorders; 
(5) provide pregnancy and childbirth education, 
parenting support, and other relevant forms of 
health literacy; 
(6) offer opportunities for postpartum individ-
uals to maintain contact with the individual’s new-
born child to promote bonding, including enhanced 
visitation policies, access to prison nursery pro-
grams, or breastfeeding support; 
(7) provide reentry assistance, particularly to— 
(A) ensure continuity of health insurance 
coverage if an incarcerated individual exits the 
criminal justice system during such individual’s 
pregnancy or in the postpartum period; and 
(B) connect individuals exiting the criminal 
justice system during pregnancy or in the 
postpartum period to community-based re-
sources, such as referrals to health care pro-
viders and social services that address social de-
terminants of health like housing, employment 
opportunities, transportation, and nutrition; or 
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(8) establish partnerships with local public enti-
ties, private community entities, community-based 
organizations, Indian Tribes and tribal organizations 
(as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(25 U.S.C. 5304)), and urban Indian organizations 
(as such term is defined in section 4 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603)) to 
establish or expand pretrial diversion programs as 
an alternative to incarceration for pregnant and 
postpartum individuals. Such programs may in-
clude— 
(A) parenting classes; 
(B) prenatal health coordination; 
(C) family and individual counseling; 
(D) evidence-based screenings, education, 
and, as needed, treatment for mental and be-
havioral health conditions, including drug and 
alcohol treatments; 
(E) family case management services; 
(F) domestic violence education and pre-
vention; 
(G) physical and sexual abuse counseling; 
and 
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(H) programs to address social deter-
minants of health such as employment, housing, 
education, transportation, and nutrition. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance 
shall give priority to applicants based on— 
(1) the number of pregnant and postpartum in-
dividuals incarcerated in the State and, among such 
individuals, the number of pregnant and postpartum 
minority individuals; and 
(2) the extent to which the State has dem-
onstrated a commitment to developing exemplary 
programs for pregnant and postpartum individuals 
incarcerated the prisons and jails in the State. 
(e) GRANT DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 
section shall be for a 5-year period. 
(f) IMPLEMENTING AND REPORTING.—A State that 
receives a grant under this section shall be responsible 
for— 
(1) implementing the program funded by the 
grant; and 
(2) not later than 3 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act, and 6 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, reporting results of such pro-
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gram to the Attorney General, including information 
describing— 
(A) relevant quantitative indicators of the 
program’s success in improving the standard of 
care and health outcomes for pregnant and 
postpartum incarcerated individuals who par-
ticipated in such program, including data strati-
fied by race, ethnicity, sex, age, geography, dis-
ability status, category of the criminal charge 
against such individual, incidence rates of preg-
nancy-related 
deaths, 
pregnancy-associated 
deaths, cases of infant mortality, cases of severe 
maternal morbidity, cases of violence against 
pregnant or postpartum individuals, diagnoses 
of maternal mental or behavioral health condi-
tions, and other such information as appro-
priate; 
(B) relevant qualitative evaluations from 
pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individ-
uals who participated in such programs, includ-
ing subjective measures of patient-reported ex-
perience of care; 
(C) evaluations of cost effectiveness; and 
(D) strategies to sustain such programs 
beyond the duration of the grant. 
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