This bill authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to community-based nonprofit organizations to create and run "community reentry centers." These centers must offer intake, trauma-informed reentry needs assessments, case management, and referrals. The bill lists many possible reentry services that centers may provide at a single location, such as help finding jobs, getting IDs, housing assistance, education and vocational training, legal help, counseling, substance use disorder treatment, and transportation. The bill also authorizes grants to States, Indian Tribes, and local governments to run toll-free, 24/7 reentry services hotlines that direct people to local reentry services and protect callers' personal information.
The bill sets application rules for grantees. Applicants must work with community stakeholders, develop needs assessments, plan outreach and intake (including, where feasible, before release), and describe how they will measure outcomes like employment, education, housing, and recidivism. The Attorney General must give preference to applicants that seek to employ or hire formerly incarcerated people. The Attorney General must contract with a nonprofit evaluator to monitor grantees and must report to Congress annually with details about grants, services, participation, and outcomes. The bill defines eligible entities and lists many specific services that qualify as reentry services.
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