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HR 198 · in committee · significant

SERVE Our Communities Act

What this bill does

  • The bill funds grants for mentoring, job training, and housing assistance to help formerly incarcerated people rejoin their communities.
  • States and local governments receive funding if they implement programs to reduce repeat offenses by violent offenders.
  • The Bureau of Justice Assistance administers grants to eligible jurisdictions that meet reintegration and public safety requirements.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would funding for housing assistance and job training for formerly incarcerated people affect recidivism rates compared to current reentry programs?

  2. 02

    Which communities and states would be most likely to qualify for these grants, and could funding disparities widen existing regional differences in reentry support?

  3. 03

    What specific metrics would the Bureau of Justice Assistance use to measure whether grantees successfully reduced repeat offenses by violent offenders?

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Sponsor · R-NY-24

Claudia Tenney

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Introduced 2025-01-03

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  2. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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