HR 198 · in committee · significant
SERVE Our Communities Act
- criminal justice
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
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would funding for housing assistance and job training for formerly incarcerated people affect recidivism rates compared to current reentry programs?
- 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?
- 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
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
6/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-03
Joining the bill
Legislative timeline
2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-01-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

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