One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8548 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8548 To authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2026 Ms. Kamlager-Dove (for herself, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Simon, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Thanedar, and Ms. Brown) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. COMMUNITY REENTRY CENTER GRANT PROGRAM. (a) Program Authorized.--The Attorney General is authorized to carry out a grant program to make grants to eligible entities for the purpose of creating community reentry centers. (b) Application Requirements.--Each application for a grant under this section shall-- (1) demonstrate a plan to work with community stakeholders who interact with formerly incarcerated people or individuals with a conviction record and their families to-- (A) identify specific strategies and approaches to providing reentry services; (B) develop a needs assessment tool to survey or conduct focus groups with community members in order to identify-- (i) the needs of individuals after conviction or incarceration, and the barriers such individuals face; and (ii) the needs of the families and communities to which such individuals belong; and (C) use the information gathered pursuant to subparagraph (B)