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 12 2 STA T .6 66 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 1 9 9 — AP R .9 , 200 8‘ ‘ (l)FUT U REELIG I B ILIT Y.—Tobe el ig ible t o r e c ei v e a gra n t u n d er t h i s section in an yf iscal year after the fiscal year in w hich a grantee receives a grant under this section , a grantee shall sub m it to the A ttorney G eneral such information as is necessary to dem - onstrate that— ‘‘( 1 ) the grantee has ado p ted a reentry plan that reflects input from nonprofit organi z ations, in any case where relevant input is available and appropriate to the grant application ‘‘( 2 ) the reentry plan of the grantee includes performance measures to assess progress of the grantee toward a 1 0 percent reduction in the rate of recidivism over a 2-year period; ‘‘( 3 ) the grantee will coordinate with the Attorney General, nonprofit organizations (if relevant input from nonprofit organizations is available and appropriate), and other e x perts regarding the selection and implementation of the performance measures described in subsection ( k ); and ‘‘( 4 ) the grantee has made ade q uate progress, as determined by the Attorney General, toward reducing the rate of recidivism by 10 percent over a 2-year period. ‘‘(m) NA TI ON ALA D ULT AND J U V ENILE OF FENDER R EENTRY RE S OUR C E C ENTER.— ‘‘(1) AUT H ORITY.—The Attorney General may, using amounts made available to carry out this subsection, make a grant to an eligible organization to provide for the establish- ment of a National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center. ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ORGANI Z ATION.—An organization eligible for the grant under paragraph (1) is any national nonprofit organization approved by the I nteragency Task Force on Fed- eral P rograms and Activities Relating to the Reentry of Offenders Into the Community, that provides technical assist- ance and training to, and has special expertise and broad, national-level experience in, offender reentry programs, training, and research. ‘‘(3) U SE OF FUNDS.—The organization receiving a grant under paragraph (1) shall establish a National Adult and Juve- nile Offender Reentry Resource Center to— ‘‘(A) provide education, training, and technical assist- ance for S tates, tribes, territories, local governments, service providers, nonprofit organizations, and corrections institutions; ‘‘( B ) collect data and best practices in offender reentry from demonstration grantees and others agencies and organizations; ‘‘(C) develop and disseminate evaluation tools, mecha- nisms, and measures to better assess and document coali- tion performance measures and outcomes; ‘‘( D ) disseminate information to States and other rel- evant entities about best practices, policy standards, and research findings; ‘‘(E) develop and implement procedures to assist rel- evant authorities in determining when release is appro- priate and in the use of data to inform the release decision; ‘‘(F) develop and implement procedures to identify effi- ciently and effectively those violators of probation, parole, or supervision following release from prison, j ail, or a juve- nile facility who should be returned to prisons, jails, or Establi s hmen t .

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