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HR7309119th Congress

Reentry Resource Guide Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Representative Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]

Introduced

Summary

Statewide digital reentry resource guides to help people returning from incarceration find local services and supports. It would set up a pilot, run by the Attorney General, to award grants to eligible applicants to develop, expand, and maintain those guides.

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  • People returning from incarceration would have downloadable, region-searchable guides listing names and contact information for housing, employment, health care, legal aid, food, ID assistance, transportation, shelters, and many other local services.
  • States could apply for 3-year grants that must include a plan to identify statewide resources, name who will manage the guide, explain where it will be accessible, and describe outreach to prisons and returning people.
  • Grants may fund planning, community engagement, implementation, startup or expansion, outreach and language translation, staff salaries tied to the guide, and digital maintenance.
  • Grantees must report annually to the Attorney General, and the Attorney General must later send Congress an evaluation that includes the program's effects on recidivism.

*Would authorize $8.0 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2030, increasing federal outlays during those years.*

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State grants for reentry resource guides

If enacted, the Attorney General would set up a pilot grant program within one year to fund states to build and keep statewide downloadable digital resource guides for people returning from incarceration. The bill would authorize $8,000,000 each year for fiscal years 2027 through 2030, and each state grant would run for three years. Guides would need names, contact details, region sorting, and downloadable access, and must cover many services like jobs, housing, ID help, transportation, legal help, health and addiction treatment, shelters, food, and other community supports. Grant money could pay for planning, outreach, staff, translation, and website upkeep; states would report yearly and the Attorney General would evaluate and report to Congress after the pilot ends. This would fund websites and staff, not direct cash payments to households.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]

MO • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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