Break the Cycle of Violence Act

The Break the Cycle of Violence Act would authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to community-based organizations and eligible local governments to support, enhance, and replicate coordinated community violence intervention programs. It would also establish an Office of Community Violence Intervention, a Community Violence Intervention Advisory Committee, and a National Community Violence Response Center within HHS, and authorize IMPACT grants through the Department of Labor to improve job and entrepreneurship training for opportunity youth. The bill aims to reduce community violence—particularly gun violence disproportionately affecting young Black and Brown…

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