Division on community safety

(a) In general There is established within the Department of Health and Human Services a Division on Community Safety (referred to in this Act as the Division). The Division shall be headed by an Assistant Secretary for Community Safety (referred to in this Act as the Assistant Secretary) who shall be designated by and report directly to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (b) Responsibilities The Division shall have responsibility for overseeing activities that promote qualified approaches to community safety, including— (1) coordinating and carrying out other oversight activities with respect to the grant programs established under title II; (2) funding, conducting, coordinating, and publicly disseminating the findings of, research into policies, programs, infrastructure, and other investments that serve to increase qualified approaches to community safety, including through interdisciplinary collaborations involving scholars, nonprofits, and other nongovernmental actors; (3) providing and funding technical assistance to State and local governments to implement qualified approaches to community safety; (4) establishing— (A) the National Advisory Committee under section 102; (B) the Interagency Task Force under section 103; (C) the Community Safety Grant for community-led organizations under section 201; (D) the Community Safety Grant for Local Governments under section 202; (E) the Community Safety Grant for States under section 203; and (F) the First Responder Hiring Grants under section 204; (5) coordinating, streamlining, and implementing qualified approaches to community safety in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, Director of the Indian Health Service, the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substances Use, and other relevant agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services; (6) supporting and helping to coordinate interagency initiatives that advance, streamline, and otherwise implement qualified approaches to community safety; (7) administering grant programs that support State governments, local governments, and community-based organizations in implementing qualified approaches to increasing community safety; (8) developing data systems and processes for evaluating the impact of grants made under title II, including through the use of data matching and other tools to inform target populations and geographic areas; (9) providing to the public updates, findings, and recommendations on qualified approaches to community safety collected from the reports made by recipients of grants under title II; and (10) establishing and maintaining a complaint system responsible for the resolution of complaints from members of the general public regarding grant funding for programs not compliant with the qualified approaches to community safety standards.