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This bill, the Break the Cycle of Violence Act, aims to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to invest in effective community-based violence reduction initiatives. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Establishing a Community-Based Violence Intervention Program Grant to fund coordinated, evidence-informed, and trauma-responsive community violence intervention strategies, with a focus on expanding economic opportunities. 2. Creating an Office of Community Violence Intervention within the Department of Health and Human Services to implement the provisions of the bill. 3. Establishing a Community Violence Intervention Advisory Committee to provide advice and assistance in carrying out the bill's programs. 4. Setting up a National Community Violence Response Center to provide technical assistance, data collection, research coordination, and capacity building for community violence intervention initiatives. 5. Authorizing significant funding for the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor to carry out the bill's provisions, including $300 million for fiscal year 2022, increasing to $700 million annually from fiscal years 2024 through 2029. The bill aims to address the significant public health, safety, and community infrastructure concerns posed by community violence, which disproportionately affects communities of color, by investing in proven, coordinated, and community-based strategies to reduce violence without contributing to mass incarceration.

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