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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: - Establishing grant programs for community-based organizations and local governments to implement coordinated community violence intervention initiatives, focused on providing culturally competent services to individuals at high risk of being victims or perpetrators of community violence. These initiatives must utilize evidence-informed strategies to reduce violence without contributing to mass incarceration. - Creating an Office of Community Violence Intervention within the Department of Health and Human Services to oversee the implementation of the grant programs, as well as a Community Violence Intervention Advisory Committee to provide advice and assistance. - Establishing a National Community Violence Response Center to provide technical assistance, data collection, research coordination, and capacity building support related to community violence intervention efforts. - Authorizing significant funding over several fiscal years, ranging from $300 million in FY2024 up to $700 million annually from FY2026 through FY2031, to carry out the provisions of the bill. Additionally, the bill includes a sense of Congress that states and territories should consider using Crime Victims Fund resources to support community-based violence intervention initiatives that serve victims of community violence, particularly young people of color who are disproportionately impacted.

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