Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry
Headline: Creates Federal Council to Prevent Crime and Improve Reentry
What it does: Agencies must form and support a Federal Council to develop evidence-based recommendations and submit reports to the President.
- Creates a new interagency council coordinating crime prevention and reentry programs.
- Requires agencies to produce an initial report within 90 days and a full report within one year.
- Encourages employers and small businesses to create jobs using existing tax credits.
Summary
This order creates a Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry to coordinate federal efforts to prevent crime and help people return from incarceration to productive lives.
The council, led by the Attorney General and senior White House officials, will include many department leaders, meet quarterly, and develop evidence-based recommendations on mental health, job training, mentoring, substance abuse treatment, and housing.
The council must deliver an initial report within 90 days and a full report within one year; the order revokes a prior memo and terminates the council after three years.
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