3.0.0 3323 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z Senate S 2021-12-07 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-12-07T16:18:18Z STRONG Veterans Act of 2022 117 6411 HR 2022-07-11 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Veterans Justice Outreach Improvement Act 117 5529 HR 2021-11-04 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Related bill CRS 2021-12-07 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-12-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-12-07 True Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Employment and training programs Government information and archives Judicial procedure and administration Performance measurement Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' organizations and recognition Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-12-07 Introduced in Senate 2022-06-28T22:50:56Z Veterans Justice Outreach Improvement Act of 2021

The bill updates the Veterans Justice Outreach Program, which is a program through which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) identifies justice-involved veterans and provides them with access to VA services. Justice-involved veterans are those with active, ongoing, or recent contact with some component of a local criminal justice system.

Under the bill, the VA must conduct program outreach to justice-involved veterans, military and veterans service organizations, and relevant stakeholders in the criminal justice community (e.g., local law enforcement).

The VA must also develop a strategic plan for the program. In developing the plan, the VA must conduct (1) a workforce gap analysis for the program; and (2) an assessment of barriers to working with justice-involved veterans in rural, remote, and underserved areas.

The VA must increase the number of Veterans Justice Outreach specialists responsible for supporting justice-involved veterans in rural, remote, or underserved areas.

The bill requires the VA to establish performance goals and implementation plans for the program, Veterans Justice Outreach specialists, and for providing support for research regarding justice-involved veterans.

Finally, the VA must ensure all Veterans Justice Outreach specialists receive annual training on (1) best practices for identifying and conducting outreach to justice-involved veterans and relevant stakeholders in the criminal justice community, and (2) veteran eligibility for the program.

]]> Veterans Justice Outreach Improvement Act of 2021 Display Title Veterans Justice Outreach Improvement Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Veterans Justice Outreach Improvement Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain improvements to the Veterans Justice Outreach Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3323is/xml/BILLS-117s3323is.xml 2021-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.