Community-Based Approaches to Prevent and Address Hate Crimes Act of 2026

This bill would require the Attorney General to set up a grant program for community-based nonprofit organizations to prevent and respond to hate crimes, if Congress provides funding. Grants could pay for things like conflict resolution, non-jail sentencing and youth diversion programs, public education on reporting hate crimes, safety escorts in public places, victim support including mental health care, and de-escalation training in multiple languages. The bill would authorize $30 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031. It would also remove a paragraph from an existing federal law on grants that support certain hate crime investigations and prosecutions, which the bill describes as removing a grant amount limit.

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Sponsors

• Grace Meng Democrat sponsor
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