1. Short title; purposes (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the The People’s Response Act . (b) Purpose It is the purpose of this Act to— (1) catalyze, coordinate, and disseminate research on approaches to community safety that reduce criminal legal contact while expanding opportunity, including a particular focus on groups that have been disproportionately harmed by the criminal legal system; (2) support State governments, local governments, and community-based organizations in implementing qualified approaches to community safety; (3) mobilize and coordinate Federal resources to advance qualified approaches to community safety; (4) expand resources to holistically support survivors of mass incarceration, police violence, rape and other forms of sexual assault, harm resulting from detention or deportation, and other forms of violence and abuse; and (5) expand resources to holistically support marginalized communities, particularly Black and Indigenous communities, to implement qualified approaches to community safety. 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Community health worker The term community health worker means a frontline public health worker who— (A) is a trusted member of, or has a close understanding of, the community served, enabling the worker to serve as a link between health and social services and the community, so as to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery; and (B) builds individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support, and advocacy. (2) Community land trust The term community land trust means a community-based organization that is designed to ensure community stewardship of land and— (A) is not sponsored by a for-profit organization; (B) has a membership open to any adult who resides in the particular geographic area in which the organization operates