Block Grant 2019CZBX0015

The Lucas County Sheriff's Office in Toledo, Ohio will receive $2 million from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA #16.753) to build a new dedicated mental health unit at the Lucas County Corrections Center. Approximately 24% of inmates booked into the current facility screen positive for serious and persistent mental illness, and 23% received behavioral health services within a year before or after booking. The...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $500,000 Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) project grant to TASC of Northwest Ohio, Inc. (dba Lucas County TASC) to enhance peer-support-based intake, case management, and crisis intervention services for clients with substance use disorders (SUDs) and/or co-occurring mental health disorders. The project, titled "TASC-REI", aims to 1) improve intake services for SUD and co-occurring disorder clients, 2) enhance crisis...

The Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services will partner with Justice Works Youth Care to implement the Clark County Youth Reintegration Program. Funded by a $400,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the program will utilize evidence-based methodologies to reduce recidivism among youth exiting the Spring Mountain Youth Camp in Las Vegas, Nevada. Running from October 1, 2022 to...

The Licking County Coalition for Housing (LCCH) in Ohio was awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA) Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The funding will enable LCCH to study the impact of permanent supportive housing with peer support services for individuals with mental health illnesses and substance use disorders transitioning from incarceration in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections. The project aims to identify...

The Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry in Cleveland, Ohio will receive $1 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant funds the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative program to provide reentry services to at least 450 citizens at moderate to high risk of reoffending upon release from incarceration in Cuyahoga County. Services will be delivered by Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry and three sub-awardees....

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to Alvis Inc., doing business as Alvis House, to provide pre- and post-release services for up to 90 incarcerated adults in the Franklin County (Ohio) Correction Centers. The program, called Out4Work, will deliver a 15-week cognitive-behavioral intervention and employment training curriculum, industry-recognized credential attainment, and 12...

The Leon County Sheriff's Office received a $491,576 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance through the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The grant will fund "Project Connect", an innovative program to enhance pre- and post-release services for formerly incarcerated individuals in the county detention facility. Key services include evidence-based interventions focused on employment, housing, and transportation to reduce recidivism and improve community...

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) will receive $1,072,000 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to expand supportive housing services for individuals returning to Ohio communities from incarceration. ODRC and the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) propose to enhance and expand the Reentry Housing Ohio (RHO) program, which provides permanent supportive housing, in Knox, Muskingum, and...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $749,848 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to Project Lift Behavioral Health Services, a woman-owned non-profit organization in Cleveland, Ohio. The grant supports a comprehensive trauma-informed violence reduction model that incorporates restorative justice principles to address the root causes of youth violence and promote healing. The model...

This $784,194 Project Grant award from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) supports Sbcs Corporation, a non-profit organization in Chula Vista, California, in assisting youth to successfully transition from juvenile residential facilities back to their communities. The key objectives are to: 1) Expand and strengthen prosocial, evidence-informed programming for youth in long-term custody and reentering the...