Project Grant 2019RPBX0006

The Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) was awarded a $246,577 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation (CFDA 16.735) program. The grant will fund the development of an interactive online training for Sexual Abuse Response Teams (SARTs) and PREA Compliance Managers (PCMs) across ODOC's 12 correctional facilities. The training will cover critical details for properly...

The California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) received a $424,806 Formula Grant under the PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation (CFDA 16.735) from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. This funding will enable the BSCC to activate and implement a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) enhancement to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Strategic Offender Management System (SOMS) database. The PREA enhancement will...

The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation (CFDA 16.735) federal grant program. The grant will support DOCCS' efforts to achieve compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Standards through initiatives that reduce sexual abuse in facilities, increase staff...

The Washington State Department of Corrections received a $250,000 formula grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation (CFDA #16.735) program. The goal of the program is to support efforts in confinement facilities to achieve compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Standards. Under the award, the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico will deliver in-person...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $249,997 to the Corrections Kentucky Department under the PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation (CFDA #16.735) Formula Grant. The goal of this program is to support efforts in confinement facilities covered by the Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards to achieve compliance. Funding will support the Corrections Kentucky Department's work from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024 to reduce...

The Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PRDOJ), acting as a pass-through entity with the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (PRDCR), has been awarded a $136,058 FY 2023 PREA Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding will be used to acquire and install security cameras in correctional facilities in Puerto Rico to lower and/or avoid sexual incidents, as well as provide training for the PREA first response team to comply with national PREA standards. The 2-year...

The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the Commonwealth of Massachusetts $133,231 under the PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation (CFDA 16.735) federal Block Grant for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. Through this funding, the Massachusetts Department of Correction will provide various services to achieve compliance with the National Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape (PREA...

This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance through the PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation (CFDA 16.735), supports the Massachusetts Department of Correction's (MADOC) efforts to maintain compliance with the Department of Justice's National PREA Standards. The $147,287 award enables MADOC to continue its successful auditing program, ensuring at least one-third of each facility type is audited annually with...

This $395,656 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026) will fund a secondary analysis study on promising practices for addressing sexual violence in carceral settings. The Urban Institute, as the prime grantee, will comprehensively explore strengths and challenges in implementing the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), elucidate PREA practices identified as most promising for...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $3,387,500 cooperative agreement to the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center, in collaboration with The Moss Group as a proposed subrecipient, under the PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation (CFDA 16.735). The award supports the identification and selection of approximately 25 state, local, and tribal confinement agencies across the United States and the provision of up to $50,000 in two-year microgrants to each agency. The...