Project Grant 2020CYBX0039

The City of New Orleans, through its Division of Housing doing business as Job 1 Office of Workforce Development, has been awarded a $1,218,757 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration's Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270). The grant will fund the Reimagining Employment Strategies to Offer Reentry to Employment and Beyond (RESTORE) program, which aims to remove barriers and provide a pathway for 150 incarcerated individuals in...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), through the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812), awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to HopeWorks, Inc., a Memphis-based non-profit organization. The grant will fund comprehensive reentry services over 36 months for 150 inmates transitioning back into the Memphis community from the Shelby County Division of Corrections. HopeWorks will provide personal and career development classes, job training, counseling, mentoring, and adult basic education...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to Operation New Hope, Inc. to expand their pre-release and post-release reentry services for over 150 returning citizens in Florida over the next 3 years. The funding will support individualized plans of care, career and technical training, job placement, and transitional support for a full year. Operation New Hope provides services at 30 correctional facilities and...

This federal Project Grant award of $900,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.812 Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) will enable Operation New Hope, Inc., a non-profit organization, to expand its pre-release and post-release reentry services in Florida over the next 3 years. The funding will serve over 150 additional individuals returning from incarceration by providing individualized transition plans, career and technical training, job placement...

The Center For Hope Inc. was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Children Exposed to Violence federal grant program (CFDA 16.818) to enhance and expand its existing Kuji Program youth skills development and violence intervention program into a fully staffed violence response program. The Kuji Program will work with Center For Hope's violence intervention programs, Safe Streets...

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 Partner4Work Pittsburgh Reentry Career Services Program (PRCS) will provide $900,000 in career services and support to individuals reentering the community from incarceration in Allegheny County Jail. Funded through the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812), PRCS aims to reduce recidivism by connecting participants with in-demand employment opportunities through occupational training,...

Operation Restoration will receive $900,000 under a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement the Community Based Reentry Education and Employment Services (C-BREES) program. The program will provide comprehensive education and employment services to 75 currently and formerly incarcerated women annually through 2025 to improve vocational education programs available in custody at Louisiana Correctional...

This $750,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) will fund the "TRANSCEND: Empowerment, Recovery and Re-entry Program" delivered by Casa Esperanza Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned nonprofit organization in Boston, Massachusetts. The program will provide integrated recovery-oriented services in culturally appropriate Spanish language to over 125 Latino individuals returning from...

The Center For Hope Inc., a non-profit organization in Baltimore, MD, received a $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to enhance the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention (CVIP) Ecosystem in Baltimore. The CVIP Ecosystem project aims to engage high-risk youth aged 17-24 in Baltimore's most violent neighborhoods, utilizing the Cure Violence model and principles of positive...