Cooperative Agreement 2016DPBXK004

This $900,000 award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative program (CFDA 16.812) supports the "Prison to Careers Equity Pathway" pilot program at Cal State LA University Auxiliary Services Inc. (UAS). The project aims to expand the university's successful prison degree program by connecting formerly incarcerated college graduates with regional employers and community organizations to facilitate their...

The Wisconsin Procurement Institute Education And Training Services (doing business as Wisconsin Procurement Institute Inc.) received a $1.19 million cooperative agreement award from the Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters on August 1, 2021 to provide procurement technical assistance through July 31, 2022. Under the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002), the awardee will deliver services to build a strong and sustainable U.S. supply chain by providing...

This $24 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration will fund a First Step Act initiative through the Reentry Employment Opportunities federal grant program (CFDA 17.270). The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development will provide pre- and post-release career pathways training, employment skills development, job placement assistance and support services to individuals residing in four minimum- or low-security...

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) was awarded a $30 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) to deliver reentry services to federal inmates in Illinois. The award will fund DCEO's adoption of the Department of Defense's Transition Assistance Program model to deliver reentry services to 750 federal inmates during incarceration, in...

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $6 million Project Grant to the Little Rock Workforce Investment Board through the Reentry Employment Opportunities program. The grant will fund job readiness training, occupational training, case management, legal advocacy, mental health counseling and referrals for 200 individuals in the six months prior to release from the Pulaski County Correctional Facility. Services will include comprehensive individual...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation (CFDA 16.735), has awarded a $3,387,500 Cooperative Agreement to the Urban Institute, in collaboration with The Moss Group as a proposed subrecipient. The funding will support a project to identify and select approximately 25 state, local, and tribal confinement agencies across the U.S. and provide up to $50,000 in two-year microgrants to each agency. The...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $900,000 Project Grant to the Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation, doing business as the HSU Foundation, under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The grant will fund a four-year Bachelor of Arts degree program in Communication for inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison, California's only super-maximum security facility. The program aims to serve 60 students, with over half expected to complete their degrees. It will also...

The Pennsylvania College of Technology (Penn College) received a $866,188 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to support its Prison to College Program. This program will provide pre-release and post-release residents at Lycoming County Prison and Muncy State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania with access to post-secondary education, intensive case management, academic remediation, tutoring, support...

This $2,000,000.00 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.270 Reentry Employment Opportunities program) aims to prepare corrections-involved youth and young adults in Lansing and Flint, Michigan for employment while mitigating violence in these high-poverty, high-crime communities. The award recipient, Peckham Vocational Industries, Inc. (Peckham, Inc.), is a nonprofit vocational rehabilitation organization that specializes...

The Department of Labor & Industry Pa, through a $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration's Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270), will expand its existing PROWD (Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development) program to provide job club, navigation, and peer mentoring services to help formerly incarcerated individuals in Pennsylvania secure sustainable, high-quality employment and reduce...