Cooperative Agreement SINLEC12CA069

This $333,000 Project Grant, awarded by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), aims to develop a comprehensive, electronically accessible training platform for use by the Department of Corrections and affiliated agencies. The platform will offer a suite of self-paced, instructor-led courses covering life skills, job skills, entrepreneurship, domestic violence awareness, healthy relationships, and personal...

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...

Strategic Capacity Group, Inc. will provide correctional training services in Barbados through a $101,458 cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703). As a nonprofit organization focused on law enforcement training and international development, Strategic Capacity Group will deliver correctional institution management training from April 2023 through February...

This $114,414 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.738 - Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program) aims to provide targeted mental health treatments and workshops for both inmates and staff at correctional facilities in Puerto Rico. The goal is to foster awareness, prevention, and recovery from sexual abuse and trauma, which has significant implications for the overall safety and rehabilitation environment within these...

This 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 support the Workforce Development Board of Herkimer, Madison and Oneida Counties, Inc. in providing education and training to inmates at the Oneida County Jail in New York. The project aims to increase employment success for incarcerated individuals with sentences under one year, particularly those from underrepresented and historically...

This $275,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) supports Justice Innovation Inc.'s Domestic Violence Fundamentals Training Project and Institute for Improving Court Education and Approaches on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Over 24 months, the project will provide training and technical assistance to court staff across the United States to improve court...

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to the National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College (NCJTC), with the Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) as a sub-awardee. The project will provide basic and advanced training and technical assistance (TTA) for tribal law enforcement officers and agencies responsible for responding to and investigating domestic...

The New York University (NYU) was awarded a $499,215 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The funding will be used to develop a series of written and video resources that integrate scientific research and agency innovation to address common challenges, elevate promising practices, and celebrate the contributions of women...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) provides $600,000 in funding to Justice Innovation Inc. (doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation) over 36 months, starting on October 1, 2024. Through this project, Justice Innovation Inc. will deliver basic and advanced training and technical assistance (TTA) to victim advocates, criminal justice professionals,...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.560) provides $144,891 to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to conduct a mixed-methods study examining the impact of a sexual health education program for justice-involved women and assessing the knowledge and potential biases of VCU medical students regarding sexual and reproductive healthcare for this population. The key objectives of the 3-year project are to: 1) Measure the impact of the "Women Leading...