The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $425,000 under the Combatting Contraband Cell Phone Use in Prisons (CFDA 16.844) federal grant program to the Washington State Department of Corrections from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. The grant funding will support the Washington DOC's efforts to effectively address contraband cellphones in state correctional facilities and safeguard public safety. Key deliverables include providing a...
This $849,383 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.560 - National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants) will support a 48-month mixed-methods study to examine the effectiveness of detection and disruption technologies, along with the Federal Communications Commission's policy intervention, in combating contraband cell phones in correctional facilities. The Urban Institute, the prime awardee, will...
The South Carolina Department of Public Safety was awarded a $576,268 Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners program. The grant will fund three residential substance use disorder treatment units within South Carolina correctional facilities from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. The sole subgrantee, the South Carolina Department of Corrections, will operate two of the...
The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) was awarded an $850,000 Project Grant by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to employ smart phones to enhance supervision methods for pre-trial and pre-adjudicated parolees in three pilot sites across New York from October 2022 through September 2025. Specifically, DOCCS will provide approximately 100 smart...
The Children's Trust of South Carolina and the South Carolina Department of Corrections will use a $741,960 award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to develop a family education program under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA #16.812). The program aims to reduce risk factors and improve protective factors for high-risk families with incarcerated parents by engaging parents and children in innovative...
This $465,976 Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance will support residential substance abuse treatment for incarcerated individuals in South Carolina through September 2025. Awarded on October 1, 2021, the grant funds the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners program, which aims to increase access to evidence-based substance use disorder treatment and reduce overdose deaths. Specifically, the Public Safety South...
The South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services (SCDPPPS) was awarded a $792,701 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Swift, Certain, and Fair Supervision Program: Applying the Principles Behind Project HOPE federal grant program (CFDA #16.828). The grant will fund SCDPPPS to enhance supervision strategies for domestic violence and sex offender specialized caseloads in Anderson, Greenville, and...
The Public Safety South Carolina Department, through its Office of Justice Programs, has been awarded a $2,709,287 Formula Grant under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (CFDA 16.738) by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. This grant, effective from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2027, will be used to fund various initiatives in South Carolina that work to keep guns out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves or others....
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $644,933 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Formula Grant to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, acting as the State Administrative Agency, to administer funding to the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC). The RSAT grant supports the identification, assessment, referral, and continuum of addiction treatment services for adult and youthful offender alcohol and drug...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $482,030 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Formula Grant to the Public Safety South Carolina Department, acting as the state administrative agency, to administer RSAT funding to the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) and qualifying county detention centers. The grant aims to support substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and rehabilitation services within correctional facilities across South Carolina....