Project Grant 15PBJA21RR04878SCAA

The King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention (King County DAJD) received a $842,851 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to improve correctional education and employment outcomes. Through this award, King County DAJD will invest in technology platforms and services to increase the capacity for educational and vocational programming across its...

The Cook County Sheriff's Department (CCSD) in Chicago, Illinois will receive $1.1 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to enhance reentry services for detainees leaving incarceration. The grant funding, provided through the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative program (CFDA 16.812), will be used to expand CCSD's performance-based and outcomes-based contracts with Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC) to provide...

The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) was awarded a $524,874 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Swift, Certain, and Fair (SCF) Supervision Program (CFDA 16.828). The grant, titled the "North Carolina Trauma-Informed Engagement and Supervision (NC TIES) Project," aims to enhance the capacity of 240 probation/parole officers (PPOs) supervising specialty caseloads to use trauma-informed engagement and...

The Scott County Sheriff's Office is seeking $219,955 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The proposed project aims to obtain Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission (VLEPSC) accreditation by providing salary support for an Accreditation Manager and an Accreditation Assistant, as well as funding professional...

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...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance, through the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), awarded a $220,000 project grant to the Sampson County Sheriff's Department located in Clinton, NC. The grant funding will be used to purchase a body scanner system for the Sampson County Detention Center. This system will allow detention officers to detect contraband and weapons hidden in inmates' body cavities, improving overall facility safety for both inmates and staff. The project will be...

The Dekalb County Department of Finance received a $231,436 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance on October 1, 2022 to implement the DKSO PREA Safety: Knowledge for All Program through September 30, 2024. The program will provide PREA educational content and reporting tools to incarcerated individuals in Dekalb County via secure tablets. Programmed PREA content will educate inmates on PREA standards and the importance of...

The Kentucky Department of Pretrial Services (DPS) received a $627,878 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Swift, Certain, and Fair (SCF) Supervision Program (CFDA 16.828). The award will be used to revitalize and expand DPS's Monitored Conditional Release pretrial supervision program by implementing a strengthened strategy based on SCF principles. Working with the Crime and Justice Institute as a research and evaluation partner,...

This $744,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) will support the San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project (SF Pretrial) in strengthening the jail reentry process in San Francisco, CA. The project will provide culturally responsive and trauma-informed case management and supervision for high-need, moderate- to high-risk individuals released pretrial to SF Pretrial's intensive...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) provides $174,000.00 to the County of Oxford, ME to enhance security at the Oxford County Jail. The funding will support the acquisition of a body scanner to detect contraband such as illegal drugs, weapons, and cell phones, as well as the addition of security cameras along the perimeter of the jail to help prevent and detect the introduction of contraband....