Project Grant 15PBJA21RR05056SCAA

This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance through the PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation (CFDA 16.735), supports the Massachusetts Department of Correction's (MADOC) efforts to maintain compliance with the Department of Justice's National PREA Standards. The $147,287 award enables MADOC to continue its successful auditing program, ensuring at least one-third of each facility type is audited annually with...

The Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MADOC) was awarded a $2 million Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program (CFDA 16.835). The grant will fund the purchase of 3,086 body worn cameras for correctional officers over a three-year period beginning October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Funds will also support MADOC's ongoing body worn camera pilot program at its...

The Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) was awarded a $626,530 Formula Grant under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.540) program by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). This multi-year grant, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028, will support MDOC's efforts to implement a community-based continuum of care focused on delinquency prevention, intervention, and juvenile justice system improvements....

The Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH) was awarded a $4,990,048 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Section 206 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024: State Planning Grants to Promote Continuity of Care for Medicaid & CHIP Beneficiaries (CFDA 93.694) program. The purpose of the grant is to support PRDOH, the state Medicaid agency, in developing operational capabilities to promote continuity of healthcare coverage and services for...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a $1,536,618 Formula Grant under the State Medicaid Fraud Control Units (CFDA 93.775) program to the Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PRDOJ). The grant supports the PRDOJ's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to investigate and prosecute Medicaid provider fraud as well as patient abuse or neglect in health facilities, board and care facilities, and non-institutional settings serving Medicaid...

The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Office of the Attorney General will receive $11,455,337.76 under a Formula Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to investigate and prosecute Medicaid provider fraud as well as patient abuse or neglect in health facilities and board and care facilities and of Medicaid beneficiaries in non-institutional or other settings. This funding supports the State Medicaid Fraud Control...

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (Maine DHHS) was awarded a $5 million cooperative agreement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Section 206 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024: State Planning Grants to Promote Continuity of Care for Medicaid & CHIP Beneficiaries (CFDA 93.694) program. The funding will support a multi-pronged effort to: Enhance the carceral facilities' processes for Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, and suspension; Improve...

The Town of Madison received a $114,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The grant funds the establishment of an Outreach Social Worker (OSW) position to be integrated within the Madison Police Department. The OSW will provide outreach, crisis response, client engagement, and case management services to Madison residents who encounter the police and demonstrate needs such...

The New York City Department of Correction (NYC DOC) received a $498,500 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to enhance reentry services for high-risk individuals in DOC custody. Key activities include: Identifying incarcerated individuals at high risk of recidivism and providing them with intensive, individualized services. This includes using motivational interviewing to address criminogenic needs,...

The Maine Department of Corrections will receive $606,853 under a Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The funding supports the PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation federal grant program (CFDA #16.735). Key services include supporting efforts in Maine confinement facilities to achieve compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act standards, with goals of reducing sexual abuse...